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CHAPTER 103: BED REST
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Billionaire Contract Marriage: Her Quest CHAPTER 103: BED REST
Sophia's POVWeek one of bed rest, and I was already losing my mind.Not slowly. Rapidly. Aggressively. Completely."You need to relax," David said for the fortieth time."I am relaxed.""You're answering work emails at 6 a.m. from the couch where you're supposed to be resting.""I'm resting AND working. Multitasking.""Dr. Patterson said no stress.""Work isn't stressful. Work is what I do.""Sophia—""David. I've been on this couch for seven days. Seven. I'm going to crawl out of my skin if I don't do something productive."He looked at me with that expression. The one that meant he understood but disagreed."One hour," he said finally. "One hour of work emails. Then you rest. Actually rest.""Two hours.""One and a half. Final offer.""Deal."He kissed my forehead. "You're impossible.""You married me anyway.""Worst decision I ever made.""Best decision.""That too."---Isabella adapted better than expected.She'd appointed herself my personal assistant. Brought me water without
Billionaire Contract Marriage: Her Quest CHAPTER 102: COMPLICATIONS
Sophia's POVTwenty weeks, and everything was fine.Until it wasn't.I woke at 3 a.m. to cramping. Not Braxton Hicks. Not round ligament pain. Something different.Sharp. Consistent. Wrong."David." I shook his shoulder. "David, wake up."He was alert immediately. Four years of parenting had trained him well."What's wrong?""Cramping. Bad cramping."He turned on the light. "How bad?""Bad enough that I'm scared."That got him moving.---We called Dr. Patterson. She told us to come to the hospital immediately.David called Mrs. Kane to stay with Isabella. She arrived in fifteen minutes, still in pajamas, hair unbrushed."Go," she said. "I've got her. Just go."The hospital was too bright, too sterile, too familiar from Isabella's birth.They got me into an exam room quickly. Dr. Patterson arrived within thirty minutes—impressive for 4 a.m."Let's see what's happening," she said, setting up the ultrasound.The cramping had eased. Maybe it was nothing. Maybe I'd panicked for no reason.
Billionaire Contract Marriage: Her Quest CHAPTER 101: PREGNANCY NOW VISIBLE
Sophia's POVSixteen weeks pregnant, and I couldn't hide it anymore.The bump was there. Small but undeniable. Clothes that had fit last week no longer cooperated."You're showing," Emma observed during lunch. "Like, actually showing.""I'm aware.""It's cute. You look pregnant instead of just bloated.""Thank you for that distinction.""You're welcome." She stabbed her salad. "Have you told work yet? Officially?""Board meeting next week. I'll tell them then.""They're going to have opinions.""They always have opinions. I stopped caring about board opinions around the time I fired three of them for incompetence.""Fair point."Isabella sat between us in her booster seat, eating french fries with intense concentration. She'd mastered the art of dipping them in ketchup—mostly."Mama belly big," she announced."Yes, baby's growing.""Baby come out soon?""Not for a while. Baby needs to grow more first."She seemed satisfied with this. Returned to her fries."She's very calm about the w
Billionaire Contract Marriage: Her Quest CHAPTER 100: MOVING FORWARD
Sophia's POVTwelve weeks pregnant, and everything hurt.Not physically. Physically I was fine. Better than with Isabella, actually. Less nausea. More energy.Emotionally, though. Everything hurt.Old fears resurfacing. Old patterns creeping back.What if I couldn't do this again? What if two kids broke us? What if Isabella suffered because we divided our attention?What if, what if, what if.Dr. Morrison listened to me spiral during our session."This sounds familiar," she observed."I know. I'm regressing. Being ridiculous.""You're being human. Second pregnancies often trigger different anxieties than first ones.""Why?""Because you know what you're getting into now. With Isabella, you were terrified of the unknown. Now you're terrified of the known."She was right.I knew what sleepless nights felt like. Knew the exhaustion. The constant demand. The way a baby consumed everything.And I was choosing to do it again."What if I can't love them equally?" I asked quietly."That's the
Billionaire Contract Marriage: Her Quest CHAPTER 99: THE QUESTION REVISITED
Sophia's POVThree weeks after Isabella's birthday, I missed my period.Not unusual. Stress did that. Work did that. Parenting a two-year-old did that.I didn't think anything of it.Until I missed the second one.Then I thought about it.Thought about the conversation with David. About having another baby. About how we'd said "eventually" and "we'll think about it."Thought about how "eventually" might be now.I bought a test on the way home from work. Hid it in my purse. Waited until evening when David took Isabella to the park.Two minutes. That's how long the test took.I sat on the bathroom floor, watching the little window.One line.Then two.Pregnant.I stared at it. Trying to feel something. Anything.Mostly I felt numb.Not bad numb. Not good numb. Just... numb."Sophia?" David's voice from the bedroom. They were back.I shoved the test in the drawer. Came out trying to look normal."Hey. How was the park?""Muddy. Isabella found every puddle. She's in the bath with Maria no
Billionaire Contract Marriage: Her Quest CHAPTER 98: BELLA AT TWO YEARS OLD
Sophia's POVIsabella turned two on a Sunday.This time we had a party. Actual party. Twenty kids, chaos, activities organized by Emma who'd apparently become a professional event planner overnight."It's not that complicated," Emma said, setting up a craft station. "You just need activities every fifteen minutes so they don't destroy everything.""There are twenty toddlers in our apartment.""Twenty-three, actually. Some people brought siblings.""We're going to need a bigger apartment.""You have four thousand square feet. You're fine."She was probably right.Mrs. Thomas sat in a comfortable chair, supervising. Three months post-surgery, she was back to herself mostly. Slower. More careful. But present."This is excessive," she observed, watching Emma hang streamers."This is what you do for two-year-olds," Emma said. "Big celebration. Lots of chaos. Photographic evidence they can be embarrassed by later.""We didn't do this for David's second birthday.""That's because you were br
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