The Tycoon's Convenient Baby: A BWWM Pregnancy Romance by Cherry Kay Page B

just to be sure you are alright. We also want you to start pumping breast milk for your daughter so we can feed her the good stuff right away. It’ll be the best thing for her. She is going to be here for a couple of months, until she passes all of her tests and weighs enough to go home. You are both welcome to see her any time you want to, and I’ll tell you now, from all of my experience here in this unit, the more often you are here, the better it will be for her.”
    Mary smiled at both David and Elise. “I’ve seen babies born sooner than she was that made it just fine. I have no doubt that she will be healthy and strong and home with you soon.”  They thanked her and she left them to go to the nurse’s station.
    Elise stayed as long as they would let her, watching her new baby girl in silence, smiling at her and feeling overwhelmed by all of the emotion in her heart, and after a time, Mary took her back to her room and put her to bed so that she could rest. Sarah said goodbye to her and told her she would be back to visit. David stayed beside his daughter, watching her and talking to her, coaxing her along and encouraging her to be healthy and strong so she could go home.

Chapter8
     
    When Elise awoke again, she was disoriented for a few moments. Then, all of the memories came flooding back to her and her heart was pulled into a tug of war between sorrow and happiness. She called for the nurse and Mary showed up in her room a short time later.
    “You’re still here?” Elise asked in surprise.
    Mary chuckled softly. “I’m almost always here. I’ll go home in a while, then I’ll be back again later on today.” She paused a moment and then looked at Elise and said, “I’m not the only one who hasn’t gone anywhere. Your husband hasn’t left your daughter’s side since she was brought in there. He slept part of the night in the chair there, but the rest of the times he’s been awake, he has been talking to her and singing to her. I’m not sure what’s going on with you two, but I thought you should know that. He is truly dedicated to that little girl.”
    Elise listened to her in surprise. “He sang to her?”
    Mary nodded. “He did, a few times. I think he was telling her stories about some big bear waiting for her at home, too.”
    Elise sat in silence, wondering at David’s actions and though she wouldn’t admit it to herself, it touched her that he was doing all that he was for their daughter.
    Mary walked Elise into the NICU and she sat at a chair beside David in awkward silence for a little while, watching her daughter.
    David didn’t want to further damage his situation with Elise, but he knew they couldn’t sit there beside each other, ignoring each other for ages while visiting their daughter. He took a deep breath and spoke softly to Elise, without taking his eyes off of the baby.
    “We should come up with a name for her,” he said quietly.
    Elise stiffened at hearing his voice, but she knew he was right. The silence was almost unbearable to her anyway.
    “I like Sirena and Jaden,” Elise said in a quiet tone.
    David thought about the names and smiled a little. “What if we use them both? Jaden Sirena?”
    Elise almost smiled but stopped herself. “I think that would be beautiful.”
    “That’s what we’ll do then,” he said.
    It was quiet a while between them, and then Elise broke the silence. “Mary said you were singing to her.”
    David pursed his lips and blushed in embarrassment. “I did sing to her, it’s true.”
    Elise couldn’t hold back the slight upward curve at the corner of her mouth. “I didn’t know you could sing,” she said in a hushed tone.
    He shook his head. “I can’t sing but Jaden doesn’t know that.”
    Hearing her name spoken aloud for the first time touched both of their hearts and made her seem more real to them, and made them both feel like parents.
    After another long silence, David said, “I’m sorry. I never wanted to hurt