The Mafia Lord's Secret Lover (Evelyn) novel Chapter 255

Chapter 255: This Is Strange!

Just thinking about it was enough to twist Evelyn’s stomach.

She almost texted him...

"Are you okay?"

Then, "What happened?"

Followed by, "Are you injured? Again?"

She deleted all three.

No. She needed to stay calm. She needed to breathe. She needed... To panic privately.

Evelyn stood from the couch and paced around the cabin’s living room, running a hand through her hair.

Her heart was pounding so fast she felt dizzy.

Meanwhile, Oliver sat on the floor quietly, playing with his wooden soldiers. He didn’t seem to notice her spiraling thoughts.

"Mommy, look!" he said proudly. "I built a fortress!"

"Good job, sweetheart," she smiled at him before Oliver’s attention returned to his toy.

Evelyn’s gaze dropped back to her phone.

"Tomorrow morning, we are going to the hospital."

She swallowed hard after rereading the text.

This man... was going to give her a heart attack.

Evelyn sat down again, gripping her phone, staring as if it would magically give more explanation.

But nothing came.

Just silence.

Evelyn exhaled sharply and pressed the back of her hand to her forehead before resting her back. She lay on the sofa.

She waited another minute.

Finally, she typed a slow message, hesitant but unable to stop herself.

"Why the hospital? Hubby, is something wrong?"

Her thumb hovered over send.

But before she could press it, she stopped.

She took a deep breath, then pushed, "Send."

...

While in the Apex Tower.

Axel sat behind his desk, staring at the screen but not actually seeing anything.

The open document in front of him was a financial report he usually would have read in under a minute.

Today, he had spent ten minutes staring at the same paragraph without absorbing a single number.

He leaned back, exhaled, and pinched the bridge of his nose.

His mind kept circling back to one thing.

Evelyn.

More precisely... the possibility she might be pregnant. He was excited.

Finally, they will have a new family member.

Finally, he will be there with them to guard and take care of them.

However now,

He wasn’t sure. He had no proof. And, he didn’t want to assume. He didn’t want to ask her without knowing. And he definitely did not want to worry her unless he had answers.

He had already called his personal doctor, David Hamm, first thing this morning. While David shares his perspective, he recommends that Evelyn visit the OB-Gyn* to confirm the results.

Just thinking the word baby made something tight, warm, and terrifying twist in his chest.

"Get a grip, man..." he muttered to himself. "You’re acting like a nervous teenage boy."

Well, he wasn’t a boy. He was the man who wanted to give Evelyn everything she ever dreamed of... including a family she would feel safe in.

Axel tried to go back to work, but his phone buzzed again before he could even pretend to focus.

He wanted to say something to her, something he needed to tell her before he backed out.

Because Evelyn’s laughter—echoing in his mind from breakfast—kept replaying, it kept echoing too because Oliver kept calling him "Daddy who stole Mommy," making him smile like an idiot.

"How are things there?"

"Lady Boss and the young master are still in the cabin, both looking happy. We have already returned to the house as instructed."

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