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.

even

handle common colds, and even with

still afraid

already grown up. I was

"Don't be afraid,"

C

hand, the thumb gently rubbing the back of

with me, but it's

pinch me when it hurts, and I'll bear the pain with you," he

beside me. My heart seemed to fill up with something, mixed with a touch of sadness, and I couldn't help

voice was so low that he couldn't hear what I said.

shook my

even if spoken, would only embarrass me. They

blood draw, I went to the

Ryan waited outside.

coupling agent, wiping me with tissues after each section. +15

heart was pounding faster than

Ryan to find out about my pregnancy sooner or later, but not this

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

I pursed my lips. "How's the baby

weeks. Look, you can already see the

"Really..."

screen towards me, and I saw the tiny life inside me. Tears streamed down my face

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