Pregnant (?)(1)

She instinctively looked at both of the paintings for confirmation and the realization baffled her. It wasn't that she had not noticed herself gaining the slight weight around her tummy area but she had thought it was because she had temporarily dropped her workout routine.

"I did gain some weight…" The words felt wrong when she thought about it. Was there something else to it?

He was looking at her meaningfully. Her phone buzzed before he could state what was on her mind. She signalled for him to wait a minute and answered. The call was from Xiaoshi.

"Shishi!" She answered it jovially.

"Hey Lanni." Xiaoshi sounded embarrassed of whatever she was about to say.

Her tone reminded her. "How is Yue? I'll pick her up in about two hours."

"I could drop her off on my way to the airport. That's what I was going to say." She suggested.

It was a good idea so Lanni agreed. "See you soon, then."