Chapter 4

Avery's POV

Congratulations to you Miss! The doctor said, smiling as though she had just won a lottery.

I furrowed my brow, trying to understand why the doctor was congratulating me.

"You're pregnant," she blurted out with a wide grin.

Wh- what! I yelled.

The doctor frowned, confused as to the reason why I yelled, when I was supposed to be happy.

What did you just say? I asked her, trying to comport myself.

You're two months pregnant with triplets.

I scoffed, "You're joking, right?"

The doctor stared at me, confusion written all over her face.

"Why would I be joking with something like that?" she asked.

"Okay, let me ask you, when was the last time you saw your period?" She asked.

And then it dawned on me that I missed my period last month and this month was supposed to be last week as well.

I had shrugged it off, bearing in mind that I was barren anyway.

Maybe it's because of the rejection and stress that I am going through these days that make it skip. I had thought the last week, which was supposed to be my menstrual day.

I buried my face in my palm, trying to wrap my head around what was going on.

"Are you okay?" The doctor's voice jolted me back up.

"Yes - yes, I'm fine," I said, wearing a slight smile on my face as I stood up to take my leave.

"Are you sure you are okay?" She asked again.

"Yes, I'm fine, thank you so much," I replied and made my way out of the hospital.

As I came out of the hospital, my legs felt so heavy to lift.

I managed to get to a bench under a shade just in front of the hospital.

It's been two months since Drew rejected me, but it's been over a year since we had s*x.

I gasped, my breath cutting in my throat as my mind went back to that morning.

FLASHBACK

The ray of light that snuck through the curtains woke me.

My head was throbbing as though I had been hit by metal on my bed.

My body reeks of alcohol.

I stretched my arms, and yawned.

Then my hand hit a body beside me, and I stopped.

"Did I just touch a body," I wondered, then turned, my face coming face to face with the handsome figure sleeping beautifully beside me.

I jotted up and sat upright.

My breath got cut in my throat.

What have I done to myself? I slept with a stranger.

"Oh Moon Goddess, why am I so dumb?" I face-palmed.

"I need to get out of here now," I muttered lowly.

I stepped down from the bed, and tiptoed so as not to wake him from his sleep.

I slipped into my clothes gently, clutching my purse and shoes to my chest and slid through the door gently.

I slid back into the room when I realized I hadn't paid him for his service. He is a prostitute after all.

And I threw a $500 note on his body.

Then tiptoed back outside.

Head straight to my room, freshen up and change my clothes.

Then I left the hotel as though nothing had happened.

               

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The ringing of my phone brought me back from my little flashback.

I adjusted myself on the bench as I tried to get my phone from my bag.

It's Bluey, she must be worried.

I picked it up just before the call could end.

"Hey girl, how is the doctor's appointment?" Bluey asked over the phone.

"Fine, it went well," I responded.

"What did the doctor say? Is everything okay?" She asked, worry filling her voice.

"Yes, everything is fine, I'm on my way home." "I will tell you everything when I get home." I responded to her before dropping the call without waiting for her to respond.

How will I explain to her that I am pregnant with triplets?

The pregnancy that I have been to have in my three years of marriage, I got it in just one night with a stranger.

Bluey was angry when I told her I had a one-night stand with a total stranger.

"How could you do something like that," she had scolded.

"You better go get some contraceptives, to avoid stories that touch," she had warned.

I wished I had listened to her, but I had shrugged it off.

"I am barren remember and, besides, he didn't pour his seeds inside me" that had been my response that day.

Until I started feeling sick, and my boss gave me the rest of the week off as the sickness was already affecting my performance at work.

And then Bluey insisted I go to the hospital.

I stood up and made my way home.

"What would I do," I wondered as I sat down quietly inside the taxi.

"Maybe I will just get rid of them," I thought.

But this is just the Moon Goddess giving me a chance to rewrite my fate from being barren to being a mother. How can I think of getting rid of them?

"I can't, I can't," I said, shaking my head.

What will I do? I don't even think I will recognize this stranger I slept with.

"What should I do?" I called on my wolf, Avia, but I was met with silence.

Then I remembered she had told me to wake the stranger up that day before I left the hotel to at least get his name or see his face properly.

But I had shut her off, telling her we didn't need him in our lives.

"What have I brought upon myself?" I muttered and lowered my head.

I dragged my feet into the house as I swung the door open.

Bluey looked up, pausing what she was doing at the dining table. The smile she had on her face disappeared immediately she saw my face.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

I'm pregnant, I blurted out without thinking.

Wh- what! The spoon she was holding dropped to the floor.

"How? How is that possible," she asked as she rushed towards me and guided me to the sofa.

That m*therf**king stranger poured his f*cking seeds into me, I said, my voice shaking.

My eyes welling up with tears.

"I should have listened to you, I should have f**king listened and just take the damn contraceptives," I said as I sobed softly.

"Hey, hey relax," Bluey said, trying to calm me down.

I'm carrying three fetuses of a total stranger inside me, and you said I should calm down.

"Three!" Bluey yelled, widening her eyes.

"Oh damn!" She exclaimed.

"Yes three, you know it's funny how I couldn't even get pregnant in my three-year marriage and, boom, I am pregnant with a triplet just from a single night s*x," I said slightly excited.

"That's true though," Bluey said.

You know what, I'm keeping it, I'm keeping this pregnancy.

"I'm going to give birth to my babies and take care of them on my own." "This is a chance for me to be a mother, mother to three beautiful kids," I muttered, making up my mind.

"Yeah you should," I am happy for you," Bluey said.

Drew will definitely regret rejecting you once he finds out.

I don't want him to find out about it. My babies and I wouldn't be safe once he did.

He might even tag me as a prostitute for getting pregnant barely after our divorce.

"Okay, no problem, just know that I am always here for you," Bluey said.

"And yeah! "I will become a godmother soon!” she threw her hands in the air excitedly.

"I will have to leave this place to ensure my safety," I said.

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Bluey asked.

"Yes, I have to," I replied, nodding my head.