Page 84 of The Marriage Agreement (Agreement)

“Giant baby went nuclear on you. We don’t know why, but he’s sedated now, and guards are watching him.”

“Oh god, my head hurts,” I say as I try to get up and feel the ghastly pain in my head. I lay back down.

“You hit your head hard against the metal cabinet. You have a mild concussion, and girl, you are pregnant,” she says with excitement.

“What!?” I ask, my voice trembling. She holds my hand. I squeeze it with the little strength I have, as I try to comprehend the shock of the information she just shared.

“We found out during the x-ray to check if you had any broken bones. Giant baby went nuclear and kicked you hard a few times before they pulled him off you.”

“I didn’t know,” I murmur in response to the news of my pregnancy.

“I figured as much, but your baby is okay, and they can discharge you tonight.”

“Can you please call Osei to come and get me?”

“Not your husband?” she stares at me, a bewildered expression on her face.

“For now, I need to hide this from Luke. Luckily, he’s out of town for the next two days, and maybe I’ll be better by the time he gets home.”

“Why are you hiding this from him? I don’t think that’s a good thing.” Her voice echoes her concern.

“Trust me, Luke will raise hell if he sees me like this, and now that I’m pregnant, it will not be a pretty sight. It’s best I’m better by the time he returns, and I can break it to him more mildly.”

“Okay, I’ll call Osei,” she says, agreeing with me. “You rest for now.” I nod and close my eyes. I feel pain all over, but they can’t give me too many meds because of the baby. I can’t even rejoice about my baby, considering I don’t know how Luke will react to this. What I do know is I’m keeping my baby.

I rest and wait for Osei to show up.

“Thank God you’re okay. And good thing Luke is out of town.”

“Yeah, can you help me get home? I should be good by the time he gets back.”

“Sure, let’s go.”

An hour later, we sign out and head home. Osei helps me get into bed. The nurse in charge already told me I should take all the time I need to rest. I just nodded, not sure how this injury will affect things, but I can’t think about all that right now.

We arrived home, and Osei helped me get into bed. As he tried to move my leg, I cried out loud in pain.

“Gosh, I’m so sorry. You need to move some of these bones so they don’t become stiff.” He states.

“Not now, Osei. Tomorrow we can do all that. Right now, I need to sleep and try not to think about my baby.”

“Wait, what? Did you just say baby?” His voice is loud.

“I just found out that I’m pregnant. They said the baby is fine.”

“You didn’t tell me you’ve been getting cozy with my brother,” he teased. “That explains why he’s been crazy jealous.” He laughed. “I’m so going to enjoy messing with him now that I know.”

“Please don’t do that. You know Luke won’t find it funny.”

“Fine, I won’t poke him yet. But about the baby, was this planned?”

Way to switch, Osei.

“No, but can we keep this news to ourselves for now?” I pleaded, though I knew that was nearly an impossible request with Osei. He might keep it from Luke, but he sure as hell wouldn’t keep it from his mom. “I need to speak with Luke first.” Before Stella calls him. I’m not sure if a baby was even in the plans for us.

“Please don’t tell me you don’t want to keep my niece or nephew,” he says with a scowl. I turned a perplexed face to him.

“The one thing I do know is that I’m keeping my baby. I just don’t know how your brother would feel about it. But for now, please keep it between us.”

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