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Chapter 53- Love and pregnancy

SHAWN

Shawn looked at Rosaly wide-eyed, trying to understand if what she had said was really true or a figment of his imagination.

- Did you say you're pregnant? - He looked at her slender belly where his hand was resting, and then stared at her again, hoping for confirmation of his question.

- Yes, Shawn. I am pregnant. - Rosaly answered patiently, and was a little worried by his reaction.

- But how? - he asked, a bit flabbergasted by the news that he was going to be a father.

- Am I going to have to explain to you how babies are made? - she said laughing, and Shawn blushed like a little boy at Rosaly's words, and said:

- I'm sorry baby. You caught me by surprise.

- Shawn, I didn't expect this to happen now. I always wanted to be a mother, only later. I don't want you to think I did it on purpose. - Shawn looked at Rosaly as what she was saying penetrated the fog of his brain that remained incapable of reasoning. What was she saying? Suddenly he realized his reaction, which in Rosaly's eyes should have been negative, because she was apologizing for something that was both of their responsibility. He was going to father Rosaly's child, and the reality of those words made his heart melt.

- Baby, what are you saying? I would never think anything like that of you. Forgive me for the way I reacted, this is the most wonderful news I have ever received. - he said, stroking her abdomen.

- Are you sure? Don't you think it's a little early? Won't this affect your career? - Rosaly still looked worried

- Love, there is no right time for this to happen when two people love each other like you and I do. You know I've always loved children and this is the best gift you could ever give me. - He pulled Rosaly around his waist, and kissed her passionately as she stood on her tiptoes clinging to his neck. As soon as they parted she said, looking relieved.

- I thought you were angry.

- I would never be angry with you over a child. I love you and I will love you even more when this child is born. Since you came into my life, only good things have happened to me, and I don't even know if I deserve all this. - Shawn said, touching her hair that was so long it reached below her waist.

- Of course you do, my love. I'm so happy that I'm going to have a baby of our own. I can't imagine a greater gift than this. - Rosaly said, wrapping her arms around Shawn's waist and hiding her face in his chest.

- Now we need to take care of you. How are you feeling? - he asked, concerned about the paleness of her face.

- Except for the nausea, I'm fine. - Rosaly said, smiling softly.

- You need to eat right and see a competent obstetrician. I want you to get all the care you need to have a smooth and healthy pregnancy. - Shawn thought that his mother could help them with this, since she knew so many people.

- I already have some names of some professionals that Lexy gave me. She said they are the best in Canada. - She kept smiling, and Shawn thought about how beautiful she was, and would be even more so when her belly started to show. He had always thought that when a woman became pregnant she simply shone with the miracle of life inside her. He couldn't wait to see Rosaly with her growing belly, he could even imagine her carrying her baby in her arms. They would have a family, as they had always wanted. Looking at her now, Shawn could see that special gleam in her eye that only women who carried a child in their wombs had, and Rosaly had never looked so beautiful to him.

Shawn kissed her again, unable to resist. Was it possible to love her more than he already did? And at the thought that in nine months Rosaly would give him a son, he knew that love could be tripled.