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"He is a waste of space. You don't think I know about that cage place he fights at. You go with him, and I’ll disown you. That boy will be just like his disgusting father. You won't get a penny off us," she threatens. She says something else, but everything goes fuzzy before I feel myself falling, and then everything goes black.

Chapter 9

Maisy

"Maisy, can you wake up for me?" a distant voice says to me, and I try to open my eyes, but I feel so tired.

"I'm tired," I moan to myself, but I think I say it out loud. I try to open my eyes, but they feel weary, like the rest of me.

I hear voices in the background as I drift off to sleep again.

"May, we need you to wake up." I hear the soothing voice of Seb and feel someone stroking my cheek. I open my eyes to see Seb’s face close to mine, filled with worry.

"Hey, what happened?" I ask as I look around and see that I'm in the hospital.

The room is a bright-yellow with a matching, yellow curtain pulled around. I panic, rubbing my hands over my bump, and feel relieved when I feel him kick me. The smell of disinfectant floats through the room, and I have the urge to pull Seb down closer, so I can hug him.

"He kicked me, our son is all right." I sigh, and Seb smiles as he helps me sit up.

"You passed out, they said your blood pressure was too high, and the doctors have ordered you to have bed rest for a week, in hospital. The baby’s heartbeat is good, but they want you to rest from now on. God, May, when your dad called to say where you were, I freaked out.” He pulls my hands to his and rests his head on them as he talks.

“I can't lose you or this baby. I love you," he says, looking up at me.

I take his face into my hands and pull myself up to kiss him. At the moment our lips meet, we both sigh and melt into the kiss. I run my fingers down his neck to his shoulders as he takes control of the kiss. I break away with a smile.

“I love you,” I tell him, and his eyes widen. I press a finger against his lips as I talk. "I told my parents I love you, and that I'm moving in with you. That's why I was stressed because they weren't happy with the idea, but I don't care. I want you, Sebby, if you still want me,"I tell him, and I chuckle as he lights up with a massive smile.

"Thank god, May," he says, pulling me up to his chest in a crazy kiss.

"Excuse me, Miss Reynolds should be resting," an older women’s voice interrupts, and Sebastian pulls back from me with a wink and turns a devastatingly sexy smile on the nurse.

"I was cheering her up, miss," he says with a cheeky grin, and the nurse laughs as her cheeks go red. Seb could charm anyone, and I resist the urge to roll my eyes.

The curtain is pulled open and a middle-aged Asian man walks in. It’s clear he is a doctor, and he gives me a friendly smile as he walks over.

"How are you feeling?" he asks when he gets to the end of my bed and pulls out my notes.

"I'm feeling tired, but all right. The baby is moving well," I tell him, and he nods as he reads. The nurse takes my blood pressure and heartbeat, and the doctor writes them down as she reads them out.

"That's good. Well, as I'm sure your partner has told you, it was your high blood pressure that made you pass out. The baby’s heartbeat is good, but we are keeping you in for a week to keep an eye on you. Let us know if you feel any headaches or extreme dizziness.” I nod at him in response, and Seb squeezes my hand.

“We will be doing four-hour checks on you, just in case," he tells me as he writes in my notes.

"Okay," I say, and look up at Seb, who still hasn't said anything about how he feels. I know we were interrupted, but I need to know he still wants me in his life.

"I will leave you to rest. The nurse will bring you some lunch in soon,"the doctor tells me as he and the nurse leaves. They pull the curtain closed as they do.

"All this worry for you, little man,” I say to the bump under my breath and look back at Seb, who is staring at my bump.

What if he only wants to be with me for the baby?Would it even work in the long term? I try to hide my thoughts as Seb looks down at me and runs his hand up my arm.

"I love you, May. I don't know how else to tell you how much you mean to me. I can't say I won't make mistakes, but I'll never be anyone else's but yours, for however long you'll have me," he tells me as we stare at each other. My voice catches as I see his bright-green eyes are looking at mine with such passion that it's hard to breathe.

"I thought about us a lot. I think we both made mistakes. I shouldn't have left like I did,” I tell him, clearing my throat when he shakes his head in denial.

“I want a new start for us and our baby. I want you, Sebby, because I've always been yours."

He rests his forehead against mine and kisses me gently."Get better, May, so I can take you home with me,"he mutters.

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