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

Cooper, letting him be the first to hear the baby's heartbeat.

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

"How does

scanned her belly, he

say it. What's that look on your

belly for a while longer, then finally seeing

brother who was intently listening to her baby's heartbeat. She tried to breathe as softly as

watching Cooper.

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

and handed them to Andre. "Andre,

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

headphones on Mia, and began looking up information on fetal heart sounds. "This is normal.

worry of

heartbeat and playing with the device Cooper

the scanner over her belly. "I

had planned to return to the Cedillo family today, and

to see Mia. Therefore, Andre informed his family, and the couple decided to stay at the Irvin family for another

by their own children. Andre felt like his unborn son was a toy,

continued to play with the device Cooper had bought her. She was wearing the headphones, sometimes listening to music, sometimes to

"Mia, it's eleven o'clock. If you

her belly, which sometimes bulged and

surprised by the baby's movements, but Cooper,

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