Chapter 150: Chapter one-hundred and fifty

"Oh really? What other way could you mean it that I did not think of?" Axel asked further. The fact that he has never seen Maya the way she is now, made him push a little further.

'I wonder to what extent she is going to tolerate my intimidation.' he thought. 'Damn! She looks even more beautiful closer.'

The phone to Maya's office began to ring which brought an end to the staring contest.

Maya let out a breath and reached for the phone, while Axel got up from the table.

"Yes. Ok." Maya simply said and dropped the line. She looked up at Axel, who is now walking around the office.

"I don't think Mr Bratkowski will be coming back today. You might have to come back tomorrow." Maya stated.

"Good. I have another excuse to come see you at work." Axel said with a wink.

Maya sighed and shook her head in defeat.

***

Meanwhile, at the hospital, Eliana told the doctor her symptoms. The doctor had some tests done on Eliana. It would take a moment for the result to come. Eliana and Jace waited in the doctor's office.

Jace made a call to the office, telling his secretary to reschedule all his meetings for another day. When he ended the, he went back to his wife who is sitting on the office chair, resting her head on the headrest.

"How are you feeling, wifey?" Jace asked, putting his hand on her shoulder.

"Tired and very weak." Eliana said, leaning on Jace's hand.

"That must be from all the throwing up." Jace suggested.

The door to the doctor's office opened and the doctor walked in. Both Eliana's and Jace's attention turned to the door.

"Ah, Mr and Mrs Bratkowski. Sorry for keeping you waiting." The doctor said as she walked to her seat. The doctor looked very relaxed.

"It's alright, Dr Fatush." Eliana said. Jace sat down on the chair next to Eliana, without separating their hands.

"The test results are here. I shall be the first to say, "Congratulations to you both." Dr Fatush said with a smile. "Mr Bratkowski, your wife is pregnant. That was the course of the morning she is having."

Eliana's eyes grew wide. 'Did I just hear this woman say what she said?' Eliana thought.

Jace on the other hand, had a growing smile on his face. "That is wonderful news, doctor." Jace said with excitement. "Thank you. Thank you so much doctor for this news." He added.

"Wifey, did you hear that?" Jace asked, moving closer to his wife. He squeezed her hand lightly.

Eliana looked up at him. Jace was taken aback.

"Love, why - why are you crying?" Jace asked, pausing his celebration. "Is something wrong? Are you not happy about it?" He added in a low, worried voice.

Eliana was still quiet. Her tears rolled down to her cheek.

"I will give you two a moment." Dr Fatush said. She got up and walked out of the office.

"Eliana, please tell me, what is wrong." Jace asked again, after the doctor left.

"I am sorry." Eliana said and sniffed. "I am just overwhelmed. I wasn't expecting this. But - but I am happy." Eliana added, leaning more into Jace.

When the doctor mentioned Eliana is pregnant, she could not help but turn to her husband to see his reaction. He looked very happy and that made her recall when she was pregnant with Amelia. Then she got scared and cried out of fear of what her stepmother would do to her if she found out. That was why she did not waste too much time and ran away from her home. Were she left without the baby's daddy either.

"I am happy. Amelia is going to be happy too. I bet she will be a good sister." Eliana added.

"She is going to be a good sister because you are a great mother." Jace added, wiping his wife's tears away. "Please stop with the water works already. It hurts to see you in tears." He confessed.

Eliana nodded with a smile.

The doctor came back in later on. "We can have a dating scan now to know how far along you are and also the well being of the pregnancy." Doctor Fatush explained. "Is this your first?" She asked.

"No." Eliana and Jace said in unionism. They looked at each other and smiled. "This is the second for me and first for my husband." Eliana explained further.

Dr Fatush nodded in understanding. She admired the couple's support for each other. "Ok. Now I would need you to lay down over here and life your shirt up." The doctor requested.

Eliana did as she was told. As everything was unfolding, memories kept crawling back to her. While she was pregnant with Amelia, she didn't even have the money to do all this. Until she was almost due, that was when Zia forced her to visit the hospital before it was time for her delivery.

After the doctor squeezed a gel on Eliana's flat belly, she used a transducer and spread the gel around on Eliana's lower abdomen.

The doctor then announced. "Here we go. Everything looks great now." Doctor Fatush explained. "Here is the sack." She pointed to the screen as she explained to them.

Moments later, the two were out of the hospital. Dr Fatush gave them a picture of the seven weeks scan, Which Jace insisted on. She also gave Eliana some pills that would help with the throwing up. Jace drove them home, he concluded not going back to the office that day. They went home directly from the hospital.

"I can't wait to see Amelia's reaction when I give her the news." Eliana said, after sitting on the couch.

"Yeah. Me too " Jace said. He then walked to the kitchen to get Eliana some water so that she can take her medication.

"What would you like to eat, Mrs Bratkowski? I will be your cook for the day." Jace said, rubbing his palms together.

Eliana chuckled. "I am not hungry. Aren't you going back to work, though?" She asked, resting her back.

"Nope. I am staying home the whole day to take care of you." Jace said. He walked and sat next to her, wrapping an arm around her neck. "That is why I asked what you wanted to eat? My pregnant wife deserves special care from now on." He then pecked Eliana on the cheek.

"I love you so much." Eliana said and pecked his lips.

"I love you more. Both of you." Jace said, kissing her back and putting his hand on her flat tummy.