Episode 62 Promise

💦 ACE 💦

 {💔 He's broken... She will heal Him ❤ }

 (🌺 He's arrogant..... She's crazy 🌺)

🔥 Billionaire Romance 🔥

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 🌺 Alex 🌺

Reaching Dr. Ashley's office, I was starting to feel much better after the little event at the office.

Laying on the bed at the doctors office, we finally see Dr.

Ashley come in.

"My two favourite people! How are you both!?" he asks as he gives Ace and I both a hug

 "Ashley, it's good to see you" Ace says and I smile at him 

"How have you been feeling Alex?" Dr. Ashley asks 

"I've been hanging in there" I say

We tell him about the recent episode that had just happened at the office and how I've been feeling weaker these past few days.

 He says it is normal since I'm not taking or doing any treatments, he had told us before that this was to be expected and we both knew that.

"Well lets see how my most favourite little person is doing" Dr. Ashley says walking over to the ultrasound machine, I pull up my top revealing my growing stomach.

He applies the cool gel which sends a slight shiver throughout my body 

"Have you stopped working?" Dr. Ashley asks

 "She hasn't, and she won't listen to the thought of staying home" Ace says immediately

 "I could answer for myself" I say squinting my eyes at him

But he ignores me and looks at Dr. Ashley 

"Alex, I know how much you love going to work and it's good to be active however, you are growing weaker and will continue to grow weaker in the coming weeks. I strongly recommend you take it easy and going to work will continue to cause you stress. Not just to you, but to the baby as well. 

The reason for your sudden stomach pain and the baby kicking was due to the stress your body was going though, emotionally and physically with the continuous coughing. I really need you stay home from now on, for both you and the baby" he says 

"Good luck with that-" Ace tries to finish saying but I interrupt him

 "okay." 

"okay?" they both say together in shock, as if they weren't expecting me to say that

 "Okay.. yes, I'll stay home starting tomorrow" I say

I couldn't afford to put anymore stress onto the baby and if that meant staying home, then yes, I will stay home. It would also give me the time to focus on the projects I had on mind that I was preparing for the baby that I was working on at work today.

"If I knew it would have been this easy, I would have brought you here a long time ago" Ace says

Dr. Ashley then point to the monitor "There she is" he says pointing to the screen

Our baby girl

Listening to the heart beat, we both feel tears pool around our eyes. Squeezing Ace's hand, we both can't pry our eyes off of the screen

 "Everything seems to look and sound normal, she's so far a healthy baby girl" Dr. Ashley says turning to us with a smile 

"Oh thank God" I whisper feeling a sense of relief knowing we had a healthy baby girl growing day by day

Ace places a kiss on my forehead as he wipes away a tear of happiness that slides down his cheek

We both smile at each other in pure and utter joy.

After the ultrasound and a few checkups, Dr. Ashley changes my medications and gives me something different to help with the coughing but at the same time, won't irritate or affect the baby

. Reassuring him that I will take things easy from now on and stop working, we say our goodbyes and head home.

Reaching home, we see Molly had left dinner on the stove. 

We warm it up and set the table to eat together.

As Ace and I ate dinner together, I decide to ask him something.

"Scarlett" I blurt out

He looks up at me in confusion 

"W-what do you think of the name, Scarlett?" I ask, that name had been ringing in my ears for the whole day, ever since my dream from last night where I had dreamt of our baby girl. 

The name Scarlett was never something I thought about which was weird since it was what I called the girl in my dream.

"Scarlett..." Ace repeats and then continues eating as he thought about it

I take a bit of my food "Why Scarlett?" he asks

 "I had done some research today at work on the name, and Scarlett of course is a colour, and the colour symbolizes courage, passion, and joy. Which I believe almost in a way, 'defines' our baby girl perfectly." I say 

"She's already courageous and has brought us so much joy, especially today" he says

I nod my head and feel excitement knowing how strong my baby girl is, she's already a tough and strong little One

 "So... what do you think?" I ask squinting my eyes with a smile

 "I think Scarlett is perfect" he says with a big smile

Placing my hands on my stomach, I close my eyes and take in the moment. My baby girl

My Scarlett...

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The next few weeks go by with me... at home.

I was still visiting the office from time to time to take a few things home, or sign a few things that needed my approval but it was nice to occupy my thoughts with other things. 

I had spent the past few days looking at good pre-schools nearby, looking at which option would be best, if homeschooling or going to a school in person.

Shopping for clothes, toys, which formula is best to use but lastly, getting my 18 gifts.

Since I wanted a way to be with my baby girl every step of her life even though I wouldn't be there physically, I wanted to leave her something where it would feel like I was there with her.

 My whole big idea was to prepare 18 gifts, for each birth day. I still hadn't told Ace but I wanted to prepare them all first and then tell him the plan.

It was something I wanted to do by myself.

Busying myself with my list making, and writing down messages for each gift, it really made me feel both happy and sad at the same time.

Knowing that there would be a part of me with my baby girl. 

Writing down notes that she could read as if I was talking to her in person, I felt tears stream down my face. Pouring out the words I won't be able to tell her in person, into these letters, I would imagine her being able to read them which would bring me so much joy, which at the same time made me sad as I wrote.

My crazy hormones weren't helping the situation either....

The last gift on my list was the 18th gift..

This one was a big one, the one I was most excited for.

Today I had spent the whole day preparing this last gift and I couldn't wait to finally tell Ace when he got home from work, what I had prepared!

Taking a seat outside in the garden, I see Molly walk towards me with two cups of tea, She passes me a cup and takes a seat beside me.

"All done?" she asks me

I only had told Molly what I had been doing these past few weeks, since she was also helping me and would go out shopping for gifts with me.

"All done" I confirm and smile

She places her hand on mine and gives it a light squeeze

"Alexandra, I hope you know how amazing and thoughtful this idea was. It will be something she will cherish and love" Molly says

I give her a small smile

 "I really hope so"

 "Molly." I continue 

"Please be there for both of them..."

I look away trying to control my emotions that come storming in 

"-Im worried about him, and what happens after Im gone. 

He's gonna need you, the baby will need you.

Please Molly, be there for both of them" I say turning to face her with tears pooling up 

"My dear.. " she says weakly

 "Of course I will, you know I will" a tear escapes and slides down her cheek

We both look out at the orange sun that was setting, the beautiful view of nature surrounding us. The flowers that were blooming, different colours, shapes and sizes, the smell of fresh air...

I place my hands on my belly, holding my baby. I put my head back and try to enjoy this moment.

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Sitting in the bed, snuggled in the sheets as I watched TV,

I hear a knock on the door.

Looking up, I see Ace open the door and walk into the room

He looked so tired, working all day.

"Hey you" I say and sit up

 "You're still awake?" he asks and walks up to me, giving me a peck on the lips

"Yeah, I wasn't tired" I answer and get back into the sheets

He walks to the closet to change and grabs his towel to probably shower

 "How was work?" I ask 

"pretty good, we were busy finishing a few last things...

I have a surprise" he says, turning to face me and giving me a wink

I smile "Oh really now? I have one too actually" 

"You go first" he says eager to now know

 "noooo, you said you had a surprise first" I say squinting my eyes 

"Well then Mrs. Anderson, you will have to wait for me to finish showering before I tell you"

 "Ugh fine" I say covering my head with a pillow

He stand by the door and starts laughing

Hating the feeling of having to wait to hear what his surprise is, I get tempted and throw the pillow I was holding towards him 

"Hurry up and shower!" I yell 

"Fine fine" he says in-between his laughter and picks up the pillow, throwing it back at me

I catch it and throw it at him as he walks towards me on the bed

 "The bathroom is that way.." I say but he keeps coming towards me

He caches the pillow and then grabs me, pulling me down as he hovers over me, placing kisses in the crook of my neck

"Mhmm I missed you today, you smell so good" he says in-between his kisses

Laughing at our goofiness, I grab a pillow near me and then smack him with i

t "GO SHOWER" I yell in between my laughs

 "goinggg" he says as he gets up and finally goes to the bathroom to shower

I pick up the pillows that were now thrown around the room, I go get the binder I had been preparing these past few weeks and get back into the bed.

After a few minutes, Ace comes out of the bathroom, wearing only sweatpants.

His hair was still a little wet but it was air drying

He gets into the bed beside me and lowers his head to my stomach, hugging me as he lays down

Closing his eyes, I move the few pieces of his messy wet hair from his forehead

Squinting my eyes, I knew what he was doing... I pinch his cheek a little to hard and he immediately opens his eyes and moves my hand 

"Ow" he yells

 "Stop making me wait!!! What's your surprise" I say

He smiles and sits up, facing me

 "Oh yeah, the surprise. I totally forgot about that" he says acting dumb

 "Mhmmm, spill it" I say impatiently 

"Starting tomorrow..." he starts to say 

"Im gonna be staying home with you"

Raising a brow, I wonder if he was serious..

I look away thinking how that could be, then I look back at him with my smile slowly growing

 ".-really?" I ask softly 

"Yes, Leila is gonna take care of everything at the company, they've managed the company without us there before and everything has been looking really good recently so there won't be any problems" he says

I place my hands on his cheeks and pull him closer to me, Our faces inches apart, you could see our smile and happiness in our eyes

 "I love you" I breathe out and place his lips on mine

It made me happier knowing I could spend every single second of the limited time I had, with Ace. That's all I ever could ask for.

"I love you more" He smiles into the kiss then pulls away

 "It's now your turn, what's your surprise?" he asks, now him being the impatient one

Stretching my arms, I reach for the binder that was on the night stand and place it in front of Ace

 "These past few weeks, I did some thinking. We know I won't be there for important moments of Scarlett's life, for the moments where we would both as parents, make decisions together for things like her education, extra curricular activities she would want to do, when to take her to check ups, things I won't be able to discuss with you later..

So, I made a binder, of every detail I could have possible thought of where you might get stuck and would want to ask me, you can find my answer in this binder" I say and open it for him to look through 

He doesn't say anything but looks through the binder quietly as I continued speaking

 "Another thing, I wanted to have a way that I could..that I could still be apart of Scarlett's life one way or another. A way I could, guide her, let her know how much I-I love her" I say trying to push through my heavy heart

 "Alex..." Ace starts to say with his eyes getting red but ] needed to finish, we had to talk about this 

"No Ace please, just listen" I say grabbing his hands in mine, being strong

I continue

 "For every birthday, from her 1st to her 18th, I've prepared a gift for you to give her every single year-"

His tears start to slide down his cheek and he lowers his head, closing his eyes 

"Hey, no Ace please. I need you to listen and stay strong" I say making my voice clear, I place my fingers on his chin to meet my eyes

He lets out a breath and I continue 

"I've labeled them for you, there's a letter for each gift too. 

But please make sure you keep them in a safe spot because she won't understand any of these gifts when she's young. 

Read the notes to her until she's able to read them herself. 

Ace, this is important. No matter what happens, I need you to promise me that you will remind her all the time, how much I love her. okay?" I say

I close my eyes, wondering how I've been able to keep going this whole time without breaking down. I continue to stay strong 

"Ace" I call out again

He turns around with his back towards me as he lowers his head, placing it in his hands

I reach for behind him, wrapping my arms from behind him and placing my head in the crook of his neck

I know its hard but we need to keep moving forward

He nods his head and turns to me with his eyes bloodshot red 

"I promise" he says in a whisper

Feeling a weight being lifted off of my shoulders, I finally am able to let the tears I was holding in, stream down my face. I quickly wipe them and feel Ace wrap his arms around me.

 I place my head on his chest as we sit in silence, hearing his heart beat amongst the quiet.

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