Filed to story: Healing My Disabled Husband Novel
Upon hearing this, Martha understood immediately. “He called to say he won’t be back for dinner?” she asked.
“Yeah,” Douglas replied with a nod. He rested his chin on Martha’s shoulder and said, “He’s old enough but doesn’t give us peace of mind.”
Martha chuckled at that remark and rubbed Douglas’ hair before saying, “Okay then. I’ll go tell your
Mom they’re not coming back.”
Douglas nodded but didn’t let go of Martha yet again.
Every time he acted clingy like this, it left her helpless. So she kissed him on the face before getting up from his lap.
In the kitchen was a pot of braised pork belly simmering away. Its aroma filled the air and hit Martha’s taste buds directly.
Before she could even speak though, she suddenly felt an overwhelming urge to vomit.
She quickly covered her mouth in shock as if something had turned upside down inside of her stomach.
Mrs. Torres, Hattie Jones was worried sick about what was happening and called for help from one of their servants while chasing after Martha herself.
Douglas who had been sitting on the sofa saw both women run out in panic, so he got up too and followed them into the washroom where he heard retching sounds coming from inside.
Hattie kept patting Martha’s back while asking what happened, but it seemed like all questions were pointless since all that mattered now was getting rid off whatever made the poor girl feel so sick.
Finally when everything settled down, Douglas helped Martha get up while giving her some water to rinse out mouth, but noticed how happy Hattie looked, which confused him greatly.
Martha also noticed how happy Hattie looked but couldn’t understand why. It wasn’t like anyone enjoyed seeing someone else feeling ill.
Hattie asked Douglas to help Martha out, and after she sat down on the sofa, she said, “Martha, how long has it been since you period?”
As soon as she said so, not to mention Martha was frightened, even Douglas was dumbfounded and didn’t react for a long time.
Hattie was annoyed and amused seeing the two of them like this.
“What’s wrong? Scared?” Hattie felt a little helpless.
Neither Douglas nor Martha were careless people, but they didn’t even notice.
Martha finally realized what happened to her, but she still couldn’t believe it.
She touched her stomach, looked at Hattie again, and asked tentatively, “Hattie, you mean I’m…”
“I’m not mistaken. Let’s take a test in a while, and then go to the hospital for an examination.” Hattie said.
For a moment, Martha didn’t know how to react.
This was, she was really going to have Douglas’ baby.
Looking up to meet Douglas’ gaze, Martha opened her mouth and said, “We’re really going to be parents.”
Douglas was also a bit stunned and took a while to recover. His gaze fell on Martha’s belly, and although he hadn’t fully recovered from the shock, his eyes softened slightly.
His big hand landed on Martha’s belly as he said, “Unbelievable.”
Hattie glared at her eldest son and said, “What’s so unbelievable about it? When a couple has good feelings for each other, they naturally have children.”
She even felt it was slow.
With Douglas and Martha being so affectionate all the time but still not having children yet, she had been worried. She had even told her husband that if their youngest son had children before their oldest son did, then they would have something to worry about.
After all, their youngest daughter-in-law was still so young.
Of course, in reality there was no direct relationship between these two things. When love was strong enough, it just happened naturally.
Thinking of her youngest son made Hattie ask strangely, “What time is it now? Why haven’t they arrived yet?”
It wasn’t until then that Martha remembered she needed to go to the kitchen and tell Hattie that Ash and Mikayla wouldn’t be coming for dinner tonight.
Hattie didn’t say anything when she heard this, because those two kids were always doing whatever they wanted anyway.
But while dinner could be skipped over easily enough without them there tonight, telling them about
Martha’s pregnancy couldn’t wait any longer.
Douglas called Ash’s phone but no one answered.
The next day after taking Martha to the hospital for an examination, it became clear: she was pregnant – already over two months along!
Martha blushed when she found out how careless she’d been not noticing sooner, but since there really was a little baby growing inside of her now – more than anything else -she felt happy!
At first, Douglas didn’t react much differently than usual, but after leaving the hospital, his whole demeanor changed drastically- visibly tense with nerves showing through every inch of him.
When he got intimate with Martha before, which wasn’t necessarily very frequent, things tended to get pretty wild. They hadn’t paid attention at all what with everything else going on in life lately especially considering what doctors said they should avoid during pregnancy ??specially within three months.
Martha noticed Douglas acting strange too, knowing exactly why he felt this way.
She held Douglas’s hand and said, “Don’t think too much about it. You see, I’m in good shape. It’s not an absolute thing that I’m unstable for three months. I don’t feel uncomfortable at all.”
Douglas held Martha’s hand, the gentler she was at the moment, the more apologetic he felt.
In sex, it had always been because he liked it, he will pester Martha, and Martha will cooperate with him.
Douglas said, “It’s my fault that I didn’t find out in time.”
Martha shook her head and said, “Okay, let’s not blame ourselves. Now the baby is healthy and I don’t feel uncomfortable. Don’t scare yourself.”
Douglas responded, but he was thinking that he could not scare himself.
However, he could scare Ash.
So Douglas called Ash again.
From yesterday to now, he had made several phone calls, but he didn’t know what he was doing, so he kept refusing to answer the phone.
Ash didn’t answer the phone until the second night. As soon as he picked up, he heard Douglas’s speechless voice, “If you don’t pick up the phone soon, I’ll start to suspect that something has happened.” After all, he had just beaten Joshua from the Howe family and they might want revenge.
“What’s wrong?” Ash asked.
Douglas usually wouldn’t call him so many times. When he answered just now, Ash saw that there were more than thirty calls missed. This was not like Douglas’s style at all.
Ash didn’t think anything would happen but this abnormal situation made him unconsciously think a little bit more about it. Unexpectedly, Douglas said to him, “There is nothing special going on except for one thing – you’re going to be an uncle.”
Just by listening to his voice alone, Ash could tell how happy Douglas was. At this moment, Ash wasn’t fully awake yet and hadn’t figured out what being an uncle meant when Douglas told him about it.
For a while, Ash reacted and understood that Douglas came to show off towards him.
“Congratulations,” said Ash.
Upgrading his status naturally made him happy but besides that, there were some things that left Ash speechless – Douglas must have been planning something with this news of becoming an uncle.
Sure enough, after receiving congratulations from Ash, Douglas said, “As an uncle, your responsibilities are not small.”
Ash was speechless.
This little guy hadn’t even been born yet and his unreliable father was already thinking about how to exploit his position as an uncle? This gave Ash a headache.
Douglas continued speaking, “Of course gifts are essential! Seeing as you haven’t married yet, I won’t be too demanding and make you empty your pockets, but how much sincerity you show depends on where you put me in your heart.”
Ash hung up directly without saying anything else. He didn’t want anything to do with this big brother of his right now!
The next second, the phone rang again. Although Ash did not want to answer it, at the same time he knew if he did not pick up, then it would only give Douglass another reason for teasing him later on, which will only get worse over time due Douglass’s personality traits.
So reluctantly, Ash picked up the phone again.
Douglas was not unhappy because Ash hung up the phone. On the contrary, he seemed to have seized the opportunity, and said to Ash, “Look at you, you have such a big temper. It’s not good. You’re gonna be an uncle and you must be prudent in the future. Don’t affect your nephew or niece.”
Finally, Ash said, “Let’s wait until my nephew or niece is born.”
Douglas stopped making trouble with Ash. This time, Ash hung up the phone, but he didn’t call again.
Ash pinched the space between his brows speechlessly.
What was going on here?
How came they were all pregnant together?
He’d never seen them so active before.
The girl beside him moved. Ash looked down and saw Mikayla open her eyes.
The corners of her eyes were still red, and she looked at him pitifully, as if she had been bullied miserably.
Ash kissed Mikayla’s forehead and asked softly, “Did it wake you up?”
Mikayla shook her head and said, “I’m thirsty and want to drink water.”
Her voice was hoarse, and she looked even more pitiful when she spoke.
He got up from the bed and went to pour water for Mikayla.
Mikayla gulped down a big glass but still felt thirsty, looking at Ash pitifully.
Ash’s eyes grew hot under her gaze, his Adam’s apple involuntarily rolling as he wanted to pinch
Mikayla’s waist and do something more.
Normally, the girl was mischievous in front of him, but last night she was unusually well-behaved.
He let her do whatever he wanted.
He liked hearing her voice so he asked her to speak louder.
The girl cooperated very well and was extremely obedient.
The result of being so obedient was that her throat became completely hoarse.
