It wasn't at first sight

Chapter 68

Some months later.

It's Saturday noon, and Hanna arrives home with a small carry-on suitcase and a bag after spending three days in New York.

The house is very quiet, with neither Caleb nor Chocolate around.

Caleb has been on a business trip for a week, and Chocolate is at Ashley's, where Hanna dropped him off before heading to New York a few days ago.

Hanna and Caleb have finally decided to renovate the ground floor of the house, and the contractor they hired, along with a cleaning service company and a decorator, barely finished their work a couple of days before Caleb left on his trip. Now, the amazing new integrated kitchen, dining and living areas, welcome Hanna as fabulously as she left it. Only the laundry room, a pantry, and a bathroom remain separate from the rest. They have kept the kitchen furniture as it still looked brand new from Caleb's previous renovations, and the decorator has matched the rest of the areas accordingly, opting for light colors and creating a modern yet cozy ambiance. It was two months of chaos that Hanna barely witnessed, as just as she had told Caleb, she moved to her mom's during the renovations to stay calm and away from it all. She only met up with the decorator to be involved in the important decisions. Caleb has also been staying there at Ashley's, to be with Hanna, of course, but mostly showing up there just to sleep, so he kept his belongings at home during that time.

Regarding Hanna's pregnancy, her mood swings have become less frequent as she reached the second trimester, but they resurface every so often. Having entered this stage of pregnancy, she and Caleb have also announced the news in a shared post on Instagram, letting their friends and acquaintances know about the imminent arrival of their daughter. Hanna has taken the time to make a special phone call to grandma Reggie to break the joyful news to her as well, and that's how her dad ended up learning about her pregnancy too a few days later, as Regina Marin shared the news with him, who just sent a brief text to Hanna to congratulate on the news, which she found a bit cold somehow, but coming from him, she wasn't expecting much more anyway. Hanna's relationship with her father has remained as distant as always, barely seeing each other a couple of times after his surprising attendance at the wedding, one of those times being a dull dinner out with Caleb and Isabel too, a couple of days after Hanna's birthday with the intention of celebrating her, and even though it didn't turn out as awkward as that Christmas dinner, it was not something worth repeating on another occasion. Returning to the matter of Hanna's pregnancy, everything else has been perfect so far, with her prenatal checkups on point. She's a couple of weeks past the sixth month now, just starting her third and last trimester, and showing an adorable baby bump. It wasn't until a bit more than a month ago that she began feeling the baby moving inside of her, and it was surely a turning point, making it all feel more real, both for her and Caleb, who was moved to tears the first time he placed his palm on Hanna's belly and felt the baby's movements under his touch. They've started feeling more connected to their daughter from that moment. As for the baby's name, that's another story. It's been a complicated matter, as Hanna hasn't liked any of the names Caleb proposed, but she hasn't been able to come up with a name she really likes either, so the little girl in her belly remains unnamed for now.

Caleb and Toby's company has grown a little too, fulfilling Caleb's wish to be able to focus on more important things while having other employees taking on some of their tasks, although, his schedule and working hours have remained as busy as before as his software has been taking a good amount of time from him. The growth of it and therefore its needs, have had him replacing his old meetings with clients with new meetings with suppliers, which wasn't exactly his initial ideal.

And finally, as for Chocolate, he's almost back to his old self. He's been sleeping in his bed in the hallway, even when Hanna and Caleb forget to close the door to their bedroom. The trainer has been really helpful, initially seeing him once a week, then every two weeks, and now just occasionally, as Hanna and Caleb have been following his instructions to the letter, getting positive results. Although, there are still a few details to work on, he's not completely relaxed in public places when Hanna joins him and Caleb for walks, like when they're hanging out in the park. He tends to stay a bit defensive and protective of her. Hanna hasn't started walking him alone again, just to be safe. With her baby bump, she doesn't want to risk getting pulled to the ground if Chocolate has an unexpected reaction.