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CHAPTER 22

22—Harry Styles

I jumped in my sleep when I heard the loud cry as if I fell asleep without meaning to and made myself late to somewhere. Renleigh groaned next to me as she turned on her side then I heard her sigh and she flicked on the bedside table lamp. This would have been her third time getting out of bed tonight, all because she was stubborn and wanted to be the one to get Leila.

"I'll go," I said with a croaky voice. I scooted closer to her and kissed her cheek before I managed to push myself out of bed. Leila was crying obnoxiously loud and on top of that, Dax was barking, too. I rubbed my eyes as I reached the crib with a couple of steps, it only being in front of the walk-in wardrobe.  "I told your mum to keep you in bed with us," I mumbled as I picked her up and she stopped crying instantly. I rolled my eyes and sighed as I walked back to the bed with her, Renleigh already sitting up and looking at us with tired eyes.

"She is so needy."

"We're ruining her by jumping to her all the time," I chuckled as I got in bed, too and sat all the way up to the headrest. "I hate hearing her cry."

"Same. It sucks, doesn't it?"

I hummed in response and then we both kind of quieted down. I leaned my head against the wall and my eyes slowly closed from how tired I was. I didn't even realise it happened until Leila made a sudden movement with her hands.

"Do you think babies understand each other when they cry at the same time?" I asked Renleigh after a while. It was a random thought, it was born out of my sleep deprived mind. Then again, I often had questions like that.

"What, you think it's like barking but for babies?" she chuckled as she looked at me. I glanced at her, too, as I rolled my head to the side and laughed.

"Yeah."

"I don't know," she answered quietly. "Ask her."

"Do I want her to start crying again?"

"No. Please. I beg."

"We should keep her between us for the rest of the night," I suggested. "She obviously wants to be around us, so."

"Whatever works for me," she said tiredly as she turned back to flick off the light. "Goodnight,"

"I can't fucking see, idiot."

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Pulling the blinds up during the night was not ideal in the morning when the sun beamed right into my face. Because who else would be facing the massive glass windows, if not me, right? Right.

I groaned as I turned around so my back could block the brightness. Then I heard the softest little grunt ever and I couldn't fight back the smile on my face. Even with my eyes closed, my body completely exhausted from all the nights she kept us awake. Eventually, I turned back around and wiggled myself a little farther down the bed. This way, I was at eye-level with Leila. She was looking at me already as she laid on her back, looking ever so adorable.

"Hi," I whispered and leaned closer, kissing her cheek then nuzzling my nose against her. She smelled like a baby and I loved it. She was absolutely tiny and mine. "You are so pretty. Oh my god."

She had the biggest and bluest eyes I have ever seen. Her lashes were so long and thick, she had the chubbiest cheeks I ever did see on a baby and her hair was already so curly and shiny that I couldn't help but fall in love with her every time I looked at her. I saw so much of Renleigh in her and so much of me and it made me grin how neither of us could have denied her.