Forbidden Heat novel Chapter 225

“So, have you two decided? You want to leave it as a surprise, or should I tell you now?” Doctor Susan asked as she continued to look at the monitor.

“Yes, we’ve decided. Please tell us the gender of our baby,” I replied excitedly.

I could feel the tension and excitement in the air as Edward and I both held our breath while we waited for the doctor’s answer.

“Congratulations! It’s a boy,” Doctor Susan announced with a joyful smile that proudly showcased all the wrinkles on her face. It was such a happy smile and I wished that I could smile so radiantly like her when I got to her age.

“Wow! Did you hear that, Edward! It’s a boy!” I shouted excitedly as I lost myself in the joy of the moment. I would have been happy either way, but I thought we made the right decision of wanting to know right away.

“Yes yes, I heard. Congratulations to us!” Edward replied before he bent down to kiss my forehead.

I couldn’t stop smiling. In a couple of months, we’re going to become parents.

…

True to his word, marrying Edward turned out to be what was best for me. Choosing to accept his marriage proposal on that day on the cruise was probably the best decision that I have ever made in my entire life.

I wouldn’t go as far as to say that I knew what a ‘perfect’ husband should be like, but Edward was probably close. Edward was caring, loving, passionate and above all else, he always strives to put our family first.

He fully supported my personal growth while acting as the main anchor for our small family unit of three people. After I had given birth to our son, I took a couple of months of maternity leave before returning to work to progress my career and follow my professional ambitions. Of course, Edward was there to support me through it all and he was determined to make it possible for me to go back to work.

Obviously, the money I was making was less than a rounding error to the money in Edward’s account. However, he fully supported my career and gave me advice along the way. Since after the birth of our child, Edward helped me take care and raise the baby, he had been travelling abroad a lot less. We spent a lot of time together after we explicitly decided that we wanted to raise our baby by ourselves as much as possible.

“It’s weird, isn’t it?” I asked out of the blue while we were dressing our baby after giving him a bath.

“What is?” Edward said, his eyes looking dotingly at our baby.

“I don’t know. I guess, you and me trying our best to be good parents…” I said as I tried to explain and voice out loud what I was feeling.

“Hmm…how so?” Edward asked. It was clear that my comment had piqued his interest.