The CEO's Mischievous Little Bride

Vera just had a baby and needed some serious downtime, so the Olteran family's staff turned away all visitors the next day. Patrick even made it clear to everyone that Vera's recovery was a no-go zone for any interruptions. Anyone thinking of dropping by quickly got the message and stayed away.

Meanwhile, the area around Vera's hospital room was on lockdown with the Olteran family's bodyguards. Even when Theodore went to take a shower, someone was tailing him.

Ulysses and Sadie wanted to visit too, but with Patrick's orders, they just ended up calling to send their love.

Last night, Vera started breastfeeding. At first, she felt all awkward and unsure about it. She even kicked Patrick and Brianna out of the room to figure it out on her own. Brianna laughed, "Hey Vera, what's there to be shy about breastfeeding?"

Patrick, looking at the locked door, sighed but smiled, "Vera's young. She just became a mom and needs some time to get used to it. Let's give her the space she needs." After feeding, Vera opened the door, still a bit shy.

Theodore was lying on the bed, all full and happy, waiting for Patrick to pick him up.

After getting a taste of breast milk last night, Theodore wasn't having any of that bottle milk today. He cried from hunger, and when Patrick tried to feed him, he just cried and looked at Vera.

Vera was confused. "Why are you looking at me?"

Eventually, Vera accepted her new role as a mom and held Theodore to breastfeed him.

Luckily, during her hospital stay, except for the first day when there were a lot of visitors, the rest of the days were pretty chill.

Sometimes, she'd take Theodore downstairs to visit other patients, letting Ellie see him.

"Vera, when are you getting discharged?" Ellie asked softly.

Vera adjusted Theodore in her arms. "The doctor said I can leave tomorrow, but Patrick's worried and wants us to stay a few more days, so I'll go with his plan."

Vera noticed Ellie was alone in her room. "Ellie, are you here by yourself?"

Vera knew Molly had school and would go to the company after class, only coming to the hospital in the evening. On days without classes or on weekends, she'd have time to hold Theodore. But if she wasn't at the hospital, there'd definitely be other family members with Ellie.

Ellie didn't mind. "Zoey was here just now; she might have gone out to buy something."

Vera stayed with Ellie for a bit, but when Theodore started crying, she got up to leave. "Ellie, I'll take Theodore back now."

While waiting for the elevator, Vera saw Zoey and Stella at the entrance to the stairwell.

Theodore was curious about the world, lying in her arms and looking around at everyone. "Theodore, is that Stella?" Vera had a good memory and murmured when she saw Stella.

Vera looked down at Theodore. "Oh right, you don't know her."

Vera took a few steps toward them. "Zoey?"

She called out, a bit unsure, and both Zoey and Stella stopped.

Stella gave Vera the once-over.

Zoey turned around and saw Vera holding Theodore. "Vera, you head back first. I'll come see you in a bit."

Theodore looked at Zoey, wriggling excitedly in Vera's arms.

Vera patted Theodore to calm him down. Just then, the elevator arrived. "I'll go back first. Ellie's alone in her room." She stepped into the elevator with Theodore.

At the stairwell entrance, Stella tried to remember where she had seen Vera before and asked, "Mom, who is she?"

Stella was a bit of a snob, so Zoey dodged the question. "Why do you care? She's just another patient."

Zoey added, "Stella, I don't know why you're here today, but I'm warning you, don't start anything. If you upset Timothy, you're done for."

"Mom, I'm just here to check on Ellie. Abby told me cancer has a high mortality rate, so I wanted to see how she's doing."

Zoey looked at Stella and warned, "If you mess with Ellie today, I will cut you off. Not a single penny from me." Then, Zoey walked away.

Vera got back to her room to find Brianna tidying up the bed. She gently placed the sleeping Theodore on her bed. Seeing him sleep restlessly, Vera patted him gently. "Mom, I saw Stella downstairs. She seemed like she was going to visit Ellie, but Zoey stopped her."

Brianna frowned. "Is there something going on with the Chase family?"

Vera shook her head. "No big issues, just a bunch of small ones."

In the hospital room, Ellie and Molly chatted while watching the sleeping Theodore. Vera leaned over and gently kissed Theodore's cheek.

Theodore, dreaming sweetly, smiled in his sleep.

Theodore's routine was to eat and sleep, and Vera's was pretty much the same.

Now Vera wasn't lonely; she had Theodore to keep her company.

But it was a headache when he cried at night. Luckily, Patrick was there.

Patrick worked during the day and came to the hospital right after work, spending most of his time holding Theodore. He also got up the most at night. However, no one could replace Vera when Theodore needed to be fed at night.

Vera was too lazy to get up, so after a couple of nights, Theodore successfully took over Patrick's spot and slept next to Vera.

He was very satisfied. Even when he cried at night, just a few cries and sensing Vera's presence would calm him down.

But Patrick wasn't thrilled.

However, Theodore was a baby, so Patrick couldn't bring himself to scold him. He just threatened, "You won't be comfortable for long."

Sure enough, in a few days, both Vera and Theodore were discharged.

On the day Vera was discharged, the scene was grand. The Olteran family never did anything low-key.

They rolled up with five cars to pick up Vera, the whole clan in tow.

Because it was cold, both she and Theodore got special protection.