The Touch of Sapphire

Chapter 40

The morning of the party arrived faster than Ashley initially thought. Thanks to Seto, she did not have to bother the girls to help decorate the mansion. Seto hired an entire event planner for her, and it took the weight off her shoulders tremendously. It was a heaven sent, because Ashley woke up that morning with terrible sickness, and could not keep anything down for the fuck of it. She was forced to be bedridden for most of the morning. The nausea never left her, and for some reason, she was dizzy. Because she didn't listen to Seto and go to the doctor, he forced her to stay in bed for the morning. Seto ordered the staff to make something light on the stomach and make sure that she did not leave the room unless he came back to get her. Ashley and the baby absolutely needed to keep down something. It was a quiet morning otherwise. Seto was in his home office for most of the morning, telling Ashley not to come in, because he was taking care of a few things. Ashley wondered why he still kept things from her. It had become infuriating over the past year.

Mokuba and Annessa were in charge of the food for the party and were currently watching the chefs organize everything according to how Seto and Ashley wanted it. It annoyed Annessa to no end that they had to do this, but she felt so bad seeing her sister in such a bad state with the sickness that she agreed to do it. Mokuba was glad to take any troubles they had off their shoulders, he wasn't as complicated as Nessa was. 

Ashley spent the morning with Kenji, who was more than happy to cuddle with his aunt. His head rested on her arm that she laid out for him, the other arm was the play arm, where she'd tickle him. She gave him a little rattle toy, watching him shake it to his heart's content. The sun illuminated the room to a comfortable brightness, and it sure brought out Kenji's crystal gray eyes. The girl started her baby talk with her nephew, and started to move his messy strands of hair out of his face. "You're so handsome, just like daddy hehe." Ashley whispered to the baby, tickling his stomach. He squealed and giggled at his aunt with such happiness, poking his Aunt's nose. "I got so lucky with such a cute nephew. You're gonna be a little heartbreaker!" Kenji giggled at the sweet talk, obviously not understanding what Ashley said.

A maid quietly knocked on the door, and Ashley told her to come in. She walked in with a smile, delivering some soup for her to try to eat. Ashley thanked her before the maid bowed and made her way out. Kenji was now laid on his aunt's lap as she sat up to eat. Hopefully the baby likes this.

Seto had managed to avoid Ashley for most of the day, and it bothered her so much. He seemed okay with the baby news, but she couldn't help but feel that something was completely off. For one, he forgot that he had an important meeting with Mr. Yamaguchi in Tokyo this past week. Seto Kaiba never forgets anything. He had seemingly avoided coming to animation for lunch, and then told Ashley that he had meetings when she went to him for lunch. And then he once complemented Annessa. It just wasn't like him at all.  "I need to stop worrying so much, right Kenji?" Ashley spoke to her nephew, taking a sip of the scrumptious soup. Kenji bit playfully on his little rattle, watching on as the girl take a few sips of the soup. It was Ms. Sanabria's amazing chicken noodle soup. Chicken noodle is so good for the soul! A few sips turned into a mouthfuls and Ashley was finished with her brunch in about five minutes.

"That was absolutely disgusting." Seto stood by the door, and watched Ashley devour the soup. "I'm fucking starving. That was so good!" Ashley said, standing up with Kenji in one arm and the bowl in another. Seto came over and took Kenji from his girlfriend, watching the boy kick his feet in his giggling fit. "He sure loves his uncle." Ashley commented, tippytoeing to give Seto a peck on the lips before making her way to the bathroom. "I'm gonna freshen up a bit and slip into tonight's dress." She said, winking as she closed the door behind her. He already knew the "hint". After quickly handing off Kenji to Mokuba, Seto came back to shower with Ashley.