Chapter 138
Zendaya’s POV
I waited for Asher to return home and when he did, I was shocked at how he looked. He was extremely exhausted and downcast.
I had never seen anyone look that bad before. What had he been doing in his office?
“Hey sweetie,” he croaked. “How are you?”
“I’m… fine,” I answered. I did not know how to ask him back because I could clearly see that he was broken beyond measure. All I could do was try to get his mind off his work. “I tucked in the children and practiced a few baking tricks. And don’t worry, I didn’t burn my hands.”
That seemed to do the trick as he smiled, walking to hug me.
“Are you okay? How was your day?” I finally asked, seeing the hug as an invitation to talk to him.
He told me everything about his work just as we went to our bedroom. There I offered to bathe him which he gladly accepted.
We stripped and entered the shower as I used the soft sponge on his body. At first his muscles were tense but by the time I was done, he was perfectly fine.
We got out of the shower and talked for some time before we kissed and slept off. It was a classic example of what happened whenever he would come back stressed and tired.
We awoke the next day ready to take on the new day as he headed for the balcony to receive a bit more sunlight.
I stayed in bed, taking up my phone to see that Aurora had called me that morning.
I called back. This was a way of bonding.
“Hey,” I smiled. “Good morning. How are you?”
“Zendaya,” she said with a shaky voice. “I think I’m pregnant.”
That caught me off guard. I was extremely happy for her but I had not seen that coming, especially not from her. What was that about?
“Okay, breathe and tell me what happened. What do you mean you think you are pregnant? You can’t just think you are pregnant. Either you are pregnant or you are not.”
“Remember I already told you we were both trying to get a baby. Well, I did the pregnancy test this morning and found that I was positive. That means…”
“You are pregnant!” I yelled in a happy tone. I was so happy for her. I used to be sad for her seeing as she had told me she had been trying to get a baby but had not been able to do so.
“What do I do?” she asked. “I don’t know what to do or where to go. How do I go about everything? I am very confused right now.”
I knew she was inexperienced and if our mother wa a good woman, she would have been the one handling this but since she wasn’t there was no need to disturb ourselves as we were the ones who would be handling our issues ourselves.
She was my younger sister, I would help her handle everything until she had everything under control.
“Where are you?” I asked her.
“I’m at home.”
“Send me the address. I’ll be there soon.”
“Okay,” she said before dropping the call.
She sent it immediately as I headed to the bathroom to bathe before running out to change into my clothes.
“Going somewhere?” Asher asked when he entered the room to see me running about as I did my makeup.
“Yeah. It turns out my sister is pregnant so I’ve got to go see her.”
“Didn’t you say that your sister could not have…”
“Apparently, she was trying but she had not been able to get pregnant so this is good news.”
He was excited for me. “And you’re going to see her?”
“Yeah. I figured since I have more experience in that aspect, I could help her with things.”
He nodded, wishing me luck as I ran out of the house and headed for the car to drive me to the address.
When I reached there, I found her alone as her husband had gone for work and he didn’t even know about the situation.
“Of course you’d need to tell him,” I said to her as she nodded.
“I’ll tell him but not now. I still have to find a way to bring up the news to him. He blames himself all the time for not being able to give me a baby. He thinks he’s not man enough.”NôvelDrama.Org content.
“Then you tell him that he is. Give him the good news. It could help.”
I gave her some advice on handling pregnancy which she was happy to receive and even gave her the contact to one of the best doctors in the country.
I was so elated by this. She would finally be a mother and I was going to be an aunty.
I watched her calm down as I felt like I was getting good at this thing. Maybe motivating others was my thing.
I stayed with her for four hours before deciding to head back to the mansion.
As she opened the door for me to leave, we bumped into our mother which was the greatest surprise of all.
“Zendaya?” she gasped as I frowned, looking at Aurora.
“Did you invite her?” I asked as she shook her head.
“I didn’t even know she was coming,” she said.
The woman had come uninvited and we didn’t want her around.
“What do you want, mother?” Aurora asked. “Why don’t you tell me you were coming? What if I was out or something?”
But she wasn’t paying any attention to Aurora but to me.
She was shocked at me being before her. Of course she would be. I was looking better than the last time. I didn’t even need to bother myself so much to look good as my skincare routine did the justice I needed it to do.
“Answer me,” Aurora grunted. “Why are you here? Why didn’t you call? I don’t like it when you show up unannounced.