Chapter 55

His eyes were dark. "Can't it be for some other reason?"

"Such as?" I didn't deny the fact that I was testing him.

He pursed his lips. "I just want you to be healthy."

"Sounds just like a birthday wish for elders at home."

A thought crossed my mind and I smiled instantly. "Save that for next month at Grandpa's birthday banquet."

Wishing for my health.

Wishing for a hundred years of harmony with Jessica?

When the nurse came to dra?

1. up.

blood, as she disinfected my arm, I instinctively recoiled, my body tensing

I had been afraid of needles since I was little.

When I had fallen ill as a child, Dad would hold me, Mom would hold my other hand, comforting me during injections or blood tests.

would even be

common colds, and even with severe ones, I could just make do

was still

already grown up. I was scared, but I no longer had

"Don't be afraid,"

C

rubbing the back of my

with me, but it's me who will feel the

me when it hurts, and I'll bear the

half-crouched beside me. My heart seemed to fill up with something, mixed with a touch of sadness, and I couldn't help muttering, "But you can't

he couldn't hear what

I shook my

me. They would be better

blood draw, I went to the ultrasound room

Ryan waited outside.

applied a coupling agent, wiping me

was pounding

to find out about my pregnancy sooner

about my identity. As she looked at my abdomen, she

I pursed my

nine weeks. Look, you can already see the little

"Really..."

towards me, and I saw the tiny life inside

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