Chapter 209 - Papa Loves You

"Should we buy some baby clothes?" Santiago asked Persephone this time. They were almost done with all the things for the nursery. It took them more than two hours to finalize every single item but hell if it didn't bring him happiness. All the exhaustion of weeks evaporated as he shopped with his overexcited wife. 

Persephone tiptoed and kissed his chin and clapped to express her joy. "You are smart, husband. Let's go." 

It seemed her husband finally learnt how to shop. 

"We aren't choosing anything blue," Santiago couldn't help but clear his stance. All the blue things chosen by Persephone were giving him a headache already. Although all the things were pretty, still it had a sufficient amount of blue in it. "We have enough blue things already." 

"I swear I didn't choose blue as the nursery theme. It's white," Persephone said, pinching her neck. "Only sheets, a mattress and a few other things are blue." 

"Red, we still aren't sure about baby gender," Santiago sighed out. How could they forget that they didn't know if it would be a boy for sure and she was going crazy choosing everything blue and white? And he didn't have the heart to tell her this every single time. 

"It's a boy," Persephone assured him. She could feel it in her gut that it was a boy. And her guy was never wrong. So, she wouldn't hear anyone who would say that it was a boy. She added "He kicks me frequently. Only a fat big boy will have such an endless power of kicking. If it was a girl, she would have been too lazy like me to bother kicking." 

"Let him come and I will spank his butt for troubling you, "Santiago smiled, ruffling her hair. 

"You can't hurt my prince at all," She said, glaring at him. "I will spoil him with my endless love. We will learn to surf together. I am so excited. Come soon, baby." Understanding what it meant, she shook her head. "No. No. Don't come soon. Come on right time. We are in no hurry to meet the little guy." 

"You can't spoil our child," Santiago reminded. 

"Oh try stopping me," She flipped her hair and slowly walked ahead to check the clothes. 

When they were selecting baby clothes in the baby store, his gaze suddenly fell on a delicate silver bell bracelet a shop attendant was showing to a customer. It was exquisitely made with dangling tiny bells, crescents and stars. It reminded him of his rockstar. 

"What are you looking at?" Persephone asked him."Oh a bell bracelet," she said following his gaze. She turned to ask him, "It's pretty. But isn't it too girlish?"

Santiago nodded and returned his gaze to what she had selected. Thank you, it didn't have much blue. The clothes they selected were gender-neutral. 

"Do you still have the bracelet I gave you?" Santiago suddenly asked. Seeing this bracelet, he was reminded how he had gifted her one before thinking it was something she wanted. 

"When you asked me to marry you?" Persephone raised her brow and questioned. She remembered he gave her a bracelet on the night he demanded her to marry him. 

Santiago smiled remembering that moment. "People propose with a ring, look at me, I propose you with a baby bracelet."

Persephone snorted at his audacity. "You demanded that I marry you. If you would have asked nicely, I might have agreed but your stubborn ass doesn't do anything nicely."

Perhaps, she wouldn't have agreed but what's the harm in saying that? 

"Sorry,'' He murmured. "I couldn't see you with that Nico bastard anymore. Seeing his arms around you, flaunting you as his fiance burns me like acid. I know my way of asking you was a bit wrong. No, it was absolutely wrong but I don't know how to do it. I asked you in a way I know." 

Persephone didn't hold that episode against him. She knew if he didn't do what he had done, they wouldn't have been here. 

"If you hadn't used that way to marry me, perhaps we wouldn't be here," She found herself saying. "I would still be confused. And our baby might not have a father with him. Now that I think about it, you weren't that bad actually." 

He smiled while wrapping his arms around her waist as he pulled her closer to his chest, he whispered "Still, I'm sorry. And thank you for our Rockstar. I didn't know I needed him until he came. He has become my whole life, Percy. He means so much to me. "

"See baby, I told you your papa loves you but you didn't listen to me." Persephone didn't reply to him but looked at her bump to chide the baby inside. 

And the baby suddenly kicked so hard that the clothes in her hand fell on the ground and she held her tummy in shock. 

Santiago laughed at both of them. "I think now I believe you that he is a boy. But I still want to spank his butt for scaring you like that." Turning towards the shop attendant, he pointed at the bracelet that had caught his eye and asked her to pack it up. 

"I still want to buy the bell bracelet. My heart is telling me to just buy it, "He told Persephone. " And since we have purchased so many things today, what harm could buying something I liked do?" 

"You are just obsessed with these bracelets," Persephone rolled her eyes but asked the shop attendant to add it to their cart. If he likes it, just buy it. Even if their baby didn't like to wear it in the future, they would just keep it safe with his things. 

"We spent a lot today," Persephone sighed as they came out of the store. She could visualize that she had burned a hole in his pocket once again.. She was used to being a spendthrift and so didn't see price tags when purchasing something.