Filed to story: Healing My Disabled Husband Novel
At around four o’clock, River and Averi left the company. The streets were empty and the breakfast shops had not yet opened. If it were colder, Averi would have shown River what it meant to be starving.
But she didn’t care about that now. All she wanted was to fill her stomach. Luckily, there was a late-
night snack shop nearby and Averi’s eyes lit up as she pulled River inside.
They sat down at a table and without even looking at the menu, Averi told the server to bring them everything on it ??barbecue skewers and hotpot porridge.
Thankfully, the food came quickly and after taking a bite of meat, Averi’s hunger subsided. She ate three skewers before saying to River, “I won’t spoil you like this anymore.”
River felt comfortable with himself; he knew that sometimes he could be harsh or impatient but most of the time it was because of how much Averi indulged him. Without her spoiling him so much, he wouldn’t act so unreasonable.
Averi said, “I regret saying that. I don’t want to spoil you.”
Although she said these words out loud, deep down inside herself she knew that wasn’t true ??she couldn’t help but indulge him.
River thought he could be quite bad sometimes especially when it came to Averi; his bad behavior towards her had become second nature because he knew how soft-hearted she was.
Averi filled her stomach until satisfied while River looked at her belly for a moment before saying seriously, “Babe, I need to tell you something.”
“What is it?” asked an oblivious-looking Averi who didn’t understand why suddenly there was such seriousness in his voice
“There are no condoms in my office,” replied River with concern etched on his face
Since they never had sex in his office before, neither of them brought any condoms along with them, which meant…
It took some time for realization dawned upon an initially confused-looking Averi but then finally understood what this meant…
She touched her stomach and said, “You did this on purpose, didn’t you?”
So they didn’t go home and hung out in the office all night.
River said, “I’m just going with the flow.”
Of course, if it happened that Averi got pregnant because of this, it could be seen as a sign from heaven. There was no need to refuse.
Averi’s hand on her belly softened. For a moment she didn’t know what to say.
She was actually looking forward to it. If she really had a baby because of this, she would be very happy.
But besides herself being happy, Averi also wanted River to be happy too.
Averi looked at River and said,” I hope you’re not just trying to make me happy.”
River replied, “I told you before that I care about you. If we have a child together, then it’s our child and
I will be happy too.”
At 6:30 in the morning, Beata came downstairs with two huge dark circles under her eyes. When she saw River and Averi, she hesitated for a moment before staring at them suspiciously. “Did you guys not sleep?”
River had a headache as soon as he saw Beata like this. How did things end up like this? He really couldn’t understand it. But Averi was right – they needed to observe.
“You can clearly see your dark circles,” River said to Beata. “It’s obvious that you didn’t sleep.”
“I did sleep,” Beata replied defensively. “I just slept a little late.”
River took the opportunity to ask, “What were you doing instead of sleeping at night?”
Beata didn’t dare answer that question.
God knew what she did all night without sleeping.
She spent the whole night thinking about Yael and working on character outlines for her novel until she finally finished them in the early hours of the morning and sent them off to her editor with a note, unsure if they would approve or not.
Thinking about it now gave Beata a headache.
She was still just an ordinary author without much say in anything yet, but even so, she hoped that this time around she could write something according to her own preferences and likes because otherwise, it would drive her crazy.
“Isn’t it because I’m just an insignificant author with no rights?” Beata complained while showing River her scalp up close.
River pushed her away with his hand and said, “No one forced you into writing what you like.”
Beata remained silent after hearing that remark – he was right; everything was self-imposed upon herself anyway.
“Alright then,” River said finally. “Eat breakfast before going to school; don’t cry if you’re late.”
Beata stuck out her tongue before heading towards the dining room but instead grabbed two portions of breakfast before leaving directly out of the door. That naturally caught both River’s and Averi’s attention. Averi noticed how River’s face turned grim upon seeing Yael waiting outside for Beata all along.
Averi knew there wasn’t anything else left for him to do except watch silently since they already knew who waited outside every day ready taking Beata off their hands ??Yael.
In fact, River found himself laughing from being so angry over everything when he finally spoke again after some time had passed, “I’ve gone ahead and found myself my own brother-in-law.”
“At least we know where he comes from,” added Averi.
“But seriously though…he’s way too old compared to Beata.”
Averi didn’t say anything. She didn’t know what to say.
River was also speechless. Right now, all he felt was absurdity.
This was ridiculous!
The problem was, there was nowhere to go to resolve this.
It was all because of his big mouth and stubbornness. Now, he had become the one who assisted in the situation.
What else can be said?
However, one thing River knew for sure was that he needed to talk to Yael about this. He can’t just ignore everything as an older brother; that would be too unreliable of him.
He rubbed Averi’s head with his hand and said, “You were tired all night last night. Go upstairs and rest for a while.”
Averi asked, “What about you?”
River replied, “I’m going to the company.”
Upon hearing this, Averi said, “You should have told me not to let you send me back home earlier, so we wouldn’t have had unnecessary back-and-forth.”
River responded,”That goes without saying! Can I let you run around by yourself?”
As Averi leaned in close towards River’s lips and kissed them lightly, she said, “Then come back soon;
I’ll wait for you.”
Beata stepped out of the house and saw Yael’s car, which made her heart flutter with excitement. She managed to keep herself from laughing out loud, but just barely.
She sat in the passenger seat as usual and handed Yael her breakfast, asking, “Did you have breakfast this early?”
Yael replied, “Yes.”
His schedule was very regular and eating at a specific time was normal unless there were special circumstances.
Beata wasn’t disappointed by his response and said, “I see. I won’t bring you breakfast anymore then.”
Just because she took her time, it didn’t mean everyone else did too. It was perfectly normal for Yael to have already eaten.
Yael didn’t say anything since Beata wasn’t upset. He started the car and drove towards the school.
Beata ate her breakfast quietly but couldn’t resist recommending it to Yael. “Yael, if you get hungry later on, try this one; it’s my favorite breakfast food and really delicious.”
Yael glanced at the half-eaten white rice ball in Beata’s hand before replying with a simple “Okay”.
This made Beata even happier than before.
When they arrived at school, Beata confirmed with Yael again, “We can go see the puppy tonight.
right?”
“Yes.” Nodded Yael, “I’ll come pick you up tonight.”
Beaming ear-to-ear now that everything had been confirmed with him, Beata waved goodbye to him as she walked towards school.
Not long after walking away, someone tapped on her shoulder from behind.
Turning around, she saw Harvey standing next to her.
Giving him a sideways glance, she asked, “What are you trying to scare me for?”
“I didn’t scare you! I called your name!” Harvey protested defensively.
But Beate knew better than that – he always played tricks like these on people – so she rolled her eyes at him instead saying, “You know what Harvey? You still haven’t explained why your mom named your dog Fat Bean yet! Don’t think I don’t know how much of a mama’s boy you are!”
Harvey immediately raised his hands up in surrender mode saying, “It really was my mom who named it Fat Bean! If you don’t believe me, I’ll call her right now so we can confirm it together okay?”
Rolling another eye at his antics once more, Beate said simply, “You know what? Never mind; let’s just enjoy how cute Fat Bean is instead.”
Harvey was relieved to see that Beata wasn’t angry. “Okay, okay,” he said. “If you think Fat Bean is cute, I’ll bring it over for you to play with.”
Beata was tempted, but only for a second. She shook her head and said, “No, I’m getting my own dog soon. I can’t go around playing with other people’s dogs or my dog will get jealous.”
Harvey was taken aback by this and asked, “What kind of dog are you getting?”
“The same kind as Fat Bean,” Beata replied excitedly. “It’s just under two months old and so adorable!”
She couldn’t wait to hold her new puppy in her arms.
But Harvey couldn’t help feeling uneasy at the thought of the man from last night. Was it really just a coincidence that he introduced Beata to Fat Bean and now she was getting an Alaskan like him?
Harvey couldn’t hold it in any longer when he returned to the classroom. He turned to Beata and asked,
“Beata, was the guy you were with last night your brother?”
Harvey knew he wasn’t her brother. He had met Beata’s brother before, and River was much more aggressive than the man from last night. But what if he was a cousin? What if he was a distant relative?
As long as he was family, that would be enough.
