Kelly’s POV
I woke up late the next day. The sll of sothing delicious filled my nose as soon as I went downstairs. The house is huge and yet simple, so I easily got familiarized with the access. Wearing a white dress, I entered the kitchen and found Pierce standing in front of the stove. He’s wearing sweat pants and black shirt. His hair was disheveled and his back looked so sexy in the morning.
I stared at his back. He still has an effect on but it’s not as fierce as before. My heartbeat is normal. I still love him but I’m no longer in love with him. I don’t know if staying here with him will do good to or what. However, I will just keep a distance to keep things like this.
“You’re up.”
His gentle voice brought back to reality. I smiled at him and entered the kitchen. I sat on the stool while he’s in front of . There’s an island counter between us, but I feel like we’re so close.
“How’s your sleep?” He looked into my eyes intently as if searching for sothing.
“I had a good sleep,” I answered honestly. After our al yesterday, the doctor he called to check on ca. She assured that my baby is fine and I was relieved because of that. That made sleep soundly last night.
Pierce smiled softly and nodded. “I’m glad. I thought you won’t be able to sleep when I’m around.”
How when I used to sleep next to him?
Instead of comnting on his comnt, I just smiled again and started eating the food he put in front of .
“I’ll go out to buy so groceries later. I also need to buy you so clothes and the vitamins the doctor prescribed..”
“I’ll go with you.”
He imdiately shook his head. “You’ll get tired. It’s not good for you.”
“I don’t wanna stay here and stress myself out thinking about what happened to my father.”
“Will you be okay wearing that dress, though?” He quickly asked. Typical of him.
I looked at my dress and shrugged my shoulders. He just bought this dress, a pair of slippers, and underwear early this morning. And I think he was so in a rush that he picked a dress for a 7 month pregnant woman.
“This is just fine. Comfortable.”
He didn’t argue anymore. We continued our breakfast and he was the one who cleaned the dishes. After he’s done, we left the house together. He drove his car to the nearest mall. He was so cautious while we’re entering the shopping mall.
We went for the grocery first. Pierce took a push cart and went straight to the stall of toiletries. I watched him as he picked a pink and blue toothbrush, toothpaste and other things. I stood behind the push cart he left when he went in front of a stall for body wash.
I pushed the cart towards him and stopped when he faced . “What do you prefer?”
I looked at the body wash in his hands. One was raspberry and the other was grapefruit flavored.
I pointed at the raspberry. “I like that one.”
He nodded and put the large body wash on our cart. He picked one for himself before he went behind and my body froze when he placed his hands besides my hands as he pushed the cart, with him walking so close behind . He seed unaware of our position and I felt so tense.
Swallowing hard, I couldn’t help but to rember how we used to be before when we’re still together. This is how we were when we shopped together.
I was almost breathless when he suddenly stopped and walked towards the stall of shampoos. I imdiately stepped away from the cart and looked at him.
“Will this do?” He asked, holding a strawberry flavored shampoo.
I nodded absentmindedly. He picked his own shampoo and put it on our cart before he started pushing it again.
Looking away, I took a deep breath and caressed my chest. I think I just felt my heart skip a beat.
To keep my mind busy, I started picking the things we need in the house while he’s just following .
“Wait for here. I’ll just put these in the car,” he said after we’re finished with our stocks. I nodded at him and looked around after he walked away.
I rested my hands on the railing and watched the people walking around. I saw a man carrying a toddler while holding his wife’s hand. I smiled at the scene, thinking of the sa thing for my baby but that will be impossible.
When Pierce ca back, he brought to a boutique. I faced him hesitantly. “This is an expensive brand.”
He smiled. “You can just pay soon if you feel like this is too much.”
“Okay.” I nodded and entered the boutique.
“You’ll look good in this,” Pierce picked out a maternity dress.
I chuckled. “I’m still in my second trister.”
He shrugged his shoulders, “It’s better to be ready.”
The corner of my lips rose as I picked the dress and faced the sales lady. “Do you have any other color of this dress?”
From the mirror beside us, I saw Pierce hiding a smile while standing behind . I just ignored him and followed the saleslady.
While I was choosing another dress, I saw a woman with an old man entering the boutique. I stared at them through the mirror in front of . They’re obviously father and daughter and the father was picking a dress for his daughter.
I felt tears pooling in the corner of my eyes as I watched them. I’m just trying to be strong. I’m just trying to keep my mind busy but I still couldn’t forget what happened to my dad.
I sniffed and wiped the tears that rolled down my cheeks when Pierce stood behind , blocking my view. He was holding another maternity dress and he slowly put it in front of as if trying to see if it looks good on when I clearly know that he just want to block my view.
“This is good too.”
I smiled at him even when it didn’t reach my eyes. “Yeah...”
Without saying anything, he hugged from behind, burying his face in my neck. His embrace was so comforting that I found myself biting my lip so hard, trying to stop my tears from falling again. His embrace tightened when he felt my shoulders start shaking.
“It’s okay to cry if you need to.”
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