Chapter 206
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I squirmed the moment the pill touched my tongue. Instinctively, I wanted to vomit it out because it was so bitter. Though there were traces of sweetness and sourness, the bitterness was way over the top, even worse than any drugs I had taken before.
Tears even formed in the corner of my eyes.
“You can do this. Miracle… Remember?” I encouraged myself, closing my eyes and swallowing it as fast as possible, but the lingering taste remained.
I turned my head, looking for someone I could squeeze to help with it, but when I turned, I saw Albert and Jackson busy talking with the doctor. They probably didn’t think much about the pill and thought it was just nothing, so they didn’t pay attention to it.
“Jack–” I was about to call out for him, but my entire body suddenly tensed up, and a burning feeling traced my esophagus down to my stomach, making it so vivid to me where the pill was now.
It’s just crazy!
“Oh my gosh!” Trisha suddenly screamed, but not out of pain as I did.
Tears welled up in my eyes, and my hands trembled while I pushed myself to move and place it on my stomach.
It moved!
If I was stronger right now, I’d be dancing and cheering out of utter joy.
My pup really just moved inside of me. Though it was a bit weak, the important thing was that it moved and was alive. With my wolf power, doctor’s care, and proper recovery environment, I had high hopes of seeing my pup soon.
Crying with joy, I called out, “Hurry! Come here!”
Jackon, Albert, and the doctor’s attention all shifted to me. Shock and worry were evident in their eyes, but they still went and gathered around me.
“Are you alright?”
“Did it get worse?”
“From 1 to 10, how worse is your pain, Princess Della?”
They asked one after another, but all I could do was tear up and smile. Pain? I don’t know. I could feel a burning sensation inside of me because of that miracle pill, excruciating pain in my stomach down to my core because of a possible miscarriage earlier, but I had never been happier in my life.
Weakly shaking my head, I whispered, “My baby… check my baby… please…”
The doctor frantically nodded when he saw my expression of worry and joy. He grabbed his stethoscope and placed the bell side of it on my stomach.
“Unbelievable! A miracle!” The doctor exclaimed, eyes wide open and face filled with disbelief as he removed the stethoscope from his ears.
Placing an instrument on my belly, he looked at the monitor to confirm his diagnosis. “The pup’s vital signs are back! Hurry!”
He called the attention of other healthcare workers, who were as shocked as him. My eyes went blurry, but the smile on my face remained as I felt them gather around me, treating me as fast as they could.
“Save my pup…” were my last words before my eyelids grew heavier than ever and my vision turned completely black.
“Della!”
“Della…”
Jackson’s and Albert’s worried voices were the last ones I heard before I completely lost consciousness.
I stirred up in my bed, awakened by beeping and bright lights from the ceiling. Moaning, I slowly opened my eyes and adjusted my vision.
Flashes of what happened came back to me, making me instinctively hold my belly. As if on cue, I turned and saw the vitals monitor on the bedside. On the side of it were a pitcher of water and some lunch boxes.
“You’re awake?” Shifting my gaze, I saw Albert’s relieved expression. But deep in that, I could see the dark circles under his eyes and the redness of his eyes. Did he cry?
Holding my hand above my belly, he gave a genuine smile and answered the one question I hadn’t yet voiced. “Our child is safe now.”
“What did he say? Did I hear it right?” I silently asked in utter shock.
Feeling the same as me, Trisha also whispered, “I don’t know too…”
“Our? Did you say our baby?” I asked in a low voice, feeling the fluttering tingles on my belly and the warm cursing in my heart.
I wanted to cry. Was it really jsut that easy? Like that, without question, he accepted my child as his?
But still… No matter how kind he could be, it couldn’t erase the fact that it wasn’t his biological child. Would he manage to be a good father?
Despite feeling touched by his unconditional love, questions of doubt started to run in my mind while I stared deeply at him.
But those eyes he has…
It was the same eyes of the man who went thick and thin with me even when we were only friends. He’s the man who sacrificed his own life for me, and the same man who’d run to my rescue when I’m in trouble or just feeling gloomy.
And all that made my doubts in him lesser and lesser as soon as it came…
I felt his hand tightened in me. “Ours,” he replied with determination in his eyes.
This is Albert. The same Albert whom I always saw as a perfect man for the woman he’d love.
And him being here, all worried and caring for the woman who didn’t see his worth earlier and had a child with another man, only proved how good of a man he was.
Unlike Kylian, he’s mature and understanding.
Seeing his appearance now while caring for me, I thought of the days he was gone from my side and was lying alone in the Wakeland on the brink of death.
My heart twitched with pain, reminding me how he made a huge effort to play like everything was fine, just not to worry me.
Chin quivering, I raised my free hand and subconsciously reached to touch his handsome face. With tears in my eyes, I smiled with relief and warmth before I failed to stop myself from laughing a bit after thinking of all the days we had together since I met him.
“What are you laughing about?” he asked before grabbing my hand from his cheek and tenderly kissing my palm.
Sniffing, I shook my head and laughed even more. “I can’t believe that the playboy I first saw at the bar would turn out to be as responsible and loving as you are in less than a year.
“Silly,” he teased, smiling as he wiped the tears on my cheek with his thumb.
Eyes turning serious, he added, “You’re all worth it, Della.”
Leaning his face, closing the gap between us, he sincerely whispered, “I couldn’t thank the moon goddess enough for making you and me as fated mates.”
Suddenly, he reached to hold my cheek before pushing the lose strands of my hair to the back of my ear before asking me a shocking question, “Do you still remember when you and Fae discussed the prophecy during the Dark Moon Pack?”
