The Billionaire's Promise
Chapter 239: Meet My Little Princess

Chapter 239: Meet My Little Princess

Erik panicked when he saw Aryana close her eyes. Her face and lips were especially pale.

"Doctor, what’s wrong with my wife?" Erik asked anxiously while supporting the baby that stay still in Aryana’s bosom.

"Don’t worry, Sir. That is a normal reaction after giving birth. She is exhausted. She will be okay after sleeping. We will move her to the ward after cleaning her up." The doctor said.

Erik took his baby from Aryana and brought it close to his chest. The baby does not appear wrinkled but he could not tell if she looked like Aryana or him.

The baby’s eyes blinked open and she looked at Erik with curiosity. Erik gazed into a pair of hazel eyes just like his Aryana.

He took out his cell phone and took a selfie with his daughter.

The nurse took the baby from him.

Erik accompanied Aryana as she was wheeled out of the delivery room to her ward which was situated on the top floor of the hospital. The nurse and the baby followed.

"How is Sister Mu Lan?"

Both Mu Feng and Mu Chen asked at the same time. They initially waited outside of the delivery room but the resident doctor advised them to wait in Aryana’s ward instead.

"She is fine," Erik answered.

"Why is she unconscious?" Mu Feng asked as he cast a worried gaze at Mu Lan.

"She is exhausted and she fell asleep," Erik answered casually.

"How about the baby? Where is she?" Mu Chen asked with a voice full of excitement.

The nurse who was carrying baby Erika entered. She placed the baby in the bassinet that was positioned beside the patient’s bed. After carefully tucking the baby in, she stood aside so the three men in the room could look at the baby.

Mu Chen frowned. "Why is the baby all wrapped up like that? Only her face is visible. Isn’t she uncomfortable?" Mu Chen looked at the nurse with disapproval.

The nurse smiled gently. "Newborns feel secure and comforted if they are wrapped like that."

"Really?" Mu Chen still had some doubts. He took out his cell phone and googled how newborns are being wrapped in their swaddling. Indeed, they were wrapped like a dumpling.

"Chen, look at her. Her eyebrows and nose are like mine." Mu Feng blurted out.

Erik: "..."

"I agree with you Big Brother. Look at her skin, it is so fair, like ours."

Erik who was sitting on the edge of Aryana’s bed looked at his skin and that of Aryana. They were both fair.

"And her hair is so thick, silky, and jet-black which is a trademark of the Mus."

The nurse looked at Erik’s hair. It was thick and the color of raven. She was speechless.

"Can I hold her?" Mu Feng looked at the nurse expectantly.

The nurse gently took the baby from the bassinet and placed it in Mu Feng’s outstretched hand.

Erik cast him a sharp glance but after thinking for a while he thought that it would be good for the uncles to bond with his daughter so there would be more people to protect her.

Erik could not help but snort when he saw how awkward Mu Feng was holding Erika.

"Pull him closer toward you like this." Erik took Erika from him and made an illustration. After holding Erika for a few minutes he returned her to Mu Feng.

It was a rare moment of harmony between the two men who were normally at loggerheads with each other.

Mu Feng mouthed the word "Thank You" and then he became suspicious. How can Erik seem to know how to handle a newborn?

"How come you are not a novice? Did you have a child with another woman?" Mu Feng’s accusing look amused Erik.

"Don’t slander me. Erika is my firstborn. Of course, I had practiced a lot with a dummy baby." Erik retorted.

Mu Feng relaxed after hearing Erik. He stared at the little princess in his arms.

"Big Brother, can I hold her?" Mu Chen begged.

"I haven’t gotten enough of her yet. It will be your turn tomorrow."

"Big Bro, please! You have been holding her for ten minutes." Mu Chen continued to pester his brother.

In the end, Mu Feng gave up and passed the baby in a swaddling cloth to his younger brother.

Mu Chen beamed with joy. He held the baby carefully, afraid that he would hurt her. However, Baby Erika was not comfortable and she was also hungry. She cried and Mu Chen panicked.

"Why is she crying?"

"She is hungry." The nurse answered him. She reached out to take the baby but Erik beat her into it.

"I’ll feed her." He took the baby bottle from the nurse and he settled on the couch near the door.

"Cousins-in-law, how about you go home and return tomorrow morning?" Erik urged the two men. He wanted to have some private time with his wife and child.

Mu Feng checked his watch. It was 4:00 a.m. He agreed that it would be a good idea to go home first and come back the following day.

When the two men finally left, Erik heaved a sigh of relief. He fed baby Erika with a small baby bottle. After she was done, he gently placed her head on his shoulder and patted her back with his cupped hand.

His action was so gentle that the nurse could not take her eyes off the father and daughter.

Erik smiled when she heard Baby Erika burp. He stood from the couch and placed his daughter into the bassinet.

"Sir, if I hadn’t known, I would think that this is not your first child." The nurse sounded professional. She did not sound flirtatious or fawning.

"You can leave us. I’ll press the bell if I need you."

The nurse nodded politely and left the ward.

Erik made sure that Erika was asleep before he slipped beside Aryana on the bed. He was lying on his side and started to gently stroke Aryana’s hair with his finger. Then he remembered something.

He took his cell phone and selected a photo of the three of them which a nurse took at the delivery room. His finger hovered over the photo. Aryana looked so haggard. He bypassed the photo and continued swiping down. He selected a selfie with Baby Erika.

At 5:00 a.m., he posted the photo on his Moments with the caption, "Meet my little princess!"

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