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Bound By Her Bump novel Chapter 9

Annie came out of her bathroom in a short pyjamas dress; she reached for her phone on the nightstand. There was an incoming call from Ella, her best friend.

"Hey!" She said, taking a seat on her bed.

Hi babe," Ella replied cheerfully.

"You sound so happy today," Annie asked suspiciously.

"Guess who I ran into today at the office?"

"Who?"

"Your baby daddy" Ella giggled, making Annie groan.

"He came to see Dylan. He was looking so handsome, Annie. I was opportuned to talk to him. Dylan kind of introduced me to him and we chatted for a while. I almost died Ann. I still can't believe I not only saw him but we talked."

"Annie? Are you there?" Ella asked after a while.

"Yeah. I'm listening. I hope you didn't tell him about me."

"I almost did but I didn't."

"Damn you're so lucky Ann. If your baby is a boy, he will be just as handsome as his dad."

"He had lunch delivered to me today." She opened up to her.

" Eric?"

"Yes!" She replied.

"You must be kidding me!" Ella screamed excitedly over the phone.

"I'm serious, Ella. I have no idea how he knew my favourite lunch and my shop's address.

"Awww, I'm convinced he loves you Annie" Ella assured.

"Or he's just concerned because I'm carrying his child."

"You're wrong. The Eric I talked to earlier today was so sweet and charming. Whatever it is, I'm sure he has good intentions"

"So when will you have your first check-up?" Ella asked excitedly, slightly changing the topic.

"I've made an appointment for next week with the person Dr Myers recommended."

"So, will Eric be going with you?"

"I don't know," Annie replied.

"You should extend the invitation to him. Please don't deny him the chance of experiencing this beautiful process." Ella pleaded.

Annie sighed."I'll think about it. Claire and Jayden are coming home this Thursday for a short break"

"Awww my babies, I miss them a lot." Annie cooed. Claire and Jayden attended boarding schools.

"Me too, so you better be here after work on Friday because we'll be spending the weekend together."

"Noted," Ella said.

"Goodnight babe, my regards to my little Tiger." Ella said, referring to Annie's growing baby.

"Sure, sleep tight," Annie said after which she hung up.

She placed her phone on the nightstand, covered herself properly with the duvet and closed her eyes.

Her sleep was disturbed when her phone buzzed, indicating she had a text. She reached for her phone and read the text.

"Hi, just checking on you. Send my love to our baby; you two mean a lot to me. Sleep tight!"

Annie could not help with the smile that overtook her face as she read Eric's message. She returned her phone to the nightstand and closed her eyes with her hand on her belly.

"Daddy said I should send his love to you,

honey." She whispered after a while.

Soon enough, Claire and her friend got to Annie's shop and Claire flung her arms around Annie as soon as she saw her. Annie chuckled as she hugged her back. Her little sister was almost as tall as she was.

"Annie this is my friend, Laura and Laura this is my Sister, Annie." Claire introduced.

"It's nice to meet you, Laura." Annie extended her hand to her which she accepted with a shy smile.

Annie secretly admired Laura who was almost the same height as Claire. She thought Laura looked familiar especially with her unique eye colour.

"Same here Annie, thank you for wanting to help me despite your busy schedule," Laura said in a very sweet voice and Annie smiled at her after which she kissed her on her cheek then said to her.

"Let's get started."

Annie ushered the girls to the salon area. She made Laura take a seat in front of the mirror and started doing magic to her hair while Claire applied some nail polish.

"There you go honey," Annie said as she completed the magic she was doing on Laura's hair.

"I love it. Thank you." Laura smiled.

"You're welcome, dear. Hold on let me get something." Annie said after which she walked over to the store and came back with a spray which she sprayed on Laura's hair. Then she applied a light makeup for Laura.

"Thank you so much, Annie, I'm so in love with myself right now," Laura said, admiring herself in the mirror.

"So I have to get going." Annie turned to Claire "Make sure you get home on time." Then she turned to Laura and gave her a quick hug. "Happy Birthday in advance dear, Have fun in Paris."

"Thank you." She replied after which she pulled away from the hug.

Annie saw Laura open her purse,wanting to take out her card to pay for Annie's services but Annie stopped her. "Don't bother paying dear, consider it as a gift from me."

~~.

Annie went to her office, reached for her handbag and exited her shop. She hailed a taxi and gave him the address of the restaurant she was going to.

Annie purposely left her car home today. She knew she would be out late and didn't want to risk driving at night.

In less than ten minutes she got to her destination, got down from the Taxi, paid the Driver, then helped herself into the restaurant.

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