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“Congratulations, guys It’s a beautiful, irl,” are the best words I’ve ever heard in my entire life

A girl We have a girl

A sob escapes my throat, and Harrison’s tears are hot and beautiful and special as they drip down onto ht above me

Melody takes a quick peek at the baby to make sure she’s perfectly healthy as she takes her from Dr Will’s arms, and then lays her on my chest

Oh irl is finally here

I stare down at her sweet little face, taking in her head full of dark hair and the way her big, wide, beautiful eyes blink open to take in the world

Be stillheart

“Proud of you, Rock So damn proud of you,” Harrison whispers into my ear and then kisses my forehead “I love you so much, baby So, so much”

I peek up at him “I love you, too”

He leans even closer, stroking the top ofthe other to stroke our beautiful daughter’s head in the same way

“She’s beautiful, Rock So beautiful,” he whispers “And she needs a name”

I sirl “Ellie”

Harrison glances atwith mine “You want to name her after my mom?”

I nod “I can’t think of a irl”

“Thank you,” he says and presses a gentle kiss to my lips

Andas ever, but so incredibly happy as he whispers words he’s given ht into the wide eyes of our sweet baby “You’re not a daddy’s girl, Ellie It’s the other way around I’irl’s daddy You are the star, you hear le step of the way”

Welcoirl You and your daddy are my whole life

Raquel

It’s the ht in a private hospital rooiven birth iht hours of a volume of emotional trauma that could last a lifetime

I’ve been betrayed by the very people I’ve held closest to ely allowed to command every facet of my life—reunited with the roup of zany, overwhel billionaires