“So you gave birth to a baby?” David asked as he sat in front of Ashley on the opposite couch sipping a cup of tea, while Ashley told him about the recent event that happened in Lamaze class.“No, David, I assisted in the birth of Irish’s baby,” Ashley confirmed as she curled up on the couch with covers wrapped around her, “Wow, who would’ve thought, and what did I tell you, Lamaze class will be great for your pregnancy,” he said as Ashley smiled before it slowly faded away. In contrast, she wrapped her arms around herself. “How did you feel about that?” David asked, watching as she slipped into deep thought.“Honestly, I was so scared and helpless, I mean, all the other mothers were so calm while I was in tears myself,” she explained as David listened to her talk.“Was it the experience or the thought?”“Both because they sort of connect,” she replied as David placed his cup down, sitting back to listen to his best friend. “How so?” “During that moment of hearing Irish’s screams an
"Oh my god, I think my water just broke," the very pregnant woman beside Jake and Ashley announced as everyone looked towards her with widened eyes filled with panic.Spreading her legs wider, the woman began to groan in panic as everyone rushed to her while the teacher rushed off to call an ambulance."Irish, honey, whatever you do, don't push," a black woman with a small growing belly advised as she sat in front of the woman, whose name was Irish, who began breathing heavily."I wouldn’t, but this baby is coming," Irish breathlessly said as she reached for the earnest hand, which happened to be Ashley’s hand.Clenching harshly down on Ashley’s hand, Ashley’s eyes widened at the strength, while her mouth gaped at the feeling of pain that shot up her hand and arm.Noticing his fiance’s discomfort, Jake tried to confront the mother in labor."Uh, excuse me, miss, you’re hurting my"SHUT THE FUCK UP, I’M HAVING A BABY!" The mother yelled as Jake immediately went silent as he sank to the
"Is she going to be alright?" David asked as they board the jet that he schedule since Ashley wanted to return home earlier than they had planned to stay.Upon arriving back at the house, David was greeted by a drained and depressed-looking couple, who greeted him weakly."Is everything alright?" David asked, watching as Jake carried Ashley up the stairs, "Ash wants to go home, can you make that happen?" Jake asked, causing David to stand up feeling more worried for his boss and best friend."Of course, I'll get right on it,"That night, they all board the private jet, which took them back to New York. While flying through the air, David glanced at Ashley, who lay further down in the jet behind Jake, on the left side of the plane, while Jake and David sat opposite one another."She will be, just a bit rattled by the reality check that the doctor gave us," Jake replied, earning a sigh from David, who continued to look at Ashley, who stirred in her sleep as she cuddled up in the seat."
PREVIOUSLY ON HEAT VOL 2Jake was awake the entire night after putting Ashley to sleep. She clings to him trying to reassure herself that he wasn't going to leave, which broke Jake's heart. Although it was Ashley's idea, he was angry at himself for being away from her. He had this incredibly annoying gut feeling the night before meeting Melissa. Instead of following his gut, he delayed himself and left her alone to deal with this horrifying misfortune. It broke his heart to lose one of his children but he was grateful because he was given another chance to continue to be a father and now, he was going to do everything in his power to protect his family.~~~3:45 a.m"Thought you stopped smoking," Ashley's sleepy voice filled the balcony as Jake turned to look at her before chuckling, "Can you blame me, it's been a pretty messed up week," he said, flickering away the cigarette as Ashley came over to sit on his lap."It has been a rough week, hasn't it, too bad I can't smoke," she joked
Dear readers, today is the 18th of January, 2023, and I'm sorry that it took me so long to submit this, but this book is at this moment on hold, it has been for a while now because honestly, I don't know where I'm heading with this story and just had to take a step back to see the bigger picture. I'm currently preparing other projects to get around that inspiration to complete this book, although I've thought of deleting the book, I couldn't, soon I hope to bounce back from this writer's block and complete this book. SO THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Previously on Heat Vol 2...“I’m guessing you’re the father?” The doctor asked as Jake nodded his head, “Well dad, I’m about to explain to Ashley all about what’s going on,” he said as Jake nodded before holding Ashley’s hand.“Well, unfortunately, Ashley had gone through a miscarriage,” he said as Ashley shook her head with tears rapidly flowing down her face, “I-I’m sorry what?” Jake asked in disbelief as tears of his own welled up in his eyes as he stared at the doctor.“I’m so sorry, but this is very common with mothers who carry twins as one of the fetuses grows weaker than the other resulting in them dying,” he explained as everyone froze.“T-Twins?”…Ashley was devastated that she had lost one of her babies and secretly blamed herself for not being strong enough to grow both her children, but she was still grateful, grateful for still having the chance of being a mother, so she was going to do everything in her power to bring this baby into the world, even if it kills her. No