Page 96 of Seduced By Contract

He comes to me. "As I knew you would. People can be cruel, but they're not crazy, Madison. They will learn to respect you, even if it's hard." He pulls me to him by the waist and gives me a kiss so long that all the nervousness goes away.

"I need to leave a little early today. Doctor Reeves called me and said he wanted to talk to me about the results of my blood test."

"Blood test? Why? What's wrong?"

"The day that mess happened and I passed out, he took my blood, but it seems he went traveling after that and forgot to call me with the results. Today he called and said he wanted to see me."

"I'm coming with you."

"It's not necessary. It's at four in the afternoon—that’s the middle of your shift."

“I'm coming with you, Madison. This is not up for negotiation."

"I still think we're wasting our time," I say in the elevator of Dr. Reeves' office building.

It took us almost forty minutes to get here due to the chaotic traffic, and by the time we leave, it won't be worth going backto the bank. In other words, we’ve both missed practically the entire working day, since we left the office at three.

"Your health will never be a waste of time for me,baby."

"Sugarbaby, Daddy,"I say laughing and get a slap on the butt. "We're still under contract. Don't forget."

"Really? Then I think I'm going to make these remaining months count."

"In what way?"

He nibbles my ear. "Use your imagination, little girl. It's you who has to please yourdaddy."

By the time he finishes speaking, we’re both laughing, but when we arrive at the doctor's floor, Zeus becomes tense again.

The secretary directs us into the doctor’s office, saying that I'm the last patient.

I can see the surprise on his face when he sees Zeus at my side.

"It's a good thing the two of you came together. Congratulations on your engagement, first of all. I'm going to assume that since you came with Mr. Kostanidis, I can say everything in front of him. Right, Miss Foster?"

I was a lot calmer a minute ago, but now I start to get anxious again. "Am I sick?" I can only pray that, if it's serious, my sister wakes up before something happens to me so she can take care of Silas and Soraya with Eleanor.

"Not at all! I called you here to tell you that you . . . I mean, thatyou twoare going to be parents."

"What?" we ask almost simultaneously.

"Your fiancée is pregnant, Mr. Kostanidis. Congratulations on the heir on the way."

While I vaguely hear the doctor say that he has a recommendation for an excellent obstetrician, who was also the one who brought Odin's children into the world, I can only stare at my fiancé with my mouth open.

"What now?" I ask. My heart beats in my ear. How can I be a mother? It's too soon. Jesus!

"Now we're going to have to take care of the wedding preparations faster than we anticipated."

"Why are you smiling and not scared?"

"Because the woman I love, to whom I intend to be married until the end of my days, is pregnant with my baby. How could life be better than this?"

Zeus

CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT

One month later

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