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,

corrected the battery installation, he handed the device back to Cooper, letting him be the first to hear the baby's heartbeat. Andre knew

took the device, put on the headphones, and placed the fetal monitor on Mia's belly. "There it

immediately got excited. "How does it sound?

scanned her belly,

it. What's that look on your

finally seeing the heartbeat on the monitor.

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

was a bit anxious, watching Cooper. What

are you sure you're carrying a baby and not a train? It sounds like wind blowing inside your belly, and then a train running

took off the headphones and handed them to Andre. "Andre, you

indeed didn't

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

words eased the worry of the

to the baby's heartbeat and playing with

scanner over

planned to return to the Cedillo family today, and

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

baby's heartbeat by their own children. Andre felt like his unborn son was a toy, being

the device Cooper had bought her. She was wearing the headphones, sometimes listening

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

sometimes bulged and sometimes flattened. "Honey, touch my belly.

by the baby's movements, but Cooper, on

Cooper had been studying her belly. "Mia, do you feel like you're carrying a