Chapter 43

Erica

After Alex left I walked back to my bed where Ethan was soundly sleeping. I laid besides him observing his face. He appeared so calm and peaceful while sleeping that I had to stop myself from taking a picture of his handsome face. I wanted to remember his face until the day I die. Soon sleep took over me and I laid there sleeping besides Ethan.

The next morning I woke up feeling Ethan's arms around me. I smiled sleepily enjoying his warmth. This felt like heaven.

"Morning baby." He said kissing my neck. I giggled in his arms because his lips ticked my sensitive spot.

"Morning." I said and let out a yawn. I never wanted to leave his arms.  This position was so comfortable for me that I could spend my entire day here. But apparently Ethan had different plans because he began stepping out of the bed. I caught his wrist halting him.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"I hate to tell you this but baby, I have to go." He said giving me an apologetic smile. My mood instantly ruined.

"Here I was planning to spend the entire day in your arms and you want to leave." I said leaving his hand and turning away disappointingly. On cue he came around me.

"I am so sorry, but I can't help it. I have spend so many days away from work, and now it is piling up. I have some important deals to close. But I promise I'll come as early as possible." He said placing a kiss on my temple. I immediately melted under his kiss. I pouted in protest but nevertheless let him go.

After he left I finished my daily chores and having nothing else to do for myself I switched in the TV enjoying my free time.

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"Baby I am home." Ethan called from the door. I ran to his side giving him a peck on the lips. He pressed for more but I pulled away. He made a pouty face but nonetheless smiled.

"Hey before I forget I want to tell you that Mom has called us both for dinner tonight." He said. I immediately tensed at his words. Dinner at his mom's place meant meeting his Dad. It wasn't something that I would look forward to.

"If you are thinking about Dad then you have nothing to worry about. I will be there with you. Mom will be there, don't get tensed up,okay?" I nodded feeling somewhat relieved to have him by my side.

"Good. I have to go now. Get ready, I'll come to pick you up." He said and placing kiss on my cheek he left. I pushed the bad feeling aside and cheered myself up. I wasn't going to spoil the night for his mom.

As promised Ethan came to pick me up and we both drove to his parents home. I had never been here. So when I saw, my jaw dropped. It was exceptionally beautiful place. I couldn't believe that Ethan grew up here. It was no less than a palace. All the Monroe kids were so lucky to have lived here. My thoughts came to a screeching halt when the thought of our baby came to my mind. We still hadn't told anyone about my pregnancy. I suddenly felt very nervous. Of course this didn't go unnoticed by my dear boyfriend.

"You look worried, what's the matter?" He said cupping my face.

"Ethan, we have to tell them about my pregnancy."

"I know, we will tell them together. Don't worry." He gave me a reassuring smile. I clutched his hand in mine to gain some support. We reached within no time and I inhaled a deep breath to calm my nerves. We walked hand in hand to the door and Ethan pressed the door bell. A maid opened the door and we entered in.

The house was beautiful in and out but I didn't fully enjoy the view due to my nerves.

"You came my baby boy." A female voice said from behind us. We turned around to see Juliette running towards us. She looked so happy seeing us.

"Mom, I am not a baby anymore." Ethan said in annoyance. Juliette came and enveloped us both in a hug.

"You will always be my baby."

"Atleast don't call me that when my girlfriend is here mom." He said and me and his mom both chuckled at his reaction.

"You don't know how happy I am that you both are here together."

"Me too." I replied.

"So you even brought her here." A male voice sounded from the stairs. We all snapped our attention to the source of the voice. It Ethan's Dad. My smile immediately faded away.

"Martin. See they both so happy together." Juliette said walking to her husband and clutching his arm. I looked at Ethan to see his face set in hard line. He was probably angry but didn't want to create a scene.

"She is not the type of woman someone brings to meet their parents, Ethan. I can't believe you came here that day to defend her. She is the one for whom you argued with your Dad. She cost us our decades long friendship with The Taylors.."

"Enough Dad. I will not here a single word against my girlfriend. You can keep your opinions to yourself. I don't think I need to prove her value to anyone. I suggest you don't provoke me to say something that will forever create a drift between us." Ethans calmly replied. But I knew he was far from calm. Seb and Ella appeared from their rooms. When they saw what was happening they immediately walked towards us.

I didn't know when tears formed in my eyes but when Ethan wiped them away I immediately dabbed my cheeks.

"That's what I don't want son. I am just trying to keep my family together. But look what she has done. She has got you wrapped around you finger. You are ready to sacrifice your family for her. While I am just trying to protect my kids." His dad answered.

"Exactly dad. I am doing the same. I am trying to protect my family too." Ethan said with his hand placed on my stomach and a smile on his face. I just stared at his face knowing exactly where he was going.

"What do you mean Ethan?" Juliette asked. Her face was a perfect representation of confusion.

"What I mean is, mom, we are pregnant. I am going to be a daddy. You are going to be a granny soon."

Silence! No one spoke anything. I just silently watched everyone. Almost everyone had their eyes popping out in shock. When they all regained their compusure Juliette practically ran towards me and hugged me. I hugged her back.

"Jesus! I am going to be a grandma. My baby is going to be a father." She said once she pulled away from me. Her eyes welled up in tears.

"Martin did you hear. We are going to be grandparents." Juliette exclaimed in joy. Seb and Ella came and hugged me and Ethan congratulating us.

"Yeah.. I.. " His dad said unable to form words. He walked away from there. I saw Ethan's face fell when his dad walked away. It was sure heartbreaking for him to see his dad not being happy in one of the great moments of his life. But he quickly masked away his face with a smile.

"How long has it been? " Ella asked.

"A little over two months." I replied. His mom and siblings were very excited to here the news and soon we all sat to have dinner. The whole time Juliette kept telling me stories about when she had Ethan. She also told me some of the funny incidents of his childhood. All in all we had a great time. But I didn't miss the sneaking glances of Ethan towards his Dad's office where he went and didn't return. It was as if he was expecting his dad to come out and congratulate him, us on our new life. But he didn't come out. Seeing Ethan so lonely was heartbreaking for me. I knew somewhere in my heart that I was the cause of his sorrow.

"It will be fine." I whispered in his ear when no one was looking.

"Hmm?" He asked. He was acting clueless.

"Ethan, its going to be alright. I know how much your dad and his approval means to you. I have a strong faith that he'll accept us." I said assuring him. He smiled a half hearted smile. I intertwined our fingers together letting him know that I would always be with him.

After dinner, Ethan showed me to his old bedroom in the house. It was neatly kept with his reenage stuff stil occupying tge corners. Mostly , books and a collection of music CDs were lying on the table. I could picture young Ethan in this room. He then showed me the back if the house that was  equally beautiful. We walked hand in hand. Ethan was unknowingly drawing circles on my knuckles and that simple gesture lit fure within me.

My heels were killing me and now I was regretting wearing them in the first place. My back was hurting and I desperately wanred my bed to just lie down. Ethan was however lost in his own stories and I trued to focus on his words but my feet were extremely tired and sore. I figured it wasn't the smartest idea to walk here in the cold especially when I was beginning to feel sick. When Ethan kept on talking about his life I finally cut him off.

"Ethan can we go back? I don't feel so good." If it were some other time I would love to hear his college and high school stories but now was simply not the time.

"Sure baby. You should have told me earlier. I kind of got lost in my own rambling. Sorry." He said apologetically.

We bid our goodbyes to Juliette, Seb and Ella. Mr. Monroe still hadn't come to talk to us.

In the car when we sat in the backseat I kicked off my heels and it felt so good to get ridiculous of the damn killers. The driver started the car and each passing second I felt like I would throw up. I drank some cool water in order to settle the nauseous feeling. Suddenly Ethan pulled my legs on his lap.

"What are you doing?" I asked when he began rubbing my feet. Honestly it felt good. But I wasn't going to let him do that.

"It's obvious that your feet are sore so I am just trying to give them a massage." He said as if no big deal. I tried to pull my legs but he held them in place.

"Shh! Let me do that. I can see you are tired. Just go to sleep." And I did. I didn't argue further but just closed my eyes feeling the pain reducing in my feet. I didn't know when I drifted of but the next time I woke up I was moving and then realized that I was in Ethan's arms. He was carrying me to his penthouse. Once we were inside his penthouse he didn't drop me. The sudden nausea hit me again and I wiggled out of his arms and dashed to the bathroom to empty my stomach content. Ethan came after me and caught my hair behind my back patting my back to soothe the nausea.

After heaving some more I came back to the room brushing my teeth and cleaning my face.

"I think you have become allergic to some food. What did your doctor say?" He asked.

"Well.. I.. " I didn't know what to say because didn't even get an appointment to the doctor.

" Jesus, Erica, don't tell me that you haven't visited the doctor yet. " When I didn't reply he continued. "I am getting us an appointment tomorrow itself. I can't believe that you haven't met the doctor yet. How can you be so casual about this?" He said getting frustrated.

"I am sorry." I said pouting a bit hoping he would not scold me further. He sighed and embraced me. I gladly went in his arms. "I am just worried for you both okay?" I hummed in response. I knew that I was wrong for not doing this ealier. I was being careless and it wasn't good. My first priority was my baby and I would do anything to protect him or her.

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