Lanni’s heart sank to the pits of her stomach. The last word she wanted to hear was ’hospital’ right now. Or ever. Her pulse picked up its pace as she asked to confirm that her secretary had gotten the right na and the hospital had asked for her. The worst kind of imaginations ran through her mind even though she tried to control them and by the ti she received the call on line one, her palm was sweaty and her voice a frail ss.
"Li Lanni speaking."
"Hello, this is Dr. Su from HOH Hospital. I’m calling about the appointnt made for Mrs. Ji. The eting starts in a couple of hours and I wanted to confirm whether you are coming."
Lanni’s brows dipped for a mont as she gathered her thoughts. HOH Hospital?
"Oh! It’s Dr. Su!" Her voice uncontrollably pitched when she finally comprehended it.
When she accompanied Xiehan to Italy, a series of events including the heartbreak of Xiehan’s business partner’s wife had made her uncontrollably start to question whether they would have it easy having kids. Convinced that it might not be as easy as it was for so people, it had been impossible for Xiehan to convince her otherwise.
So, he had set up an appointnt with an obstetrician to have them both checked for any complications that might hinder or delay conception, and get advice on what to do to make it easier.
Ultimately, Xiehan had left it up to her whether she wanted them to go through with the tests. She had wanted to, but she had been so busy thinking about the wedding when she got back that she forgot about it. No wonder their call gave her such a scare!
"Mrs. Ji? Are you still there?" Dr. Su probed when she remained silent for too long.
"Yes. Sorry." Lanni cleared her throat. "I’ll confirm my husband’s schedule and we will both be there if he doesn’t have anything on. If he does, I will co on my own."
When the call ended, she tried to get back to her work but was much slower. Her mind would be filled with countless thoughts every few seconds. She would imagine herself heavily pregnant with Xiehan’s arms around her even though they wouldn’t be able to circle her. He would rub her belly, listen in on the sounds the baby made and talk to her belly... do everything excited husbands did when they were about to beco dads.
Then the image in her mind would change to one of her, Xiehan and an adorable toddler between them. They’d be holding the toddler’s tiny hands and playing together as a happy family of three.
Her smile must have been pretty obvious because Lin Jian comnted on it when he caught her staring off into space with her lips curled into a happy smile.
"Those must be valuable castles."He teased.
"What castles?" She jolted out of her thoughts and tried to resu her work.
"The ones you are building in the air." He pointed at the empty air before her. "I dropped by to let you know that you can leave whenever you are ready. Your husband helped you take the afternoon off in case you needed it."
Her lips curled into a happier smile. She no longer needed to ask whether he would make it. If he had gone so far as to help her take the day off, then there was no way in hell that he was going to let her take a test that involved both of them on her own.
She thanked him but continued to work. She was invigorated and made more progress in an hour than she had the whole day. When she was ready to leave, she carried a stack of docunts with her and stuffed them into her oversized purse.
She ran into Skylar on her way out.
"I got sothing you might want to know." Skylar spoke. "But seeing as you are in a hurry, I will write it down in detail and send it to your private email."
Lanni smiled. She was now certain that she had made the right choice regarding Skylar. The girl might be condescending and a b*tch at tis but when it was required of her, she was good at what she did—which was why Lanni had not chewed her off too much when she spewed nonsense earlier. She thanked her and headed for the elevator.
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Dr. Su was ready to et Lanni as soon as the latter arrived. She was more than ten minutes early and Xiehan had arrived too, so the doctor thought it would be best to get the eting done earlier instead of waiting around for ten minutes. Her last eting had ended earlier too.
She gave so brochures to Lanni and Xiehan and let them read through.
"We will go through the details today. If you are ready to undergo the necessary tests, we can do that during our next appointnt. I just want to make sure you know everything you should that will be relevant before, during and after your pregnancy."
Lanni nodded to thank her for the brochure and looked through the summary of what looked like endless paragraphs of articles encouraging couples to not give up just because they couldn’t conceive and that there were several other ways to have kids, which had been listed. Not that she thought she needed it.
"Are you on the pill, Mrs. Ji?" Dr. Su asked as she noted sothing down in her large notebook. When Lanni shook her head, she proceeded to ask, "When did you last use it?"
"I didn’t ever use it." She responded. The doctor nodded and took down her response before asking several other questions including their diets and allergies. At the end of the session, Dr. Su gave Lanni a diet plan to follow for two days before coming to have the tests done after those two days.
Lanni let out a sigh when they left the building. "I’m so nervous!"
That makes two of us. He wanted to mumble but he held her instead.
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