Billionaire, Let's Divorce! by BELLA

AIDEN

I didn't know the prospect of being a father- or rather, the process of being a father again was this exciting.

As Ana and I watched the ultrasound, my gaze fixed on the tiny life we've created, my heart beamed with so much joy.

How could something I couldn't touch make me do happy? Perhaps, it was because of the woman I'd made it with.

I stole a glance in Ana's direction. Her lips was covered with her right palm. Her eyes looked misty but I could see the happiness in them.

I briefly wondered if she was happy about the baby or she was just glad that Amie finally had a bigger chance of living.

Speaking of Amie... Ana and I had arrived early at the hospital so we had extra time on our hands. I decided to say hi to Amie. She still looked at me like I was a stranger. I didn't like the way her wide careless laugh and grins waned and became polite whenever she turned my way or remembered that it wasn't just her and her mom in the room.

I itched to tell her that I was her father but as infuriating as it was, I respected Ana's choice. Besides, I hadn't been able to stop wondering if there would even be any difference when eventually she knows the truth. She talks so much about her stepdad that I doubt she would welcome another dad.

"Aiden?"

I blinked my focus back on Anastasia. There was a slight smile on her lips but her brows were furrowed in concern.

"Yes?"

Her gaze roamed my face. "Are you okay? You've blanked out since the doctor stepped out."

"Oh," I muttered as I glanced around the room. It was now just us.

"Why did he leave?"

She shrugged, "he wants to give us alone time with the baby."

The baby.... Shouldn't it be 'our baby'?

I looked away from her probing eyes and fixed my gaze on the monitor. "It still feels surreal..." that I'm having another child with you.

"I know, right?" She sighed. "The process is beautiful. The best feeling is when it moves in my stomach." There was a distant smile on her face as she pressed her palm to her flat stomach.

hand and I wondered if it would be okay if I placed mine on hers or directly on

blanked

my way. "I was

"It's nothing."

me. "I understand that you mean well

give her a ride here and now. It wasn't like I

baby for the second time. Let's try to respect their

to this whole arrangement 'acceptance'

maintain some space for their

does she mean by space? That I was not allowed to come to visit Amie? Perhaps, she doesn't want me to attend heartwarming sessions like this

right. Even if I didn't care about Dennis's feelings about all this, I should do this for Ana. It was clear that she cared about Dennis and their

on fighting the development... perhaps she

insisted on being around Ana all the time, attending seessions like these one that made me

a heavy breath. "It's okay

don't have to

I swallowed. "I understand."

future ultrasounds to me but that might even

about. I wouldn't do anything that would put our

you," she smiled, seeming

going to get

get

her.

I reached for my phone in my pocket. "I'll call my driver and he'll pick you up when you're

that. I'm

feigned a pout just as my

lifted in a smile when she let out a short laugh as I turned

to you now," I said to the driver

I hadn't heard her call my name in

since we

back memories I

my hand.