All Chapters of Falling For My Father's Best Friend : Chapter 101 - Chapter 105

Monday melted into Tuesday in the usual blur of hospital life. By Tuesday afternoon I was on autopilot – updating charts, checking IV lines, answering call bells with practiced efficiency. The fluorescent lights hummed overhead, casting a sterile glow on the bustling nurses' station. Olga sat perched on the edge of a stool, her legs swinging under the desk, devouring a bag of potato chips loudly. Each bite seemed a small act of rebellious act or was it stress eating?Dew was hunched over in the corner, meticulously organizing medical supplies and muttering to himself. Hanna walked by with Ben-her puppy dog lover- both of them engrossed in a private joke. She gave us a quick wave and a bright "Hi!" before they disappeared down the corridor.Dew looked up from his task, wiping his hands on his worn scrubs. "After all that pretending, those two just want to take it to the next level."Olga paused mid-crunch, crumbs clinging to her lower lip. "What?"Dew grinned, that gossip glint in h

It was Friday, and I was officially one month pregnant.The realization settled over me like a gentle wave that morning as I stood before the expansive mirror in the new penthouse. My hand rested lightly on my still-flat stomach, a silent promise to the life growing within. I was going to be a mom soon-well in 8 months but you get it.I felt... happy. Not the wild, almost manic happiness Mateo had displayed when I first told him – a reaction that had been both thrilling and slightly overwhelming – but a quiet, warm kind of happiness that settled deep in my chest, radiating outwards. The baby was real. Mine. Ours. And for the first time in weeks, the fear, that constant companion, felt smaller than the burgeoning hope. It was a fragile feeling, precious and new, and I held onto it tightly.Work was relentlessly busy, but good. We finished the shift sweaty and bone-tired, the kind of exhaustion that comes from the constant motion of running between rooms, answering call bells, and of