Pregnant And Rejected

Chapter 141 Selene Wakes Up

My lashes flutter open to reveal a stark white room, a bevy of sterile, chemical scents filling my nose. I feel weighed down and dizzy at once, like I’m floating yet unable to move. I recognize this feeling, and I’ve woken up in this situation often enough to guess what happened.

I must have passed out from exhaustion, dehydration, stress, or all three. I’m back in the hospital, hooked up to half a dozen beeping machines and wearing a scratchy, unflattering paper gown. The world is dark beyond the windows, and I glance around for a clock. It was around ten o-clock this morning when I attempted to call Bastien, but it’s after 8pm now. I’ve been asleep all day.

Slowly but surely, the events which passed before I lost consciousness filter back through my mind, and I immediately want to find Lila. She must have been so scared.

As if reading my mind, Odette appears in my doorway a moment later, with Lila peeking around her legs. “Mommy!”

“Hello little bean!” I greet her with as much enthusiasm as I can muster. Pushing myself up to a sitting position, I extend my arms to the pup, “come here and give Mommy a hug.”

She toddles over without hesitation, clambering onto the bed and into my arms and ignoring Odette’s soft caution to be gentle with me. I don’t want my sweet daughter to be gentle any more than she does, I want her as close as possible. Her warm little body smothers me with affection, and I cuddle her close.

“How are you?” I ask anxiously, kissing her soft cheeks.

“Mommy you scared me!” she says, a note of accusation heavy in her voice. “You fain-ed and everyone got all loud.”

“I’m sorry, angel.” I breathe, “Mommy just got very tired very fast.”

“Cuz of da baby?” She inquired curiously.

*That’s right.” I agree, rocking her gently from side to side.

“Alright now, little one.” Odette tries to intervene, caressing Lila’s hair. “Your Mommy needs her rest.”

A nurse pokes her head around the doorway and echoes my mother-in-law’s advice, “Careful now, she really shouldn’t be in bed with you though I’m glad to see you’re awake.”

glare at them both, Nuzzling my pup’s sweet-smelling skin and glowering over her shoulder.

“Easy Mama Bear,” Dr Kane moves around the nurse with a wide smile, “She can stay right where she is.”

The nurse looks like she wants to object, but the chief physician shoots her a quelling stare and she backs down immediately. He strides further into the room, greeting Odette warmly before turning to me, “How are you feeling Selene?”

alright.” I lie, in truth I feel like I’ve been hit

Bean saves me from being

when she was carrying you, and I’m taking care of her and the new

she so sick?” Lila

a lot more sick if Dr Kane wasn’t helping me.” I remember well how difficult it was to get Dr’s in Asphodel

make you leave, but let’s just rearrange you a teensy bit so I can take a look at

down her spine, I give the Dr a beseeching look. “I hate to ask, but could you come back later? After this one

gets my pup’s attention. Her little head pops up. “I sleep

wish you could stay with me, but it’s not allowed.” I sigh, pressing my

wanna stay!” Lila

it isn’t an excuse, I really do want her nearby. It was hard enough being away from her when everything was fine, but now that our lives are such a mess it gets harder and harder to let her out of my

Thomas nods, “I’ll tell you what, Ms. Lila. If you go get a cookie with your Grandma now so that I can have a

nurse objects looking

sharply. “If there was

I suppose it will make her life harder to have to work around my pup all night. Though I don’t want to make her job more difficult, I’m also unwilling to give up my pup.

you say, Lila bean?” I ask, “Can you

I have to?” She murmurs, gesturing towards

that’s happened, but I also can’t encourage it. “If you want to stay with Mommy tonight,

bed and places her small hand in Odette’s, walking out of the room with

approaches my bedside. “Alright you, tell the truth

I admit. “I don’t know what happened, the meds were

Thomas assesses smoothly. “Have you been under any undue

at him from beneath my lashes, I admit, “maybe a

I thought.” He nods, looking around, “Is Bastien here somewhere? We really need to talk about making some lifestyle changes

flush work its way up my cheeks. “Actually he’s still

same look of surprise and displeasure everyone who’s out of the loop dons. If only they knew what was going on, if only they

Nervously checking to make sure no one can overhear us, I add. “He’s sort of off the

no effort to

“Unfortunately not.” I confess.

sorry