KYLIE'S POV
Steven and I visited our personal doctor for our daily check-up. After our marriage, Steven was excited to have a baby, so we made sure we were healthy to produce one.
I had done my regular check-up and excused myself first to buy healthy food to eat as a snack. When I came back, the doctor's office was slightly ajar. I was about to enter when I stopped upon hearing the doctor's voice.
"We need to make sure she gets pregnant," Doctor Philip said, hushed yet distinct.
"I know. That's the only way to secure my position," I heard Steven say.
I froze, my heart pounding in my chest.
"But you're infertile, you know that," Doctor Philip answered, his voice laced with concern. "But I believe we have other options. Your cousin. We can use his sample to impregnate your wife and act as if it was yours. Carion is a strong werewolf, and his bloodline is pure. I'm sure he can produce."
My blood ran cold. What did I just overhear? Is this real or maybe they are just joking? What did he mean impregnate? I wanted to ask Steven to be clear, but I decided to go home without even telling him.
I lay in bed, my body trembling and my mind a jumble of disjointed thoughts and terrifying suspicions. Who wouldn't get suspicious over my husband when I overheard that kind of conversation? Who are they trying to impregnate with that kind of method?
Then, I realize something. Are they planning to do it to me? I was shocked but I tried to dismiss it. I kept on convincing myself that Steven is not like that. He's a good person.
But is he truly a good person? I don't know him anymore.
One night, I went to sleep early because Steven told me he'd be late at work. I didn't know what happened but I woke up from a deep slumber when I felt a sharp, stinging sensation pricked in my arm. I sensed an object piercing my flesh, like a syringe injecting me.
Who would do it if my husband wasn't on my side that night?
Days later, I found myself curled up on the sofa, feeling nauseated as well as emotional. The announcement of Carion and Hailee's wedding date was all over the news. I couldn't help but wail like a baby. I thought I had already moved on, but I was wrong.
The news was playing on the television. I had heard the date, the time, the location, the details, but I couldn't remember a single word. All I felt was a suffocating sense of dread.
Later that day, as I sat at my kitchen table, another wave of nausea washed over me. I stumbled to the bathroom and vomited.
I called Steven but he wouldn't answer. I guess he's busy with his work as a Beta of the pack and a chief operating officer of his own business company. I paused, thinking of contacting Carion instead. But I controlled myself.
I shouldn't need help from him. As a matter of fact, I will go to the doctor and make sure my health is well.
I drove on the way to the clinic. When I got there, I immediately went straight to our personal doctor. I told him what's happening to me, and his smile, giddy when he saw me, became serious.
"Have you taken a pregnancy test?"
I blinked upon what he asked. "P-pregnancy test? Do you mean...?"
"As what you've told me, you had the signs that you're pregnant. But we can't be sure if we don't test it, Kylie."
From the clinic's pharmacy, I bought three pregnancy kits and used them all to be sure. I waited for the last pregnancy kit to show the line, and when it did, it showed two lines, just like the previous kits.
Two lines mean positive. Does that mean I am finally pregnant with Steven's heir?
