Chapter 171 The Dreading Appointment

Chapter 171 The Dreading Appointment
Lana's POV

I find myself sitting at Doctor Conrad's office again with Arden by my side. I looked at Doctor Conrad as he jotted down something in the file. I was nervous, I felt Arden place his hand on mine, giving it a gentle squeeze. Doctor Conrad didn't look too impressed.

"So, I need you both to follow through on doctor's orders," he said as he looked up at both of us. "You both went against my orders and I am not impressed by that." my heart was beating rapidly. "Miss Stern, I need to check you, if you can move over to the room behind you. Mr ..." he said as he stood up, looking at Arden.

"Moses," Arden mentioned.

"Mr Moses, you can join her," he said, and we both stood up. When we went to the next room, there was a bed and an ultrasound machine and I was getting more nervous walking closer to it. I took in a deep breath and exhaled through my mouth. Arden placed both of his hands on my shoulders.

"Just breathe," he said soothingly, "You are doing well." He rubbed my arms before removing his hands. I didn't want him to remove them. I slid my black thong down my legs and laid down on the bed while Arden sat on a chair beside me and he held my hand as I stared up at the ceiling. Arden kissed the back of my hand. "Everything will be okay," he said.

I was wearing a black wrap dress and flats because I needed to go to work after this. I wanted to be comfortable for this appointment, so I decided to ditch the heels for today. Arden insisted on driving me to work, so I left my car at the apartment. Doctor Conrad put surgical gloves on, "I'm going to do a transvginal ultrasound, because an abdominal ultrasound might not pick up anything as you are still early in your pregnancy and transvginal ultrasounds help to detect ectopic pregnancies too," he said as he sat down at the end of the bed on a little stool. "Spread your legs for me," he said.

Arden's hand squeezed mine tight. I gasped because he could break my hand. I looked at him and he was scowling at doctor Conrad, who was oblivious to Arden as he now held a transvginal ultrasound wand, getting ready to insert it inside of me. "You're going to put that inside of her?" Arden asked with worry. He no longer scowled.

"Yes, it is to detect the embryo and to make sure that there are no complications at this point in the pregnancy," he said as I now felt the wand at my entrance. I held my breath, "This might be uncomfortable," doctor Conrad warned me. I winced as he inserted it.

"Lana," Arden looked at me with worry.

"Just uncomfortable," I told him. I heard something weird. I looked at the ultrasound screen. "What is that sound?" I asked.

"It is the little heartbeat, however..." Arden squeezed my hand gently. My heart felt as if it wanted to stop because now doctor Conrad sounded unsure. "The heartbeat is faint and not strong as yet. The heart isn't fully developed yet at this stage and you are six weeks along. The embryo is in the correct place and everything else looks perfectly good," he said.

"So, with the heartbeat, will he be okay?" I asked with worry because I did not want anything to happen.

"It is normal at this stage in your pregnancy. The heart is still developing. When you come back for another check-up in two weeks, then the heartbeat will be stronger. You can see over there," he pointed to a little sac on the screen. My baby was so tiny. "The embryo is roughly the size of a pea," I continued to stare at the screen. Overwhelming emotions surfaced as tears stung the back of my eyes, light kisses against the back of my hand pulled my attention to Arden. He tore his gaze away from the screen to look at me. His perfect blue eyes were glazed over. Staring into his eyes was like being sucked into the endless ocean and a newfound love awakened deep down inside of me for this wonderful yet healing man that I came to love. I am falling more in love with him and he closed his eyes, placing another kiss on my hand.

"Two weeks' time is your next scan. For now, I cannot answer any questions but continue to take it easy. So far you both are blessed to have this straight after the ectopic pregnancy," Doctor Conrad snapped me out of my trance of happiness and love. He had already removed the transvginal ultrasound. Arden let go of my hand as I stood up. Doctor Conrad walked out to his office and I slipped on my thong.

"That was..." Arden shook his head, "I am worried about the heartbeat, but I feel as if I am overflowing with constant love for our little angel...the little pea," he said with his eyes glazed over again. I smiled because I felt the same way. I moved closer to him and he placed his hands on my waist.

"I don't want anyone else to know about this pregnancy until we feel that the time is right to inform them," I said as I placed my hands on his chest. He took the morning off from university to be here with me. He was only in his white shirt and navy blue dress pants.

"I agree. I still think that we should wait until after the check up to find out about having s^x again and once everything is okay, we can get married thereafter," he smiled at me as he leaned down and placed a kiss on my lips. His hand moved to my flat belly. I could feel his love and his willingness to protect our little pea.

This right here is everything that I want and I couldn't have asked for a better man no matter what life threw our way. It has always been Arden.