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.

door with a bowl of millet porridge in his hand. What came

He was speechless.

Is this a side effect of her

on the bed. She sat

really pregnant. Are you happy? Are you excited? We're going to have a baby," Chloe said as if she still could not

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

he added and

"Okay."

straight and let Nolan feed

as she took a small mouthful of the porridge,

It's horrible

asked the doctor. He said that you're only allowed to eat light food in the

"What?"

with a bitter look

on, just eat

like weeping

that there would be many things she would have to deal with while she

was sitting quietly on the couch in the living room. Nolan was sitting

it was related to

the obedient look on her face, Nolan's heart was filled with

had his assistant bring a lot of material about pregnancy and about what pregnant women

couple of books were

a few of them this morning.

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 from the computer or

play with my cellphone? And I can't use

from work. You're pregnant. You have to be careful about everything. I can't let you go to the office alone. You can go with me, but you can't

had already learned some of the vital pregnancy information since they had decided to have a baby. He now knew pretty much everything

things that you can't eat now that you're pregnant. What if you eat something that's

if he anticipated that Chloe would object, Nolan said

"And..."

to his long lecture.

you more when I learn something new. I'll keep