The Billionaire Wins the Game(38)

“Don’t look so panicked. All we did was sleep. You were freezing all day and night until I laid down to share my body heat,” he said lazily. He felt pretty great waking up next to her. He hadn’t slept that well in too long. He hadn’t woken up once during the night.

“Excuse me,” she said as she tried to untangle herself from him. “I um, need to use the bathroom, please,” she turned bright red. He let her go and she quickly stepped into the bathroom.

Lucas was grateful he’d dressed her. He wouldn’t have been able to handle watching her walk naked from the bed. Not after her body had been molded to his the entire night.

He continued to lie there, not able to get out of the bed. He was wearing nothing except a pair of boxers that would show her the restraint he’d used in letting her go. When he heard the shower start he decided he’d better get dressed.

Amy was in the bathroom long enough to make Lucas worry. He was about to go in after her when the door finally opened. She was wearing the robe he’d seen hanging off the back of the door. She took his breath away.

Even pale, underweight and makeup free she was spectacular. He was beginning to think waking up with her daily wasn’t such a bad thing. He thought they could actually make the marriage work, and before long he’d be able to hold his baby, their baby, in his arms.

“Thank you for calling the doctor. I, uh, don’t know what happened yesterday. I think, maybe I haven’t been eating enough or something. The baby seems to zap a lot of my energy,” she said with a small smile while rubbing her belly.

She was nervous and didn’t know how to deal with it, or what to say. She’d never woken up with a guy before. She didn’t think they’d had sex, but wasn’t a hundred percent on it. She was already falling in love with Lucas and needed to back up and figure things out.

One minute the guy was being an arrogant jerk and then the next he was fretting over her and making sure she was well. She couldn’t figure him out. It was confusing and she was more scared than she’d ever been before. That was saying a lot, considering the way she’d grown up.

Lucas spent the day with her at the apartment. She napped off and on and started regaining some color. Later in the afternoon, she was well enough for a trip to the doctor’s office.

They didn’t speak on the way there, both of them thinking of different things. She was anxious to see the baby was unharmed and he was scared about what would happen if his child, that he hadn’t even known he wanted, was harmed in some way.

She couldn’t believe she was going to see the first images of her sweet baby. Once she knew she was okay and could actually see her moving inside her, Amy would feel much better.

They walked straight back into the doctor’s office, where he gave her privacy as she changed. Next, they sat and waited together for Dr. Scott to come in. She would’ve much rather Lucas waited in the front office, but she could tell there was no way he was going to miss the ultrasound.

The door opened, “well you look much better this afternoon, Amy. Let’s see how your little one is doing, shall we?” the doctor said, going straight to the ultrasound monitor. He rubbed some sort of goo on her belly and she jumped at the coldness.

There was nothing for a few moments and then, there on the monitor, she saw a perfect little face. “This is the new three dimensional ultrasound monitor. We get a much clearer image of the unborn babies. It’s still a little early to determine the sex, but it looks like all is healthy and well,” Dr. Scott reassured them both.

He took down some measurements. “It looks like your due date will be December seventeenth. You are just over three months along. Your child is fully formed and about the size of a peanut in its shell. But the heartbeat is strong and developing nicely. Would you like to hear it now?” he continued.

Amy and Lucas both nodded. Suddenly the only sound in the room was a gentle thumping sound that was moving quickly. No one said a word as the beat continued. Lucas looked from the monitor to Amy’s face and saw tears streaming down her cheeks.

The moment was so moving for him, he became a bit choked up and had to turn away. His child was strong and safe. Amy was beautiful, and he was so glad she was the one carrying his baby. He could see the love and excitement shining through her. He could see she was already in love with their baby, and he knew she’d be a phenomenal mother.

They may have started things the wrong way, but he knew it would all work out. Dr. Scott printed them some pictures from the ultrasound and sent them on their way. Neither of them spoke while walking out of the office. They were both thinking of the images they’d just witnessed, imagining the soft newborn that would soon be gracing their lives.