Nicole stood with her mouth opened, this was too good to be true, yes she knew her husband was mad rich but he pulled off these kinds of things for her, Lord it was amazing, her sadness completely disappeared.
“This is really mine? Like mine?”
“Yes, it’s yours, and look, do you see the covering? It has Nicole’s art gallery written on it, it’s all yours baby girl so don’t stay locked up anymore, meet those fans of yours and be the face of your own brand okay?”
Rafael said.
“I don’t know how to thank you enough for everything you are doing for me Rafael , I don’t know what I did to deserve all these but I am honored to get these amazing gifts from you, our baby, your love, this building and every other beautiful thing you have given to me, I will do well to cherish every one of them and not give them away,”
“Of course, you have to do that, look baby, I don’t want you to overthink things or be sad or be alone, do you understand? Whatever happens, I am always going to be here for you and our family,”
“I know that Rafael ,”
She said crying again.
“I know that that’s why even if I want to be sad, I can’t be because I have you, my mom and dad, Grace and our baby on my side,”
“Good, now let’s stop crying, I don’t like seeing my baby cry,”
“But that’s the thing, I can’t stop crying, I cry when I am happy and also get when I am sad, my hormones are not helping, so you have to be used to my crazy hormones.”
“Of course baby, I will,”
He said hugging her, she took comfort in his hug, they stood there in the middle of her new gallery for more than ten minutes, after which she looked around the place, it was big enough for her to have a mini art school too, she hoped things clear up soon so that she can take up teaching little kids how to make beautiful paintings, that was part of her dreams, work with children.
They left the studio and went home where they had dinner and retired to their room, of course not to sleep, not when there were better things to do in bed.
“Honey, come on, we have an appointment to catch, we don’t want to be late,”
Her husband said out loud the next morning, as she struggled to zip up her dress, lately, her dresses were getting tighter on her, which shows her body was finally developing and giving space for her baby to grow, last night she had slept late, not because she was sad, no, she had been wanting and had kept her husband awake for the most of last night, she smiled at the memory, it was perfect, just perfect the way her husband response to her every want.
“Honey?”
“If you will just come in and help me with the zipper then we will be on our way,”
She let out as she walked downstairs towards him, he smiled.
“You should have told me, sorry my love,”
He said as he dropped the bag he had been holding and helped her fix her dress, she felt his breath against her neck and shivered as his lips settled on her neck, sucking softly.
“You just said we will be late,”
She said with what sounded even to her ears like a moan, all it take for her to be wanting was her man breathing next to her.
“I know, but I couldn’t resist,”
He whispered as he placed a kiss on the spot he had been sucking and zipped up her dress, she felt disappointed, she had wanted him to continue even though she knew they had to see the doctor today, she turned to him and let him see her disappointment, he laughed at her expression.
“Baby, don’t tell me you want me again? I mean I am not complaining but we have an appointment,”
“And you think I don’t know? Of course, I do, you shouldn’t tempt me knowing I am an extra hormonal woman, you are bad,”
She accused.
“My love, I will gladly meet your every need, let’s go see the doctor and come back, I will gladly be your boy toy,”
He replied pulling her close and kissing her softly, so much promise in that one soft kiss, she wanted to deepen the kiss and pull him back to their room with her but the doctor.
She thought as she eased off the kiss went back upstairs to their room alone and grabbed her bag, she was out in seconds and he held her hands and lead her to the car where the driver was waiting to take them to the hospital, they got to the hospital and was lead directly to the doctor’s office, she spoke with them for a couple of minutes, asking about her health and how she was feeling in general to which she gave answers as accurate as she would, then she was made to lay down and another woman who was introduced as the sonographer came in, a gel-like substance was poured on an instrument the doctor had introduced as the transducer and placed on her tummy which the sonographer passed around her tummy while watching the screen.
“Can you see your baby, the little one is doing so well,”
The doctor said pointing at the screen as the other lady continued her work passing the cold stuff around her tummy, Nicole could only see a blurred image but she knew that was her child, at least the heartbeat was felt, the moment was too beautiful to be true, she looked up at her husband who had so many emotions in his eyes, he looked excited, scared and thrilled at the same time, his eyes were shining with love too.
“Yes, that’s it little one, say hello to daddy and mummy,”
The doctor said as the blurred image moved, Nicole’s heart skipped a beat, she felt overwhelmed with love, for her growing child, she looked at her husband again, he mouthed.
“I love you,”
“I love you too,”
She responded, after the examination, the other woman spoke to the doctor and left, while they went back into the doctor’s office.
“As you saw, your baby is healthy and doing fine at almost three months, just a few more days and you will be out of the risk period, however, I will like to advise that you not to do or engage in anything strenuous as that might still lead to a miscarriage,”
The doctor advised and Nicole listened carefully, she didn’t want to lose her baby so she was going to follow every instruction of the doctor.
“Thanks, doctor,”
“You are welcome, you can leave now and we will see each other at your next appointment,”
The doctor concluded.
“Hmm, doc? What am I supposed to do? You didn’t say anything to me?”
Rafael asked, while she had been talking with the doctor, she had forgotten for a moment that he was in the room too, her bad.
“You, your job is to give physical, moral, and otherwise support,”
“Aha, that’s easy,”
He said.
“Doc? I have a question,”
She said looking from her husband to the doctor, she wanted to ask but she suddenly became shy, what if they both laugh at her?
“Yes, I am all ears,”
“Nevermind,”
“No, say it, it’s clear there is something you wanna know, just ask okay?”
The doctor persuaded and her husband nodded in agreement, if only he knew what her question was, well she was going to ask anyway.
“Huh, see the thing is, huh, okay, here it is, does being pregnant make you more active?”
She asked lowering her head.
“Active in what sense?”
The confused doctor asked.
“I mean, make you more sexually active and wanting?”
She added, she heard Rafael chuckle and resisted the urge to step on his feet.
“Oh, that, yes it is, and it is perfectly okay,”
“Aha, thank you,”
She said and finally looked at her husband who was giving her weird eyes.
“You guys are a healthy, young couple so just do you and we will be fine, just make sure you don’t do some crazy styles that young people tend to do, at least not until the baby is born,”
The doctor further advised, Nicole bowed her head in shyness as her husband thanked the doctor and they were on their way, he had to go to the office so he told the driver to drop her off at home first before he takes him to the office, he didn’t hesitate to tease her throughout the journey back home until she threatened to starve him, he had dramatically apologized, which made her laugh and even at the moment, she knew she would rather die than give Rafael up…