Chapter 64 Bonus Chapter {Part 1}
Marcus was on tenterhooks when he received a call from one of his men that said that Kate had called their family doctor because she had felt some discomfort. He immediately ran out of his office and drove to the house.
What worried him the most was the fact that she called the doctor without informing him. She had never done anything like that before.
His fingers strummed on the steering wheel as he waited for the green signal, while his mind was calculating what could have gone wrong with her. Her mother had cancer and even though the disease wasn’t hereditary, the thought of losing Kate just broke his heart.
He will die if anything happens to her. Without her, he was nothing.
He reached home in record time and ran out of the car after parking it on the side walk. He was desperate to see her. Marcus didn’t even return the greetings of his men when he hastily made his way to their room.
He rammed open the door with full force and it was a miracle that it didn’t unhinge from the door frame. He stopped when he saw her on the bed with the female doctor. The doctor stood up from the bed as she realized his presence and walked away from Kate after giving her a reassuring smile.
“Doctor, is everything okay with my wife?” Marcus asked with much worry.
“I think it will be better if you hear it from her Mr. Capo” the doctor said to him and left the room.
Kate was perched on the bed with her head hanging low, like she couldn’t meet his gaze. After locking the door behind him, Marcus walked towards her.
When he reached next to the bed and stood beside her, she lifted her tear-stricken face to look at him.
“Princess... what’s wrong?” he asked softly and cupped her face.
She swallowed hard before speaking.
“In two months, I’ll have one more heart beating inside of me...”
At first, he looked confused as hell. When a small smile touched her lips, his heart thumped with happiness that he had never experienced before. The revelation hit him like a tsunami.
He was going to be a father...
Relief flooded his features as he lifted her in his arms and twirled her around, making her giggle. Even her laughter sounded like a reward to his ears.
He settled her back on the mattress before getting on the bed and pulling her for a kiss. He kissed her with passion and love.
He got the vasectomy surgery reversed five months ago, but they weren’t trying for a baby. They didn’t want to plan it to happen and waited for it to happen naturally. And now, the news that she was pregnant was beautiful surprise for him.
Laying her back on the bed, he pepper kissed all over her face. He also kissed away her happy tears, that had given him a completely wrong idea before.
Marcus quickly got rid of his blazer and laid down next to her. He pulled her to his chest and she rested her hands on his muscles and enjoyed the warmth that oozed out of it.
He wondered whom their first child would resemble the most. He wanted it to look like her, because he would never get tired of looking after a miniature version of Kate.
“What are you thinking...” she asked as she looked up at his eyes that was watching her with a thoughtful expression.
“I want my baby to look like you...” he said and tucked a strand of rogue hair behind her ear.
“Our baby...” she corrected, making him chuckle. She was going to make an amazing mother and he couldn’t wait to see her belly becoming big.
The second trimester of her pregnancy was filled with a lot of vomiting and weight loss because she refused to eat anything in the fear of the nausea feeling. To improve her health, he took a break from the work life and dedicated his days and nights to take care of his pregnant wife.
“Eat this baby... you got to eat something...” he sighed looking at Kate, who was laying on the bed, hiding her head under the pillow. It had been half an hour since he had arrived with the food and till now, he couldn’t even have her take one bite.
“I’ll vomit if I eat it, so what’s the point?” she huffed from under the pillow.
“The baby needs food to come out healthy. I know its difficult for you, but trust me, if you don’t eat, then I too will starve with you” he said to coax her to have some food.
“You are big. You can stay hungry for days and I won’t mind” she snapped rudely. But the truth was that she did care for him. It was the hormones that was making her this cranky.
“Fine... don’t eat then. When I go to see northern lights next month, I won’t take you with me. You can stay here” he said and she instantly slid her head from under the fluffy pillow.
“S..so we’ll go watch the aurora if I eat?” she asked excitedly, sitting up on the bed.
“Yes...” he replied with a smile. She loved the northern lights and had always wanted to see them, ever since she was a little child. He knew about it.
“Open your mouth...” he instructed and brought a spoon full of food to her mouth. She looked down at it and hesitated at first, but then opened her mouth and consumed the food.
Once she was done eating, he carried her to the washroom to rinse her mouth and then took her back to bed. He placed her on the bed gently and covered her body with the blanket.
“Don’t go...” she pleaded and he listened. She was tired most of the time and required a lot of rest. He joined her on the bed and spoke with her until she fell asleep.
Kate craved for a lot of sweet things during her pregnancy period and he never failed in bringing anything to her. Once she asked him to give her a homemade chocolate brownie at midnight and he refused her because everyone was asleep and he hated waking up the poor servants and ordering them to go to the kitchen to bake her a cake.
That night, he saw her at her worst! She picked up and threw almost everything that she could get her hands on at him and he thanked his stars for not getting seriously hurt.
For his wife, he became a chef for that day’s midnight. He made a brownie with the help of a YouTube tutorial and gave it to her.
After chomping down the delicious brownie she burst into tears all of a sudden. He thought that maybe she didn’t like the food but then she hugged him and sobbed because she felt guilty of harming him earlier. He rocked her in his arms and covered her forehead with kisses and told her that he didn’t mind being hurt by her.
Her hormones were all over the place!
He understood that Kate had very little control over her sane emotions and was very patient with her through out the journey of nine months.