Page 22 of Never Have We Ever
“How’s this?” The nurse entered with their son swaddled in her arms. “Only a day old but already so big! He almost broke the record!”
André’s face lit up in ways Valeska’s could not. He accepted his son into his arms and instantly bonded with the boy. Valeska remained half-dead in bed, her eyes barely capable of staying open.
Evenso, she managed to smile. Because nothing was more precious than her husband holding their newborn son. Even if the little nugget almost killed her.
“Did you settle on a name?”
Valeska turned her head away. “His name is Thomas Henrik after my grandfathers. It is already registered.” That was her last act before falling asleep. She hadn’t known if she would wake up again. “There is no debatingit anymore. He put me through that, so I named him.”
“Thomas.” André lightly touched his son’s red nose. “It is perfect. There is nothing to debate.”
Valeska soon fell asleep. She wouldn’t wake up for another two days.
