A Love Trap

After she finished the meal, she was so full that her stomach bulged a little.

By the time she was done, Nolan had almost finished eating as well. He looked at her and frowned. He knew how much she could eat in the past.

How come she ate so much now?

"Get up. Let's go out for a walk," Nolan told Chloe.

"No, I don't want to move right now."

All she wanted after dinner was to go to sleep.

She wanted to go to bed full.

Nolan pressed his lips together and thought about what she had promised him to do tonight. But now, she was pregnant. Although he did not have much common knowledge about pregnancy, he knew that pregnant women were not allowed to do strenuous exercise.

Looking at Chloe, he felt depressed.

If it were not for Chloe's natural reaction to the news, he would have thought that she had already known that she was pregnant and still promised him to make love.

Looking at Chloe who had now almost fallen asleep, Nolan walked over to her, scooped her up, and headed for the bedroom.

As if Nolan's smell was soothing, Chloe felt safe in his arms and drifted off.

Looking at her reaction, Nolan put her on the bed and fetched some water to clean her face. Then, he washed her feet for her and then covered her with the quilt. After that, he went to the bathroom for a shower.

The next day, Chloe was still dazed when she woke up. She wondered how she fell asleep last night.

She vaguely remembered that she came home from Cynthia's house, and then Nolan came home and made her an entire table of delicious food.

Then, she covered her mouth with her right hand and put her left hand on her belly.

She recalled what she had almost forgotten. It was not just a dream. She was already pregnant.

"Ah!"

Chloe joyfully rolled back and forth on the bed, her soft hair getting messed up all over.

a bowl of millet porridge in his hand. What came into his view was Chloe rolling

He was speechless.

on? Is this a

Chloe saw Nolan, she quickly stopped rolling on the

to have

I'm happy. It's going to be our child,"

he added and walked over to

"Okay."

sat up straight and let Nolan feed

soon as she took a small mouthful of the porridge,

this? It's

that you're only allowed to eat light food in

"What?"

bitter look on her

just

felt like weeping but no tears

know that there would be many things she

couch in the living room. Nolan

was related to the baby. Upon hearing this, Chloe sat quietly and listened

on her face,

night, after Chloe fell asleep, he did a lot of research online. Today, he had his assistant bring a lot of material about pregnancy and about what pregnant women could and could not do.

of books were already on the

read a few of them this

and started slowly when she was almost running out of patience. "I did some research online last night about pregnancy. You are pregnant now, so you can't use the computer or your cellphone for more than one hour per day. The radiation

with my cellphone? And I can't use the computer? Then what am I supposed to do

have to take a leave from work. You're pregnant. You have to be careful about everything. I can't let you go to the

what he had read last night, Nolan had already learned some of the vital pregnancy information since they had decided to have a baby. He now knew pretty much everything there was to know about taking care

There are a lot of things that you can't eat now that you're pregnant. What if you eat something that's bad for the baby? You

if he anticipated that Chloe would object, Nolan said

"And..."

had listened to his long lecture.

tell you more when I learn