Stealing Your Heart

“Okay, Mommy. I promise I’ll be good, but you have to promise me that you’ll tell me if anything’s wrong. I’m worried about you.”

Perhaps she got emotional because she was still weak, but Lin Xinyan choked up the second she heard those words. She feared that her son would find out the truth and that she might not be able to solve the problem.

Clenching her fist in the other hand, Lin Xinyan tried her best to sound strong. “I have work to do, Xichen. I’m going to have to hang up now.”

“Okay…”

Lin Xinyan did not wait to see if Lin Xichen had more to say before hanging up on the call.

After that, Aunt Yu brought Lin Xinyan something to eat. “You must be hungry.”

Instead of hunger, all Lin Xinyan could feel was heartache.

“I’m not. I just…” responded Lin Xinyan as she looked at Aunt Yu.

“You have to eat something. Especially now that you’re weak,” interrupted Aunt Yu before Lin Xinyan could finish. With a bowl of food in hand, the former sat down by the bed and looked intently at Lin Xinyan. “Before Young Master left, he ordered me to take good care of you, so that includes feeding you. It’s not just you now – you have to consider your baby too. This is good for the both of you.”

Aunt Yu did not know about Lin Xinyan’s health condition, only that the woman was bedridden because of the risk of miscarriage in her pregnancy.

To her, Lin Xinyan was already too thin. The baby might not have enough nutrition to absorb if the mother refused to eat anything.

“Young Master was concerned about your appetite, so he ordered light meals for you. Try this bird’s nest from Malaysia. The domestic ones are so highly processed that they have no quality whatsoever. Have some for the sake of the child,” advised Aunt Yu as she brought the bowl forward.

When Aunt Yu mentioned the bird’s nest, Lin Xinyan was reminded that the delicacy was made of swiftlets’ solidified saliva.

out of bed. Shocked, Aunt Yu quickly put the bowl aside and stopped Lin Xinyan from

then hurried over to the bathroom and got Lin

throw up was stomach acid, but it did make

Aunt Yu patted Lin Xinyan’s back to soothe her nausea. “You can’t

the latter straightened up.

set the bucket down in front of Lin Xinyan but then changed her mind because it might gross the woman out.

the bathroom once more to clean the

felt much better

I get you to eat something?” asked Aunt Yu

came into the room with nurses and assistants to do their

while the doctor flipped through her records. “Do you know your physical

that she could

was quite a surprise to

now, so there’s a high risk of miscarriage. You have to be bedridden for the first three months to give the fetus some time to stabilize. We’ll

understand. I want to keep the

Lin Xinyan wanted to keep her

If there’s no more abdominal pain or bleeding by the end of the week, you can rest home as long as you come back for prenatal visits,” instructed the doctor before continuing, “I do see that you’re rather weak, so you should eat more. That’ll help with the pregnancy and get you

losing her appetite. Do you have anything to stop the vomiting so she can eat?” asked Aunt

some would take vitamins for more serious cases. Still, the doctor did not recommend Lin Xinyan to take supplements because of her condition. “She should have more light meals with smaller portions. I’ll set up a diet plan for her. It should

Yu pointed at the bird’s nest on the table. “But she couldn’t

your

saliva, Lin Xinyan could not help but get nauseous

the bucket for Lin Xinyan, but