The Arranged Bride

Chapter - 52

Sophia's POV

" Hey baby , did you have fun at Grandma's place?" I picked Ethan up and placed him on my hip. We had sent Ethan to Mama's house for a week because we needed time to prepare the surprise. Everyone knows about it already including Char and Ryan but they were supposed to stay shut. Papa dropped Ethan back ,the evening before his birthday.

" I did but where is the surprise?" He looked around to trace any clue of what we had prepared. I nervously glanced at Nick who reassuringly blinked at me.

" It's there. We will take you there." Taking a final glance at Nick , we started walking upstairs. We came in front of another room. Pushing open the door, we entered. ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

" This room looks so girly." Ethan scrunched up his nose in disgust to which Nick let out a small chuckle. He was babbling about how bad the room looked until he saw the surprise and went absolutely mute. I gestured the maid to leave the room who closed the door behind her. Ethan was absolutely quiet for a whole minute before he found his voice.

" Is -is this..." He looked back at me with unshed tears in his eyes. There was hope in his eyes , hope that what he thought was true.

" Yes li'l guy, she is your sister, Evelyn ." Nick said and I nodded. I put him down . He stood still for a moment before he took small steps and stood directly in front of the crib. I was nervous, extremely nervous which Nick must have noticed as he took my hand and gave it a firm squeeze.

" Don't worry, he would definitely be delighted to have a sister." Nick knew that I was a bit skeptical of how Ethan would accept Evelyn because he initially had asked for a brother.

I nodded at Nick, keeping my eyes fixed on Ethan.

Ethan was holding the railings of the crib and staring at Evelyn's face who was completely wrapped in a baby pink towel. He put in a shaky finger through the railings and ever so lightly touched her cheek.

" My baby sister." His voice was extremely low. The tears left his eyes as he adoringly stared at his sister. I felt the water drops rolling down my cheeks as well. Nick put his hand around my shoulder and pulled me into a side hug.

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Flashback

" I have thought of a surprise." I pulled away to look at him. His face broke into a smile.

" What is it ?" I asked to which his smile widened.

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"Nick, are you sure about this adoption?" I asked him the question that was bugging me. He sighed and looked at me.

" Of course I am baby, what are you thinking about? You said that you wanted a child right ? "

" I do. But..."

" But what Sophia ? Tell me. " I kept in fiddling with my fingers. He put his hand on mine and stopped the movements.

" Sophia, what is it ?"

" Nick , I am scared. What if I can't be a good mother ?"

" But you're a good mother. I am sure Ethan agrees."

" Yes but I haven't taken care of such a small baby ever.Will I be able to do it perfectly? What if I can't understand when she is hungry, when she is complaining of stomach ache, whe-" I was cut off by Nick who put a hand on my mouth.

" Relax baby." I took a deep breath and nodded.

He exhaled deeply before turning me around to face him. He took my hands in his before looking straight into my eyes.

" No , you won't. You won't be able to do it perfectly. But we will be in it together. We will make mistakes and learn from them. Our small imperfections will make us perfect parents. Okay ?" I kept staring at him.

" I was thinking you could have become a great motivational speaker." I really wondered how easily he could make things appear so simple and uncomplicated.

"Okay , so are you?" He questioned me

" What ?"

" Motivated?"

" Well, yeah. " I nodded my head at him causing him to smile.

" Good. Now throw away these thoughts from your mind . A lot is left to be done before we can bring our little princess home." I nodded . Nick had been overly enthusiastic since we had decided to adopt Evelyn. I could already tell that she was going to be daddy's spoilt little princess. I smiled at the thought before I remembered something.

" Ethan will okay with the sudden change , right?" I questioned. I was extremely nervous about all this.

" He will. He will love to have a sibling. Now stop with all the questions and help me in setting everything up or I will tell Ethan that I was the only one who prepared his surprise."

I laughed a little and joined him in setting up the nursery.

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Ethan turned towards us.

" Can I hold her?" He looked at us with hope.

" Ofcourse baby , go and sit down first." He hurriedly climbed up and sat on the arm chair. I gently picked up Evelyn from the crib and placed her on Ethan's lap. He instinctively had his little arms around her in a soft yet protective manner. The way he was looking at the sleeping baby was like he had already fallen in love with the little girl . It was such a precious moment that I couldn't help but take my phone out and click a picture of my two babies.

" I have a little sister now. I love this surprise so much." Ethan lightly hugged her while tears rolled down his cheeks.

" Aww , don't cry." I patted his hair lightly. After a minute he looked up at us.

" I promise , I will always protect my baby sister from all- all b-bad people. " His stuttered a bit. His face held the determination to live up to his words and I knew that he would become a great brother. I somewhere knew that both Nick and Ethan were going to be overprotective of my little girl.

" I know you will baby. Evelyn has the best brother in the world." He widely smiled at my words.

" Really?" He beamed.

" Really." Nick assured and kissed the top of his head.