Sion frowned and subconsciously glanced at Aurora in the bed who has let her gaze and mind wander.
"Okay, I'll be there in a minute."
Aurora breathed a quiet sigh of relief at hearing this, and said before he opened his mouth, "Go and attend to your own affairs. I'm all right. Dad had Ariana to take care of him. She'll call you if something's wrong."
Sion bit back the words which sprang to his lips and ended up saying, "Sure, I'll be right back."
"Cool."
Seeing him left, she got up hurriedly and went to get her reports without washing, lest something else should happen again.
Sion reached Nevaeh's home. And as soon as he rang the bell, the door swung open from within. Nevaeh threw herself around him.
"Thank God, you're here. I'm scared!" she said in a muffled, choked voice with her arms clasped round his waist and face hidden in his chest.
His hands suspended in midair but still gave her a few pats on the back at last.
"What's wrong?"
"I…have something to tell you." With that she raised her head from his chest and sniffed. "Come in."
"Yeah."
His eyes moved slightly looking at his hand dragged by Nevaeh.
In her living room, Nevaeh served him a glass of water, though she was still not in a good mood.
"Have you eaten? I can make you something to eat."
"No, thanks. I've just had it. What happened to you? Is it your stomach again?"
Her low mood inevitably made him feel that there is something wrong with her stomach, for she had a history of cancer in the stomach, and it is not out of the question to have another lesion.
"No, not that."
She sat down beside him, folding her hands uneasily. It took her a while to say something.
"Sion, I, um… I'm pregnant."
"What?!"
He was so shocked that he stood up with his dark eyes filled with disbelief in place of calm. His low voice trembled a little, "You're pregnant?"
"Right."
Nevaeh looked up at him at a loss and hung her head aggrieved. "I just found out. I thought it was my stomach, so I went for a check-up."
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