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 be

has been decent. I could handle common colds, and even with severe ones, I could just make do with some normal medicine. I rarely needed to

I was still afraid of

was scared, but I no longer had my

"Don't be afraid,"

C

dry hand tightly enveloped my other hand, the thumb gently rubbing the back of my hand as he comforted me. "I'm

but it's me who will feel the

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

heart seemed to fill up with something, mixed with a touch of sadness, and I couldn't help muttering, "But you can't

voice was so low that he couldn't

shook my

me. They would be better kept buried

to the ultrasound room arranged

Ryan waited outside.

applied a coupling agent, wiping me with tissues

pounding

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

As she looked at my abdomen, she smiled and said, "Mrs. Frost, you're pregnant. Did you

knew." I pursed my lips. "How's

developing very well. It's nine weeks. Look, you can

"Really..."

tiny life inside me. Tears streamed down

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