Chapter 167

I did not say anything. It had always been difficult for women to give birth, yet it was rarely something men could empathize with. They always saw it as something simple, thinking that we just had to carry an extra lump of meat within our stomachs for nine months.

Theo had always seemed like a chauvinistic male to me, so I was surprised to hear him say that.

I soon fell asleep again with him holding me. It was nearly noon when I woke up.

“You’re awake. Are you hungry?” Theo did not seem to have slept. He was half-lounging on the bed, holding me with one arm as he used the other to scroll through his phone.

I shook my head. He was truly rearing me the way one would rear a pig, getting me to sleep after eating and stuffing me with food the moment I woke up.

Craving the warmth of his arms, I lay still and did not move despite no longer feeling sleepy.

He put his phone down and turned around to hold me even tighter. After a long while, he said, “It was nice laying with y