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Chapter 84
“Oh for fucks sake.” I cursed, tiredly rubbing my temples. “Why can nothing ever go drama free for me?”
I knew Liann’s family was rich, I knew that they were from around here. I vaguely remember her telling me her great grandfather invented some everyday item, and her grandfather and father just reinvested the money in startups and real estate. I would have never made the connection to what Robert had told me about Dennis Wright, I hadn’t even really bothered to google him. Maybe that was naive of me, I surely did curse myself for it now.“You know him?” Robert asked me, his eyes switching between me and Dennis.“He is Liann’s uncle,” I told him. Robert clearly didn’t remember who Liann was, so I quickly elaborated. “She is my sister in law. The demon.”“That didn’t come up on your background check.” Robert said. I couldn’t blame him for that comment. Him
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Robert’s marketing team was very happy with our outing to the art exhibit. The following day I saw pictures come by of us on the red carpet, as well as the photos that were taken when I was fangirling over art. The latter really did turn out great. I was pointing at the art and clearly talking, while Robert was looking at me, with a small smile on his face. The art exhibit used them to show how interesting their art was, the gossip magazines used them to show how Robert was in love with me. It was a win-win.I didn’t feel any pain, besides the regular pregnancy ones, after the party and it was making me a bit bolder. I still kept to mostly resting, but I wasn’t putting off things until after the birth anymore either. Sure, it was still six days of rest and then one appointment on the seventh day, but it was more than what I did before.Back when I first moved into this apartment I had already bought a coffee machine. Pregnant women really weren’t su
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Doctor Ward was always in a much better mood when Robert wasn’t here for my appointments. He even wore a funky tie today, with little green dinosaurs on them. Clara would love him, that’s for sure.“No pain,” I confirmed for him. “Outside of my back and my feet, of course.”He nodded and wrote it down, though I knew he must already know about all of this. I was still on a decently strict schedule to tell doctor Ward everything I felt in regards to the pregnancy. I think most of my messages never made it past the nurse, but they must be in my file at the very least.“We are slowly heading towards your due date.” Doctor Ward said as he was writing. “Nervous?”“Well, the possibility of horrible pain and death doesn’t really make me look forward to it.” I joked. Doctor Ward smiled and finished writing his sentence before putting the clipboard down. We were in the oh so familiar examination
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I didn’t tell Robert about Mr Price’s visit. I didn’t want to add to his stress and the only interesting thing he mentioned was that he knew about my diagnosis. He could have spoken to one of the nurses at the clinic or maybe Robert did tell his family, I didn’t know and I didn’t really care. Maybe if people knew I was supposed to rest they would actually let me do it. Kiara texted me this morning that she wanted to come over, so I was quickly going through the house to clean everything up again. I had long cleaned up our little zoo, but since then Clara and I had also played princess and vet, so the house was in a constant state of mess. I didn’t really care, I wanted Clara to have the type of childhood where she was allowed to make a mess when she was being creative. The whole ‘nothing out of place’ aesthetic really wasn’t mine. I had just finished transferring the last of her stuffed animals and miscellaneous toys
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No matter how angry she was with me before the pains started, Kiara put all of that aside when she noticed my discomfort. She was well aware of the pains of childbirth, as it was the reason that she put her plans of having a large family with multiple kids aside, so even though we were not sure if I was going into labour she was nothing but great at keeping calm.“Everything will be okay, Dalia, remember to take deep breaths.” She told me, occasionally glancing over at me. She had luckily driven to my place today, so there was no waiting time for a car to arrive nor did we need to call an ambulance. Kiara put the keys in the ignition and before I knew it we were off.I think we broke the speed limit more often than we stayed under it, but I could not bring myself to care. If we got a ticket Robert would have to pay for it, if we got pulled over by a cop they could very well join us and escort us to the hospital. The pain was still roaming around my body,
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I had to stay in the hospital for a few days while the doctors checked to see if my situation stabilized. Even doctor Ward came in to speak to me and consult with my doctors. The pains occurred when my blood pressure rose and after fighting with Kiara, they had simply gone too far up. Eventually, they deduced that a hospital stay was still quite stressful, and they preferred me to sit out my pregnancy in the comforts of my own home. Once again, I was told to do nothing but rest.I hadn’t spoken to Kiara since, but Robert had brought Clara to visit me every day. At first, she got really scared to see me in the hospital, but when I explained it was due to the baby she calmed down. It was funny to see how she related everything back to the animal kingdom, and luckily for me, she had seen a documentary where the doctors closely monitored a pregnant rhino. Before we knew it, Clara was back to her cheerful self. “I’m not completely useless you know.” I s
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The powerpoint did not turn out to be so bad, in fact I quite enjoyed the many special effects and pictures she had used to illustrate why we should move in with Robert. I don’t think I got the point across that we would probably move back into our own place after the baby is born, but that was a worry for later. I messaged Kiara to try and make up with her, but she had not responded. I didn't even tell Robert that I had done that, because even though he wasn’t saying it, I knew he blamed Kiara for my lengthy hospital visit. Luckily for me, he was smart enough to keep that opinion to himself, and I just wanted my best friend back.His finger traced from my thigh to the curve of my hips and onto my ribs. Even with the fabric separating my skin from touching his, I still thoroughly enjoyed it when he touched me. His body was pressed against mine, my back against his front. We had fallen asleep like that and I always enjoyed it when he stayed in bed long enough f
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The chef never disappointed, especially when he was told beforehand that there would be guests coming over.I had been raving about him to Kiara for months, so when the food was brought out she happily took a bite of the green mush, even if it did not look super appetizing. Elijah poked at it for a bit longer, until he saw Kiara’s eyes light up. He then also tried it and for the next five minutes, neither of them really gave any long answers.“I think we have unsuccessfully tried to keep business and our friendship separated.” I finally broke the silence. “So, knowing that, was it a mutually beneficial talk?” Elijah had taken a page from Robert’s book, so when they came back down I could not read from either of their faces whether or not they hated each other or were beginning to at least form a friendship. Kiara and Elijah were seated in front of us and Robert was to my right. Yet, Elijah was too busy with his food, so Robert answ
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I had been fussing over what I wanted to wear for days. That was really a perk of having absolutely nothing to do and only being allowed to rest, I could worry over the little things.Too dressed up would make it seem like I was showing off, my regular ‘home’ outfit would seem like I did not care. Though Kiara had extensive knowledge of clothes, I did not. I had no idea which maternity wear came straight from the designer and which came straight from some knock off brand. I did not want to over do it, I did not want to under do it. It needed to be perfect.“You look nice.” Robert commented when he saw me. I stopped dead in my tracks.“Not too nice right?” I asked. He was sitting on the couch, with his tablet in front of him. I could not really see what he was doing on there, but I doubt he was playing Candy Crush. He looked me up and down.“You look… very nice?” He guessed. “Very pretty.”I r
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