Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

It was an involuntary reaction. Mia swore she didn't mean to hit anyone. She slapped her brother's back, and the sound echoed in the living room, silencing everyone instantly. "Did you just say my baby has no heartbeat!" She grabbed her brother's shirt, pulling him closer. Her voice was harsh as she emphasized, "My baby is moving inside me. How could it not have a heartbeat? You bought a faulty device and now you're blaming my baby." "Wait, wait a minute," Cooper stammered.

He placed his hand on Mia's belly, feeling for the baby's movement. After ten seconds passed, Cooper impatiently urged his sister's belly. "Come on. Why won't you kick?"

But there was no movement. Cooper looked at his sister's face, and then pointed at her belly. "Mia, it's not moving."

Mia retorted, "Of course, my baby isn't some common creature who would just kick whenever you want. You think you're that important? Even its father doesn't get that privilege when it's in a bad mood." Andre at the side remained silent, knowing that was indeed the case.

Cooper tried again with the device on Mia's belly, wearing his headphones. "Mia, there really is no heartbeat."

Andre remained calm. He took the device and started reading the instructions, trying to figure it out, while his wife and brother-in-law continued their argument.

"My son is very temperamental, you know. You have to call him 'sweetheart' and tell him 'I love you' before he might give you the time of day," Mia explained.

Cooper questioned, "Is this baby a boy or a girl? Why is he so sensitive?"

After speaking, Cooper rested his hand on Mia's belly. "Sweetheart, I'm your Uncle Cooper. I love you. If you hear me, give me a kick."

The baby didn't respond. Cooper said, "Mia..."

Mia interrupted, "I told you, he might give you the time of day. Clearly, he's not doing that now."

Andre had figured out the problem. "The batteries were installed backwards."

Cooper could only facepalm at his mistake.

Mia looked at her brother in disbelief. "How did you manage to screw that up?"

himself, "Everyone

him be the first to hear the baby's heartbeat. Andre knew how

and placed the fetal monitor on Mia's belly. "There it is! I

"How does it sound?

Cooper scanned her belly, he hesitated.

it. What's that look on your

belly for a while longer, then finally seeing the

dare interrupt her brother who was intently listening to her baby's heartbeat. She tried to

watching Cooper. What was

It sounds like wind blowing inside

the headphones and handed them to Andre.

listened, he was also confused. It indeed didn't sound like

looking up information on fetal heart sounds. "This is normal. I saw online that other expectant

eased the worry of

home, listening to the baby's heartbeat and playing with

had found a new "game." She moved the scanner over her belly. "I want to listen to

Cedillo family today, and Hansen called in the evening

to see Mia. Therefore, Andre informed his family, and the

their own children.

bought her. She was wearing the headphones,

"Mia, it's eleven o'clock.

at her belly, which sometimes bulged and sometimes flattened. "Honey,

surprised by the baby's movements, but Cooper, on the other hand,

after she had eaten dinner, Cooper had been studying her belly. "Mia, do you