Unexpected Love (Editing)

Chapter 88

Liliana's pov

"Derek, I mean this in the nicest way possible, but your interior decor sucks. You've got to decorate that house." I chuckled as I facetime Derek

"Cut me some slack. I've only been in D.C. for 2 weeks. I haven't exactly had time to go shopping for house decorations." He laughed.

"It still needs to be worked on." I shrugged.

"I'll keep that in mind." He chuckles. "So Amelia's been telling me about this tumor she's supposed to remove. She says it's massive." He was obviously intrigued considering he was mostly doing research for the President which didn't give him much O.R. time.

"Yeah. It's Nicole Herman's tumor. Derek, the tumor is beautiful and smart. It's every neurosurgeons dream. It kind of reminds me of the one we removed from Isaac. When I saw it, just for a split second I considered pulling rank and stealing it." I sighed. Because of Derek I had a constant desire to operate on the most challenging tumors. It was how I was trained, but this was Amelia's case and I wouldn't steal it even though I really wanted it.

"You've got to send me the scans for this thing." He says.

"I will once I get to work, which I actually need to get ready to leave for right now." I say looking at the clock.

"Okay, I'll text you later." He says

"Okay, bye."

"Bye." He says before hanging up. Even though it's been hard getting used to not having Derek around all the time, I can tell he's a lot happier now that he's getting to live his dream in D.C., so I'm happy for him. I am such an amazing place in my life. I'm married to the most wonderful man and we're about to have our baby before we know it. I'm the happiest I've been and Derek deserved the same happiness.

I grabbed my things before I went to the kitchen where Jackson is at.

"You and Derek done with your morning facetime?" Jackson chuckled sipping his coffee as I walked into the kitchen. Every morning Derek and I have made it a tradition to FaceTime and check in on each other. Even though we were on two opposite sides of the country, we would never lose contact.

"Yep." I said as I grab a piece of toast.

"You ready for your ultrasound today?" He asks

"Yes. I'm so excited. I love hearing the baby's heartbeat." I smiled. Getting an ultrasound and hearing your baby's beating heart makes it real that you are carrying this living little human in your body. It always made me feel so connected to the baby.

"I know, before we know it the baby will be here." He smiles

"I can't wait." I say excitedly. Even though I was nervous at the thought of being a mother, the excitement overpowered that. I lost out on an opportunity at motherhood years ago and I was just thankful for another chance. I couldn't wait until the day that I got to hold my baby in my arms. A lot of nights, I just like to sit in the nursery when I get home from work. It makes the reality that the baby will be here before I know it that much realer.

I finished eating breakfast then Jackson and I grabbed our things and left for work. We both have a consult to do before my ultrasound, so we get changed into our scrubs before leaving to meet up with our patients. My consultation doesn't take that long so I head up to OB and text Jackson to let him know that I'm about to start my appointment since he hadn't arrived yet.

"Wilson, what are you doing here?" I frown as I sit in the examination room and Jo walks in.

"Hey, I'm interested in fetal surgery and Dr. Webber said that I could do some O.B. ultrasounds." She smiles