Chapter 68 - I Want This Baby (1/2)

Looking at father and daughter, Luna wondered what could've happened in the past for Little Amber to treat Hero this way. It was as if the two could not stay in the same room without Little Amber glaring at her father.

Thinking about it, Joanna once told her that an incident about Little Amber being kidnapped before had caused the rift between the two. However, she couldn't just demand her husband to explain what had really happened back then.

”I have no idea Amber's day could be so…” Hero tried to find the right words but failed. Spending the whole day with his daughter, he couldn't believe that girl was able to stay active with him, running around his greenhouse while he tended to his plants.

”You think she's weak? Hero, you really don't know your own child then.” Luna giggled as she watched Hero slumped next to her on the couch.

”Has this happened before?” Hero asked, and she burst into laughter.

”You really don't have an idea of how to look after her, do you?” she asked back, ”Small as they are, kids could turn your house upside down if left unattended.”

She didn't think that Hero had spent enough time with his daughter to know what she liked and did not. Little Amber was not only interested in painting but also in baking. She'd seen how eager the girl was to learn how to make cookies and cupcakes.

Little Amber followed shortly, with Fluffy on tow. Luna ġrȯȧnėd as she saw how dirty that little girl and her dog were. Both were standing at the front door, not daring to step inside with their dirty soles and paws.

”Fluffy, did you play with the mud again?” she grumbled. His pure white fur was matted with dirt and mud, which would be hard to clean.

Luna walked towards them and brought the two to the bathroom near the kitchen. With Little Amber's nanny's help, Luna was able to clean the little girl and her dog faster.

After her bath, Little Amber was able to take a nap on her own, leaving Luna to dry and groom Fluffy back to his clean prestige.

The first two weeks of living with Hero and Amber weren't so bad at all. While she wasn't allowed to visit her brother at the hospital, Hero was strict to remind her of her condition. Luna thought that her life had been thrown in a whirlwind since she met this man, and there were drastic changes not only with her new living arrangement but also on her mother and brother's welfare.

Still, it was nice to know that she wouldn't have to worry about when her next meal was going to be or where she would get the money she needed to pay for the hospital bills that continue to rise for every day that passed.

Today was her second appointment with her doctor, and her husband was kind enough to take her to it.

”Calm down. Why are you so worried? It is just a normal checkup.” His voice rang through her head as she waited for this day to come. For Hero, it might be a normal checkup; but Luna wanted him to be as involved in this pregnancy as her.

”Luna?” Hero's voice dragged her back to the present as her head whipped around to look into a set of concerned onyx eyes and impassive face.

”Yes?” she blinked a few times, shocked at how she ended up too close to her husband.

Hero had already stepped out of the car with Amber in his arms while she was still sitting in his passenger seat in a daze.

”We're here,” he replied as he offered a hand to her.

”Oh,” Luna took his hand as he pulled her gently out of the car. She quickly buried her hands in her side pockets as mere touching him was enough for her to feel the sparks between them. What the hell was that? Luna wondered.

The family of three walked into the doctor's office. Soon, Luna was left sitting nervously in the waiting room, trying to ignore the chills washing over her at the moment. Hero grabbed her hand and gave her a confused look.

”Are you sure you want this?” she suddenly voiced out her frustration to her husband.

”Why wouldn't I want my own child?” Hero asked her confusedly, but a thought crossed his mind. He couldn't even be considered as a good father to Little Amber. No wonder his wife was having doubts about this pregnancy.