His Wife (A Contract Marriage Story) by Heer Mangtani

Chapter 68

Chapter 68

I was cold. The air conditioning in the clinic was cold. The jelly they applied on my stomach was cold.

I

I wasn’t even trying to focus on the small screen showing the doctor my insides A was thinking was about my insurance,

and how much of this will it cover.

When I was in the hospital after getting kidnapped, Gabriel put me on his insurance. But now that we were divorced, I had to find my way around my old insurance again.

“Yes, Congratulations, Ms. Baker, you’re pregnant. The doctor pushed his spectacles further back on his nose, pointing at the ultrasound screen.

The moment the words were out in the open, tears welled in my eyes.

“For sure?” I ask, barely finding my voice.

“Yes,” He smiled sympathetically, “Would you like to see?”

“How- How far along am I right now?”

“Ten weeks.

1 gulp, I was over two months pregnant.

How did this happen…

I mean I knew how this happened, but.. how? We’d never been reckless, we’d never not used protection.

Except that once.

had to take a birth shot after

I had

F*ck.

F*ck.

to

the little coin sized shape on the machine. “That right there is your first

“First?”

points next to it,

“Twins?” I gasp..

“Twins.” He agreed.

mental health was in no

Not one. Two.

There was no way I could raise two babies in the apartment I was living in right now. Toddlers should be raised in a

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an apartment. I

if I

What if I-

out of my reverie. “Would

“Op-Options

you have to take them every day. If you decide on keeping the babies, I will see you back two weeks from now. And if this was unplanned, we could consider our option of terminating it or perhaps birthing and giving up

Terminating? Adoption?

gulp. They were

Mine and Gabriel’s.

1

the months. I will prepare myself. I will bring myself out of the downward spiral I was in and

shake my head. “The vitamins,

smile, nods, and then writes in his

I’m your

for job interviews, I decided that moving back to my hometown would be the best decision I could make for the babies. I had a house there, warm and comfortable, with a garden where I could set up a playground for them, an extra room that I could give to Luna, and still have emotional support from people who knew me, who loved me, who’s lives I had disappeared from since the past two months

been trying to run away. I just needed time to accept the way my life had drastically changed without the sympathy or

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