Read Gifted To The Dragon: A Paranormal Pregnancy Romance (The Gifted Series Book 2) Online
Authors: Amira Rain
Finally, I couldn't take it anymore.
"Please...will one of you just tell us what's going on with our baby?"
Dr. Jansen looked up from the monitor, now not even fighting a grin, just outright grinning.
"Commander Grant, you told me that the two of you are having a boy, and Madison, you told me that the two of you are having a girl. Would you both like your guesses confirmed now?"
Desmond and I nodded simultaneously, and I spoke in a voice half-strangled with anticipation. "Yes. Please tell us."
Dr. Jansen grinned even bigger. "Okay. I'm officially confirming your guesses."
A long moment ticked by, then two, and she didn't say anything else, just looked at us, smiling.
I struggled not to leap up off the table and grab her by the lapels of her white lab jacket.
"Dr. Jansen, please...no more suspense. Please just tell us."
By my side, Desmond joined in. "Yes. Please, Dr. Jansen. Tell us."
Still smiling away, she just shrugged.
"I already
did
tell you both. I confirmed both your guesses. You were both right. Jessie, why don't you turn the monitor toward them so they can see."
Jessie the technician did as she'd been instructed, and once the monitor was squarely facing Desmond and me, Dr. Jansen gestured to it, brown eyes twinkling.
"There's your girl that you were so certain of, Madison, and there's your boy that you were equally certain of, Commander Grant. There are your twins."
If I hadn't been reclining on a table, my knees definitely would have buckled. Somebody in the exam room gasped, and it took me a second to realize it had been me.
Still holding my hand, Desmond chuckled weakly, then with a little more force.
"I don't believe it. Twins."
Dr. Jansen joined in with a hearty chuckle of her own.
"Sometimes this early on, we don't pick up two heartbeats during office visits; we just get one. One twin hides behind the other...it happens."
Grinning, Desmond soon pulled me into his arms, and naturally, no huge surprise at all, I cried. Once Dr. Jansen and Jessie had left the exam room, Desmond developed a distinct frog in his throat and it took him multiple throat clears to get it under control.
A month later, he asked me to marry him, and I said yes, borderline shouting the word, actually, because I was so filled with joy. By this point, I wanted nothing more than to become his wife.
Considering that Desmond was commander of the city, we could have gotten married in extremely high style, sparing no expense. However, when I was five-and-a-half months along, we got married in the vast backyard behind Eloise's care home, so that my grandma could attend without having to travel and possibly become disoriented and upset.
She, Eloise, and Emma served as my attendants. Eric, who was Emma's husband by this point, stood up for Desmond, along with two other shifters. Jake, who was walking by now, though really, he
ran
more than walked, served as our ring bearer. Adorable as could be in a tiny suit and tie, he only dropped the ring twice. Each time, he looked toward Eric, saying "Uh-oh, Dada!"
The only other guests at the ceremony were the other care home residents, two other caregivers, and Dr. Jansen, who actually married Desmond and me. Not only was she an MD and a certified midwife, she was also somehow a certified minister as well, with legal right to marry couples in the state of Illinois.
Simple and meaningful, the ceremony was just what Desmond and I had wanted. It was sweet, funny, and even a bit chaotic at times. It was perfect.
My grandma had her mental bearings maybe seventy-five percent of the day, which I was beyond grateful for. Even during the times that she didn't recognize me, she just kept telling me over and over, between repeatedly asking my name, that I was such a beautiful bride, making my heart swell with an overflow of love.
In early February, the twins were born healthy, beautiful, and a whopping six pounds each exactly, large for twins. When they were two months old and had both proven to have hardy immune systems, Desmond and I took them to visit their great-grandma. Very sadly, she'd had a few weeks of marked steady decline, and she didn't recognize Desmond or me. However, her eyes lit up when she spotted the babies, and she asked if she could see them.
"I'd like to hold one, too, please, if I might."
Taking a seat beside her on the couch, I first introduced her to Matthew Desmond, who, just like his daddy, had thick dark hair and blue eyes that were already turning gray.
Eyes filling, my grandma clasped her hands together, saying he was the most precious little thing ever.
"May I pat his sweet little head? Oh, he's got so much hair."
Heart melting, I told her to go right ahead, and she gently stroked Matthew's dark hair, then gave him a few little pats while he looked at her, cooing and gurgling.
Soon I swapped out babies with Desmond, and carefully placed our baby girl in my grandma's arms, continuing to hold her with one hand, just in case my grandma suddenly lost strength.
"Grandma, this is Sophie Rose."
Though my frequent, borderline-incessant crying had thankfully stopped since I'd given birth, my voice had cracked on saying my daughter's middle name, and my eyes had suddenly filled with tears. Rose was my grandma's name, and I'd decided to use it as a middle name instead of Alexandra.
Eyes lighting with recognition, my grandma remarked that Rose was
her
name, and I smiled, nodding.
"I picked Sophie's middle name to honor
you
, because you're her great-grandma."
She looked from me to Sophie, frowning, and then back to me with her frown slowly changing to a little smile.
"You're a nice girl."
I managed a smile in return, blinking back tears.
"Thank you."
"Are you the new helper girl here?"
Soon Desmond and Eloise took over visiting with my grandma so that I could go in the bathroom and cry in private.
A month or so later, Desmond took me out on our first real date since the babies had been born. He'd wanted to take me out before then, but I'd said I just wasn't ready to leave them for a whole evening yet. Now I was semi-ready, I supposed, and only because I was leaving them under care of Emma, who'd become as close as a sister to me by this point. I also completely trusted her mothering capabilities, and besides, she'd practically begged me to let her watch the babies. Now that she and Eric were expecting another little one in the family, she'd kind of gotten baby fever.
The destination of our date was supposed to be a surprise for me, but as he drove his shiny black truck toward Quincy, I asked Desmond just what on earth he had in mind. I still loved visiting my grandma, even though it had become increasingly emotionally taxing since her decline, but I wasn't exactly sure if I wanted to spend date night at the care home.
In response to my question, Desmond glanced over at me with a clear twinkle in his eyes.
"You up for splitting an elephant ear and sharing a slow dance under the stars at the first 'Quincy cruise night' of the season?"
Of course
. It was the one-year anniversary of the night we'd met. The night our love story had first begun, and the night I'd conceived our beautiful babies.
With butterflies rioting in my stomach, I looked over at Desmond.
"Make it two slow dances, and you're on."
Grinning, he took one of my hands in his own, sending a current of something electric racing through my body.
"Deal."
THE END
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