Chapter 108

Avery’s pov I felt like the ground had opened up and crumbled, sucking me into a void hole. What the hell is he talking about? Animal DNA?

“Animal DNA?” I repeated, testing the word on my tongue and it felt strange. As strange as hearing it.

He nods, eyeing me intensely. “Yes,” he respond, pushing up his glasses that slid down his nose. “We need to run further tests to understand what is going on. Especially with you being pregnant, it would be safe to be checked.”

“What kind of animal?” I whispered in disbelief, unable to come to terms with what I am hearing. I don’t understand. Things were jumbled mess around me.

I have run blood test before and no doctor has ever told me they’ve seen animal dna in my tests. Perhaps they made a mistake.

The doctor and the nurse exchange looks, before he brings his eyes back to mine. “Wolf.” He utters. “But we can’t discuss further because we too have not run enough tests to be sure-

“You must have gotten it wrong.” I said, trying to wave this off as a mistake. “Rerun the tests. All of them.”

The doctor maintains his composure and nod stiffly. “Yes, given your condition it is crucial we run another tests to make sure everything is accurate as possible. But to do that, you need to lie back on the bed.”

I glanced at Melissa who had gone silent, her eyes losing focus as if she was somewhere else in her head.

I hesitated. I wanted to go to Xade. Yet the information the doctor had just shared with me concerned me enough to nod and agree.

The nurse steps forward to help get me comfortable on the bed, putting back the IV I had harshly taken out not too long ago. I sink my teeth deep into my lower lip, frightened of the unusual results.

“We will draw some more blood and run a full panel,” the doctor explained. “It might take a bit longer but we’ll make sure to get back to you as soon as possible.”

As the nurse worked on drawing out my blood, I closed my eyes, clenching them tightly as I try to steady my frantic thoughts.

When the nurse is done they both left and told me they’d be back with the results in a few. Now the room had gone quiet as Melissa sits on the chair beside the bed, her eyes straying to the wall.

“I should call your mom,” she whispered, yet she seemed so far away. “I should’ve called her earlier actually.”

“Wait no,” I said quickly. “I don’t want to worry her and want to make sure I know what’s actually going on first. She’s someone who’d drop everything and come here and I don’t want that kind of stress on her.”

Melissa nod, her eyes casting low to the ground. The air around us is tense and awkward. It goes in like this for what felt like an hour but had only been a few minutes. “What do you think he meant when he said you have animal dna in your blood?”

Melissa cracked the awkward silence with a question I had no clue on how to respond. How could I when I didn’t know anything myself.

I shrugged. “Could have been a mistake. It’s impossible.”

She nod. “Could be,” her eyes lift to mine and then shift her eyes to my stomach. “Are you going to get rid of it?”

My heart does an odd painful squeeze in my chest by her sudden question. I press my hand to my stomach as if I were protecting the baby inside there from her words.

“No,” I frowned. Come to think of it, that question never fluttered in my mind once. “Why would I?”

She shook her head. “Avery, you’re still young and if what you say is true about Xade being the father,” she had doubt in her voice. “Then a guy like Xade wouldn’t want to be tied down with a kid.”

I gripped the sheets hard, grounding my teeth. “You don’t know Xade Melissa. And if he doesn’t then I can take care of our baby on my own.”

Melissa stared at me for a little longer before sighing and nodding. Look, I don’t want that guy to come between us again Avery.” She reached out and squeezed my hand gently. “Just be careful with him.”

She doesn’t know Xade like I do. Despite not having all the answers, I knew for a fact that Xade would never hurt me.