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Chapter 120 Ethan Was There For Me

**Rosalie’s POV

I hadn’t been feeling well all day. What I had thought could potentially be indigestion turned into some fairly severe cramps by early afternoon, and when Seraphine came to check on me, she took one look at my abdomen and said, “Miss Ro, dear, you’re in labor!”

Stunned, I said, “But… it’s not time yet. We still have a few days.”

Seraphine laughed. “Babies come on their own schedule, not ours. Let’s get you more comfortable, and then I’ll do a thorough check to see about how much time we have.”

I didn’t argue with her. As terrified as I was of actually giving birth, I was ready to have my baby with me. I trusted Seraphine that she knew how to take care of me, and I had no doubt that she would ensure a safe delivery for me and my baby.

As I went into the bathroom to change into a loose-fitting nightdress, she put a mattress protector on the bed and got together all of the things she would need for the birth. I didn’t know exactly what all of those were, but when I came out, I felt that she was ready.

I climbed into bed, and Seraphine checked to see what station I was and how far effaced. “Oh, yeah,” she said with a smile as she covered me with a sheet. “It shouldn’t be too long now. Especially if your contractions keep coming so steadily. Let’s time the next few and see how close together they are.”

I nodded and then let her know when the next one started. So far, they hadn’t been that painful, and I intended to do everything naturally. As far as I knew, Seraphine didn’t even have any pain medication there if I wanted it, though || thought she might have some tools to help her if there was an emergency.

Over the next few hours, the contractions continued to come regularly, intensifying, and lasting longer. Eventually, they got to the point where I thought they might be too painful for me to handle, but Seraphine reminded me that I knew how to breathe through them. This was something we’d been working on for a long time.

I knew how to do this. I was in charge of my body, and I could keep myself calm and in control.

“I think it’s time to start pushing,” Seraphine said. “Do you want me to call Mr. Soren?”

“No!” I cried out. “I don’t want anyone else here. Just us.”

She looked a bit taken aback, but she nodded. “That’s fine, dear. Whatever you’d like.”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to yell,” I said, feeling bad for raising my voice.

Seraphine laughed. “Are you kidding? You’re having a baby! I’ve had much worse than a bit of yelling go on when a woman is in labor. All right. Remember how I told you to push?”

I nodded. I remembered how to do it.

“Then, with the next contraction, that’s what we’ll do.”

Seraphine coached me through the pushing. She counted for me and encouraged me, and I pushed for what seemed like forever. I was dripping sweat, and even with the windows open and a fan on, I felt like I was burning up. The baby wasn’t making a lot of progress. I could see on Seraphine’s face that she was worried.

“The baby is being… stubborn,” she said. “Just keep pushing. We’ll get there.”

deep breaths, and tried to focus my mind on meeting my

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it been? Two hours, four hours?

my own grunting, and the endless pain… Everything seemed to be mixed together. I almost couldn’t tell whether all of these were

a boy!” Seraphine exclaimed, and finally, I knew my baby had come to

do was hold my baby. However, I was too exhausted to even make a sound. I tried to force a sound out of my mouth, but

come loose, and it was trying to come out

when it was my water breaking. Seraphine’s eyes widened. “We need the

my voice was so weak,

and my skin felt like it was on fire. All I wanted was to hold my

felt like I was about to pass out. I leaned

because when I opened my eyes again, the doctor was there. I . could hear his voice. I couldn’t make out what he was saying, or what Seraphine

found myself staring up at the ceiling as the waves of pain rolled through my body. This was so much worse than giving birth. And unlike the happy occasion that I was willing to trade

back of

I was dying.

couldn’t stop it. They wanted to do something quickly to

my focus to my baby. I wanted to see him so badly, to hold him,

to kill me. And now, here I was, finally giving birth to my baby, and I wasn’t even going to have a chance to hold

treat me like this! How could the world be so cruel as to let me come this far and never even see his

what was supposed to happen to me if I’d stayed at the capital, what the initial plan had been. Maybe I would already be dead if I

going to die anyway, would it be better if I had just stayed…? That way, at least my baby would

thoughts began to drift out of my mind, and as the pain wracked my body, my eyes began to close, and I could

One face.

Ethan.

with me now, could he give me the strength I needed somehow to fight through this? Would he inspire me to find a way to push through and stay alive? Was it even possible

would be with one parent. What would happen to him now? Without me here, who would take care of him? Who would love him with all their heart? I didn’t even have the strength to tell Seraphine to take

was going to

are you? Can’t

cheeks. I was amazed that I was still able

the last moments of my life,

who I didn’t even get the chance to meet, and for the man that

slipping away, and it felt

smiling at me. I felt if I walked to her, there would be no

she the