Chapter 72: Love at First Sight

Moana, My eyes widened when I saw Edrick, but at the same time, my body relaxed knowing that he was here to — hopefully — help us. He glanced over at me, but clearly didn’t want anyone to know we were together, and walked up to the desk.

“Is there a problem here?” he asked the receptionist.

“Yes, Mr. Morgan,” she said, gesturing to me, “this woman is a human and she’s trying to be served before werewolves. It’s our policy to serve werewolves first.” Her eyes were wide as she spoke, and her voice shook a bit. I could tell that she knew that she would be in deep trouble if Edrick Morgan himself was here.

“Well, break policy just this once,” he said. He turned to the werewolf couple next, who still stood nearby looking utterly confused. “So sorry about that,” he said, then turned to Selina and me and addressed us. “I’ll take you to the VIP room.”

With that, he turned on his heel and began to walk toward the examination rooms. Meanwhile, the director dealt with the receptionist and the werewolf couple. I couldn’t make out exactly what was being said to the receptionist, but she seemed as though she was being reprimanded — and rightfully so, in my opinion. Just because it was policy to serve humans after werewolves didn’t mean that it was morally right to treat humans like inferiors.

Still, I followed Edrick, keeping my head down to avoid the strange looks from other patients with Selina trailing behind me. Once we were out of the waiting room, I let out a sigh of relief.

“Thank you,” Selina said, scurrying along to keep up with Edrick. “That receptionist–”

“It’s okay,” Edrick said calmly. “She was only doing what she thought was right… It is policy to serve werewolves first.”

some privacy, but Edrick stopped her and gestured for him to come in with us.

finally landing on mine. I nodded approvingly with a smile.

but she followed us in,

mousy brown hair, welcomed us with

Doctor Melrose. I’ll have the pleasure of being your doctor for the duration of this pregnancy; if you ever need anything, you can always call me, no matter the time of day or night. Here’s my card.” She pulled a business

and Selina, to which I nodded — and she covered my lower half with a sheet, which wasn’t entirely necessary,

a little cold,” she said as she picked up a tube of ultrasound gel. She squeezed a generous amount on my belly, which I gladly accepted over the internal ultrasound that I had

filled the room was the soft sound of my own pulse echoing from

your little one!”

of an avocado, but it was there and it was alive. Seeing it for the first time filled me with such a strong and vast array of emotions that I

“Give it a few more months, and we’ll be able to tell the s*x. What are you hoping

tears of joy in my eyes with a handkerchief. “I don’t know… I don’t think I would have a preference.

I suddenly felt a little inappropriate and quickly released them, but he didn’t

“Edrick?” Selina asked.

as he was broken from his trance.

my years of working as an obstetrician, I often hear that same thing. I think that most people have a preference until they see the fetus for the

who only ever wished for a boy ultimately melt into puddles

Edrick again and imagined how his face would look when he

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