Prosperous Marriage: Married to My Brother-in-law-Chapter 643 Rachel Gives Birth to a Daughter (3)_1

Their children didn’t want to interfere too much in their parents’ romantic affairs. Anyway, Mila Anderson had long since transformed from the clueless lady of leisure who knew nothing but playing cards and shopping. She had her beauty salon to occupy her days now, and she lived a fulfilling life. The business of the salon wasn’t exceptionally good, but it wasn’t bad either. It at least turned a profit. Whenever Julia visited other people’s homes, making social calls, Mila’s salon business would pick up remarkably.

That day, Julia didn’t go to the office. She wanted to visit her good friend Rachel Bailey.

Counting the days, Rachel should be close to giving birth, with her due date sometime in this golden October.

"Adele, hurry up," Julia called out, holding the three-month-old Ivan Horne as she walked outside with a nanny.

"I’m coming, I’m coming! Billy just peed; I’m changing his diaper," Adele Horne replied, hurrying out with little Jimmy in her arms and a nanny close behind.

Julia was headed to Rachel Bailey’s place in the South Hill District, and Adele, finding herself bored at home, decided to tag along.

Little Billy held a pellet drum, shaking it to produce a thumping sound.

Ivan clutched a ring with bells, favoring toys that made louder sounds.

When he shook it, the bells jingled piercingly.

Three-month-old babies are only curious about toys and don’t really know how to play yet, especially enjoying things that make noise. It’s common to give babies at this stage a pellet drum. The earlier children play with toys, the sooner it can stimulate their intelligence and improve their dexterity.

The two little ones grew cuter by the day, both with fair and tender skin. Ivan was a shade fairer, perhaps because Julia had drunk a lot of milk. He was becoming the spitting image of Glades Horne, particularly his lively eyes. His dark pupils always seemed deep and mysterious. Anyone who saw him would say he’d grow up to be a major influence, just like Glades.

Billy was not to be outdone by Ivan. He had inherited the best features of both Adele Horne and Noah Reyes, resembling both parents. However, he could be surprisingly rough. His little hands would often flail wildly, and sometimes when he grabbed the nanny’s hair, he would pull hard. The nanny would cry out in pain, but he would just giggle and refuse to let go.

This trait was very likely inherited from Noah Reyes.

The sisters-in-law, each holding her own child and accompanied by her respective nanny, got into their separate cars. Julia’s Bodyguards drove.

A Mercedes and a BMW drove out of the Horne Family villa, one after the other, heading toward the South Hill District.

Soon enough, the two cars pulled up outside Hansen Ruiz’s villa.

The Bodyguards honked, and a nanny, hearing the car horns, immediately came out to open the gate.

Seeing Julia in the backseat, the nanny smiled brightly and said, "Mrs. Horne, you’re here! My madam has been waiting for you for a long time." As the nanny spoke, Rachel Bailey appeared at the doorway, her large belly protruding. Her belly was quite large. Because she was short, her slightly swollen calves were more noticeable, though the swelling wasn’t severe.

"My godson, come here! Let Godmother hold you," Rachel exclaimed, beaming as she saw Julia getting out of the car with Ivan and hurried over. She adored Ivan so much that she insisted on being his godmother. Although Glades Horne wasn’t keen on sharing his son, Julia had agreed to Rachel’s request. Since Glades doted on his wife, he naturally went along with her decisions. Privately, however, he did grumble to Hansen Ruiz about it.

"Oh, Rachel, with your belly like that, I daren’t let you hold him. He’s quite a handful! At just over three months old, he’s like a little flea, never still for a moment," Julia said, laughing. She only let Rachel kiss Ivan and didn’t dare hand her son over.

"I envy you. Your son is already over three months old, and this little one inside me still isn’t ready to come out," Rachel said. She kissed Ivan’s fair, adorable cheeks twice, then smiled at Adele Horne in greeting and kissed little Jimmy too, before laughing and patting her own protruding belly.

THUMP-THUMP—THUMP-THUMP—

JINGLE-JINGLE—JINGLE-JINGLE—

It was hard to say whether the two little ones were doing it on purpose, but one continuously shook his pellet drum while the other constantly rattled his ring of bells, creating a cacophony.

"The sun’s strong out here; let’s go inside," Rachel said, kissing Ivan again before laughing and leading the way into the house.

The group chatted and laughed as they walked inside.

Once inside, Julia settled on the sofa and asked casually, "Isn’t Hansen Ruiz home?"

"He just stepped out," Rachel replied, sitting down beside her. An observant nanny promptly served water to Julia and Adele. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"Ivan, come here, let Godmother hold you," Rachel said, unable to resist the adorable Ivan. She reached out and took him from Julia’s arms.

At three months, some well-developed babies can already hold their heads up briefly without support, though they can’t hold them up for long. Generally, a baby’s neck muscles are strong enough to support their head on their own by about four months.

After Rachel took Ivan, the little fellow strained to lift his head and look around. It was a struggle for him, and he soon tired. His head slumped onto Rachel’s shoulder, and he unexpectedly started drooling all over it.

"Julia, this little rascal is drooling all over me," Rachel laughed out loud.

"He never drools! He must really like you to give his godmother his first drool," Julia replied, laughing along.

"Does that mean I’m greatly honored?" Rachel chuckled, adjusting Ivan into a sitting position to stop him from drooling on her shoulder again. "Is taking care of a baby tiring?"

Adele Horne and Julia exchanged a knowing glance, smiling in shared understanding. "You’ll find out soon enough," Julia voiced their mutual thought. "That’s something you’d better experience for yourself."

Rachel smiled and didn’t press further.

The women continued to chat and laugh in the room.