The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife
Chapter 205 The Arrival Of The Baby

The next morning.

Looking at the hearty breakfast that Mama Jean had prepared since early morning, Susan had no idea why but she did not feel like eating anything right now. In the end, she just took a bowl of cereal. "You are still not feeling well, Susie?" Julian asked, his voice thick with concern.

"It's okay, I'm fine. I just don't feel like eating. I haven't had much appetite lately. I guess it's probably because I've been moving a lot recently and my body can't adapt to it."

Julian nodded as he felt that Susan was right about her inability to adapt to the change of condition. Then, he continued with a worried face, "Then, you'd better rest at home and don't go to work today." "No way! I have to discuss the design with my colleagues today," Susan said before offering Julian a n assuring smile, "Don't worry about me, Julian. I'll be fine."

Julian could only send her to Lanyard seeing how persistent she was. Along the journey, he exhorted her again and again, asking her to take a rest if she really did not feel well. Susan just smiled and nodded.

In the office.

"What happened to you, Susie? You've been absent for a week!" Ayla asked as she munched on a tuna sandwich.

Susan's stomach did a flip-flop when the smell of the tuna wafted into her nose. She took a step back and said, "It's nothing. Something came up, so I had to attend to it."

She could not tell her that she had a fit with Julian.

"That being said, I'm truly impressed by you, Susan," Chance chimed in, "Not only did you complete your task in time despite the fact that you were busy with your stuff, but you even got it done splendidly. The department head has sent your design to everyone's mailboxes as an example."

"Is that so?" Susan forced a smile on her face. She did not know why but the burger in Chance's hand made her feel sick.

There was still some time before they started to work, and her colleagues had the habit of having their breakfast in the office. Susan was alright with the food smell in the past, but right now, it was unbearable to her. i

"Some of your ideas are truly brilliant. For instance, the..." Chance was completely unaware that Susan

was keeping a distance away from him. As he was speaking, he kept moving closer to her.

The smell of the burger was getting closer and closer, and Susan could not hold it in anymore. Covering her mouth, she pushed Chance away and dashed into the washroom.

"What happened to Susie?" Chance looked at her back, confused, "Does my burger smell that bad?"

Ayla rubbernecked between Susan's back and the tuna sandwich in her hand and blinked her eyes.

Susan stayed for a long time in the washroom. She even threw up the cereal that she ate this morning, and her face was pale.

By the time she returned to the office, Chance came up to her again, "Are you alright, Susie?"

"Go away! Go away!" Ayla chased Chance to one side. She then put her tuna sandwich away from Susan before running up to her.

"Are you not feeling well, Susie?" She asked concernedly.

"I'm fine. Just feeling a little under the weather recently," Susan replied weakly.

"Have you been experiencing repeated attacks of vomiting recently?" Ayla pressed on.

"Yeah, how do you know?" Susan asked.

Ayla then thought for a moment before pitching her voice low. She went closer to Susan and asked again," Has Aunt Flo been visiting you lately?"

"Hm?" Susan was stunned for a moment. Then, she said, "I always have an irregular period, but now that you mention it... It seems it's been absent for like two months already..."

"Two months?" Ayla's eyes bulged, "And you're okay with it? Did you buy any pregnancy test strips? It seems to me that you're having morning sickness."

"Morning sickness..." Susan was dumbfounded.

Since she had irregular menstruation, she did not really care about it much. However, when she thought about it, she realized that Ayla's hunch might be right.

Loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting... It really seemed like the early symptoms of pregnancy.

With that thought in mind, Susan placed her hand on her stomach. If that was really the case, then she should've been pregnant one month ago.

'But... am I really pregnant?' Susan still found it hard to accept.

"Why are you still sitting here? Go to the pharmacy and buy a test strip to get yourself tested. Isn't there a pharmacy across the road?" Ayla suggested. Susan nodded, but she remained sitting on the chair a s her brain was a muddled mess.

'I'm pregnant?'

She never thought she would get pregnant and she had never prepared herself for the arrival of a new life.

"Forget it. I guess you're too shocked right now. Let me help you get it," Ayla winked at Susan, "You wait here. I'll be back soon."

Then, before Susan could say anything, she had already rushed out of the door.

Looking at Ayla's back, Susan could not help but smile. Even though she found it hard to believe, she was looking forward to it too.

She caressed her stomach even more gently as a sense of anticipation rose within her.

Was there really a life inside of her?

Ayla soon returned with the test strips. She pulled Susan to the washroom, and then stood outside the washroom to help her watch the door. The way she looked around made her seem like a thief. After a short while, Susan came out. Ayla then went up and asked expectantly, "How is it?"

Susan's face blushed. Her eyes gleamed as she replied, "I guess... according to the test strips, I'm pregnant.”

"Holy sh*t! I'm a genius!" Ayla punched her own hand. She looked even more excited than Susan, "Does Mr. Shaw know about it?"

"Not yet," Susan replied in an undertone.

She could not explain her emotions well right now. In her heart, she felt a little joy, a little perturbed, and a little uncertain. She could not help herself and wondered how Julian would react when she told him that she was pregnant.

Whenever she thought about the reaction that he might give, Susan could not suppress her laughter. She had a hunch that it would be a scene worth remembering.

"In other words, I'm the first one to know you're pregnant?" Ayla's eyes widened.

"Yeah," Susan smiled in return.

Ayla blinked her eyes, "This... What an honor!"

However, her joy soon ebbed away when she thought about something. Fear filled her face as she asked," Susie, if Mr. Shaw replaces out that I got the news faster than him, do you think he's going to kill me because of jealousy?"

"Well, it's possible," Susan grinned.

"Knock on wood, knock on wood," Ayla threw a sidelong glance at Susan and continued, "When are you going to tell Mr. Shaw then?"

"I... I don't know," Susan replied, feeling a little confused, "I'm not sure if the test strips are trustable o r not. What if we completely mixed-up and I'm not pregnant? Wouldn't it be too embarrassing?" "Well, the result is pretty accurate in general cases. If you really don't trust the test strip, you can go and check at the hospital. There is no way the hospital will get it wrong," Ayla suggested.

"I guess you're right," Susan replied. She did not know why, but she felt nervous about this.

"Don't think too much, Susie. Right now, go apply for leave and then go to the hospital," Ayla said.

Susan nodded before continuing, "I'll go apply for leave after the morning meeting."

Then, she pitched her voice low and said, "Ayla...

Please help me keep it a secret first."

"Don't worry, I won't tell other people about this. This kind of thing should be announced by you and Mr. Shaw. I can't steal your thunder away," Ayla winked at Susan.

Susan placed her hand on her stomach, and her eyes radiated with such a gentle glow.