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?"

defended himself, "Everyone makes

the battery installation, he handed the device back to Cooper, letting him be the first to

placed the fetal monitor

"How does it sound? What's it

scanned her belly, he

What's that look on your

for a while longer, then finally seeing

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

watching Cooper. What was he frowning

and not a train? It sounds like wind blowing inside your belly, and then a train running against the wind, chugging and whooshing." Mia

the headphones and handed them to Andre.

confused. It indeed didn't sound

sounds. "This is normal. I saw online that other expectant

eased the worry of the

three adults stayed home, listening to the baby's heartbeat and playing

over her belly. "I want

and Hansen called in the evening urging them to come

had just returned, and he undoubtedly came to see Mia. Therefore, Andre informed his

heartbeat by their own children. Andre felt like his

to play with the device Cooper had bought her. She

"Mia, it's eleven o'clock. If you don't

which sometimes bulged and sometimes flattened.

by the baby's movements, but

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