After she finished the meal, she was so full that her stomach bulged a little.
By the time she was done, Nolan had almost finished eating as well. He looked at her and frowned. He knew how much she could eat in the past.
How come she ate so much now?
"Get up. Let's go out for a walk," Nolan told Chloe.
"No, I don't want to move right now."
All she wanted after dinner was to go to sleep.
She wanted to go to bed full.
Nolan pressed his lips together and thought about what she had promised him to do tonight. But now, she was pregnant. Although he did not have much common knowledge about pregnancy, he knew that pregnant women were not allowed to do strenuous exercise.
Looking at Chloe, he felt depressed.
If it were not for Chloe's natural reaction to the news, he would have thought that she had already known that she was pregnant and still promised him to make love.
Looking at Chloe who had now almost fallen asleep, Nolan walked over to her, scooped her up, and headed for the bedroom.
As if Nolan's smell was soothing, Chloe felt safe in his arms and drifted off.
Looking at her reaction, Nolan put her on the bed and fetched some water to clean her face. Then, he washed her feet for her and then covered her with the quilt. After that, he went to the bathroom for a shower.
The next day, Chloe was still dazed when she woke up. She wondered how she fell asleep last night.
She vaguely remembered that she came home from Cynthia's house, and then Nolan came home and made her an entire table of delicious food.
Then, she covered her mouth with her right hand and put her left hand on her belly.
She recalled what she had almost forgotten. It was not just a dream. She was already pregnant.
"Ah!"
Chloe joyfully rolled back and forth on the bed, her soft hair getting messed up all over.
Nolan opened the door with a bowl of millet porridge in his hand. What came into his view was Chloe rolling on the bed.
He was speechless.
'What was going on? Is this a side effect of her pregnancy?'
When Chloe saw Nolan, she quickly stopped rolling on the bed. She sat up and looked at him dotingly.
"Honey, I'm really pregnant. Are you happy? Are you excited? We're going to have a baby," Chloe said as if she still could not believe it.
"Of course I'm happy. It's going to be our child," Nolan replied.
"Have some breakfast," he added and walked over to Chloe.
"Okay."
Chloe sat up straight and let Nolan feed her.
As soon as she took a small mouthful of the porridge, she frowned.
"What is this? It's horrible and tasteless."
"I asked the doctor. He said that you're only allowed to eat light food in the morning."
"What?"
Chloe said with a bitter look on her face.
"Come on, just eat it."
After finishing her breakfast, she felt like weeping but no tears would come out.
She did not know that there would be many things she would have to deal with while she was pregnant.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: A Love Trap