There was no way he knew her bleeding had stopped, none whatsoever. Melody never allowed their housekeeper to handle her sheets or cloths without vanishing any stains first, so it wasn't as though he could have had any hints. Was he hoping to ask her to his room then? They hadn't been happily together long enough for their thoughts to be so synced yet, had they? Left with a million questions and zero answers, Melody nodded and prayed her blush hadn't deepened (it had). "Yeah, there's no rush."

Nora stirred in Ben's arms, allowing Melody the excuse to stop looking at him and turn her attention to their daughter instead. Only, Nora was only burrowing into Ben's warmth than rooting about. "The nurse said she might begin smiling at us soon." Melody said in an attempt to diffuse her sudden embarrassment.

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