The Playboy’s Downfall novel Chapter 98

ISLA

“God. Zero….!” I screamed at the top of my lungs. My stomach was aching, and when I looked down, I knew already that my water had popped. Baby… do you want to come out now? I pondered as I tried to get up and walked towards the door.

It’s Saturday, and Zero just went down to get me some water. And a few moments that he

left; my water popped.

I tried to get up but I couldn’t. “Zero…!” I screamed for his name once again.

I don’t know if he can’t hear me, but I am praying that he will.

I bit my lower lip when I felt the pain again… when suddenly, I glanced at the wireless telephone. I grimaced and walked towards and sat at the side of my bed. I dialed the line in the living room, and Nana picked it up.

“Nana, my water broke—”

“Oh, Lord Jesus. Wait over there. I will tell Zero,” Nana replied and dropped the call.

I took a deep breath and sighed to calm myself, but the pain was piercing inside me. “Hang in there, little one,” I whispered.

And a few seconds passed, Zero harshly opened the door. I could see how his eyes widened when he saw me. With his rushed steps, he approaches me.

“I’m sorry, baby…” he uttered as he carried me in his arms. I saw Nana come behind and hold the bag that we prepared last week.

Becca also rushed over with my brother.

“I’ll drive!” Apollo asserted.

We took the SUV and rushed to the hospital. Fortunately, the nurses responded fast, and I sighed in relief when I saw my OB.

“I thought your due will be next week. But it’s fine,” said the doctor.

They rushed me to the labor room and helped me to change my clothes into their lab gowns. So as Zero who’s beside me.

He smiled at me, and it made me calm for a while, and seeing Zero act calmly while I was laboring, made me smile.

He’s not the man like others that will faint or even panic when their wives are going to give birth.

Zero held my hand while they were pushing me to the delivery room.

“Can you walk?” the doctor asked. “You have to get—”

“I’ll carry her,” Zero interrupted and carried me as he put me down to the bed.

The OB nodded, and I saw her smile underneath her mask. They all wear masks except me. Zero too wears one.

“You can do it,” Zero muttered as he planted a soft kiss on my temple. I smiled and nodded.

“When I say push, you push, understand?” It was the midwife who asked, which made me nod my head.

Two nurses were on the midwife’s side while one nurse was near my head. I knew its purpose since I also attended the seminar on how to give birth.

I understand the process, and so as Zero.

I smiled while holding my baby.

It’s Monday. Zero and Apollo had already left for work. As for us, we don’t have classes. The new school year will be next month.

“So, are you sure that you will stay here for good?”

Becca frowned at me.

I let out a soft chuckle. “I mean, study here, not in Europe.”

Becca sighed. “Yeah. I’ve already told mom.”

I arched my brow and carried my daughter comfortably in my arms. “How about your dad?”

Becca sighed as she lay down on the bed. We’re still inside my room, and my daughter just woke up.

“Zero was right all along. It’s time for me to fight for what I want. Besides, this is my life—my life, my rules,” she replied, which made me smile.

I gave a peck on my daughter’s cheek and smiled. “Mama Becca is very good, right, baby?” I baby-talked as if my one-month-old daughter knew what I was talking to.

Becca sat and smiled at me. “How about you? What’s your plan? Did Zero agree that you will enter school—I mean not into online classes.”

I sighed and put down my daughter on the bed as I held her little hand. “He said he will support whatever my decision was….” I paused when Becca chuckled.

Becca shook her head. “You know what… I really can’t believe it—I never imagined that this time would come. Zero, who always holds the superiority, can now consider your decisions. I admit, he’s too far from the Zero that we all know,” she asserted.