𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐒✓

thirty-six

LILITH

Things were back to normal. Well, sort of.

Today was the first day that I stepped into our house after so long. When we got back from the vacation, I had to stay in the hospital here as well for a while which was the worst part.

But I was finally home now.

Filipa hugged me and cried when I got here and Roger immediately asked me what I wanted to eat, saying that I was probably starving for real food given having only hospital food for a while.

I missed being here.

"Do you maybe want to lay in our bedroom? If you don't feel comfortable here." Lucian adjusted the pillow behind me and I shook my head.

I've had enough of lying down.

"I'm fine here."

"Okay but tell me if you get tired." I nodded and watched him walk out of the living. He said that he was going to make me a fruit salad so I guess he headed towards the kitchen.

I adjusted the blanket over my legs and took my phone in my hands. I scrolled through the photos we took on vacation while I waited for Lucian.

A grin formed on my lips when I saw the picture I took the morning I found out I was pregnant. It was a photo of me with the pregnancy test in hand. Then the other one was me while I was taking a photo in the mirror.

I'll definitely print them and show them to our babies when they grow up. For them to see how excited their mom was.

A couple of minutes passed of me scrolling through the photos when I heard Lucian enter the living again.

He had a wooden tray in his hands.

When he sat next to me, I saw the bowl filled with cut-up fruits. From oranges to pomegranate and pineapple.

"Thank you." I pecked his lips. I tried to take the tray from him but he stopped me.

"I'll feed you." He took the fork and stabbed a piece of orange.

"I can feed myself just fine." I chuckled and shook my head at him.

"I know but I don't want you to get tired. You know what the doctor said about the pregnancy."

"Yes, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't move and do the basic things on my own."

The front of his eyebrows furrowed upwards and he slowly nodded his head twice.

"Fuck, I'm sorry I'm just... I'm really worried. You know with my mom as well..."

I cupped his face and kissed his eyes. He rested his head on my shoulder and buried his face in my neck. I knew he was worried about everything. His mom died while giving birth to him so all of this was triggering his trauma.

"I'll be careful and follow every instruction the doctor gives me." I felt him breathe against my skin.

"You can feed me now, I'm starving." I chuckled and I sensed him smile.

He pulled away from me and brought the fork to my mouth.

•

"Are you not getting in bed?" I asked Lucian when I saw him sit down on the sofa next to our bed.

I jutted out my bottom lip and extended my hand.

"Come here."

"I'll sleep here, I don't want to accidentally hurt you in my sleep." Here he goes again. I loved how considerate he was but I was craving his touch and his hands around me.

I wanted to cuddle with him.

"You won't. And please come here, I missed sleeping next to you."

He hesitated for a moment and then stood up. He slowly closed the distance between him and me and then rounded the bed.

He got on his side and slid under the sheets. I smiled sweetly at him while he carefully lay next to me.

The pain in my back was still present but not as much as before.

I turned to my side and rested my head on his chest while he loosely circled his arm around me.

"And please sleep and don't overthink. You won't hurt me. You actually sleep very peacefully without moving too much."

"Okay." He whispered.

I bit my lip and traced the skin above his heart with my fingers.

I ♡ U

He then brought his fingers above my chest and did the same.

I ♡ U

But my heart did a backflip when he ran his fingers to my stomach and traced the same words on my belly.

AND I ♡ U

This was the last chapter 🥲

The Epilogue will be up soon

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