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"You loved her"

"No, e of ood person, but I never loved her Love is an obsession that, no ht I love you"

"I hope that she finds that," I tell hi the underside of ain and leads me down the street to the doctor’s office Once inside, we head straight to reception, where we’re given a for taken back to one of the exam rooms As soon as I’m settled on the table, the doctor comes in with a smile on her face She’s short, about five one, with jet-black hair that sits at the edge of her jaw,Asian features stand out eventhen looks at Kai and mutters, "Hi"

Did Iword; she strongly dislikes hiafter the internal exao over well at all I swear I thought the s to h to listen that I was okay and it was normal

"How are you?" I ask her

She sood"

"That’s good," I h that I see his skin turn a shade lighter in color

"Let et stuff set up for the ultrasound," she says quietly, walking over to the sink to wash her hands

"Sounds great" I put on oes hard when Kai moves and reminds her that he’s still in the room with us

When she comes back, she feels around on el ontothe device that looks like a remote control around on my stomach The swoosh, swoosh sound comes before the rhythhtens around mine This isn’t the first time he has heard our baby’s heartbeat, but even now, I can see the look of wonder in his expression as he searches the screen in front of the doctor

I was scared when I realized I was late for ht about it, and the ht about who the father of my child is, the more excited I became I knew that Kai and I still have a lot to learn about each other, but I also knew there was no one else I would want to have a fa within his power to protect ether, and really, when you’re looking for someone to be the father of your child, I think that is the most important quality there is

"I need you to sit up a little for htly off the table Her hand presses around onins rolling the device around on"There you go" She gets a strange s a boy"

"I know," Kai tells her

She narrows her eyes then looks atwith a jerk like hi, ‘cause the way I see how Kai comes across to everyone else is not at all how he is to htly raised his voice atfor weeks that it’s a boy" I s up at him

His eyes come to me and his face lowers as he presses a kiss to ain

"Would you like so ins clicking away on the screen as I try to see more Once she’s done, she prints off a few of the pictures and hands the her way out of the roo to have to find a new doctor, or you’re going to have to find a way to apologize to her somehow so that she doesn’t make it uncomfortable for me to be here"