DESTINED MATE : SWEET ALPHA PHEROMONE
Chapter 89

Chapter 89: Chapter 89

Shiloh combed his hair in the room, he was sitting on the bed wearing an oversized hospital gown. His stomach was perfectly rounded, ever since he returned from his grandparents’ country, he had been in this hospital. According to his grandmother and grandfather as well as the doctors, his pregnancy was a little unstable so he had to stay here longer until it was time to give birth.

"Ah, are you awake?" Bethany Sherburne smiled broadly carrying the bowl of dragon fruit smoothies that Shiloh had been talking about since yesterday.

In her country, dragon fruit is the most ubiquitous fruit, cheap and much sweeter than bland. Ever since coming there and trying it, Shiloh has loved the fruit. Shiloh always asks Bethany to make acai bowls for his breakfast, but here, only certain places sell dragon fruit with good quality.

Bethany approached Shiloh, she kept the bowl of smoothies on the table and took over the comb in the man’s hand. She helped comb Shiloh’s beautiful long hair. The man had not gained much weight, about six kilos during pregnancy. Shiloh’s body was so weak during pregnancy.

"Is Seth coming today?" Shiloh asked cheerfully, folding the blanket he had worn last night. It was already the middle of summer, the last month of his pregnancy. Fortunately, the air-conditioning in his hospital room was cool enough that the heaviness in his stomach and the discomfort he was feeling were negligible.

"Yes, Maeve will take him." Bethany said, she put the comb into the drawer by the bed and smoothed Shiloh’s hair once more.

"I miss him!" Shiloh said cheerfully with a big smile. "Unfortunately, I can’t see him every day." He winced and looked sad when talking about it.

"Yes, Maeve has to take care of her work on the island. We’ll ask Maeve if we can let Seth stay for a week."

Shiloh’s eyes rounded and he nodded happily.

Bethany looked at him with a sad gaze. The old woman recalled how Shiloh’s body was in the emergency room when she, her husband and Ian came to the hospital. The body was having a seizure, his eyes were white and his teeth were clenched. Bethany thought that she would lose Shiloh forever.

Shiloh had beautiful long colored hair, which the Rudapriya family had inherited. But his face was really like Graciella’s. It was like Bethany was reunited with her dead daughter.

"Smoothies!" Shiloh squealed when he saw the smoothies bowl on the table, Bethany smiled widely, she brushed off all her sadness and walked over to Shiloh who was now sitting on the chair. Bethany took a spoon and gave it to Shiloh.

The man ate it with gusto, he had been asking for it since yesterday.

"Do you really like it?"

"Yes, when I ate it at grandma’s house, it was like I knew this flavor! It’s a familiar flavor to me."

The two chatted, Bethany opened her lunchbox. She brought a salad with cheese sprinkled on it, Bethany took lodging near the hospital, she was trying to stay close to Shiloh for now. She didn’t want the child to get scared again like when they first came here.

"Ah-" The door to the room opened and the sound came as Bethany had just finished lunch with Shiloh, both still sitting in chairs not far from the bed.

A blue-eyed man wearing a denim shirt and jeans opened the door with a big smile.

"Ian!" Shiloh waved hishand with a big smile when he saw the man coming.

"Ah, did you have lunch?" Ian asked, he carried the paper bag in his hand and put it on the table before sitting on the chair near Bethany.

"He whined asking me to find a dragon fruit."

One of Ian’s eyebrows went up at that, "Dragon fruit?"

Bethany nodded, "He tried it in our country and loved it, he asked our maids to make him an Acai Bowl every day for breakfast."

Ian paused and his smile disappeared when he heard that, he smiled awkwardly at Shiloh.

"Ah- our family maid also packed some Acai Bowl today..."

The two people in front of Ian looked at him in confusion.

"She said that Shiloh would definitely like it..."

Bethany could read the look on Ian’s face, before she could speak the door to the room opened again. Seth and Maeve came in, the little boy ran up to Shiloh and hugged him tightly, he kissed him on the cheek.

"Father!" He shrieked.

"Ah, my son! Don’t you miss me?" He asked, cupping Seth’s round cheeks.

With his cheeks sandwiched between Shiloh’s hands and lips pushed forward, Seth replied, "I Missed you! So much!"

The three people who saw that just laughed on these two who always stick to each other whenever they meet.

Soon Shiloh and Seth were alone together on the bed, a small table was there. Seth had a lot of books and crayons and drawing books, as usual he spent his day with Shiloh.

While the three sat on the balcony of Shiloh’s hospital room, Maeve made some hot tea that she had brought in a thermos and served it to Ian and Bethany. She sat near Bethany.

"How’s work, Maeve?" asked Ian, taking the cup of tea Maeve served and tasting it. It smelled so sweet even though there was no sugar added, His eyes rounded when he tasted the tea, it was slightly bitter but because of the sweet aroma, the taste of the tea was also slightly sweet. Interesting.

"It’s fun, I love working there. Building a business after deciding to throw away my family name."

Maeve decided to leave Giovanni’s family, she no longer wanted to be controlled and oppressed even more by her family. After the divorce, she changed her last name. As they talked to each other, Ian and Maeve listened to Bethany explain Shiloh’s condition over the past few weeks, showing how the baby in his belly was growing healthily even though Shiloh’s body was still weak from what had happened.

"Did you take him to see Gruvv?" Maeve asked Ian who shook his head slowly. The man let out a long breath.

"I haven’t even explained anything to Gruvv yet..."

"He’ll be very surprised if he finds out..." Bethany said.

Shiloh looked down at Seth, his eyes glued to the drawing paper that he was now scribbling with the bright colors of the crayon he was holding. His lips came forward and he continued to mumble, singing a nursery rhyme that Shiloh had memorized in his head. He stroked Seth’s hair gently. Seth is his son.

He is so handsome and his face resembles him so much, they exactly look a like. Next month, he will give birth to another child, a girl. The doctor said the child is healthy. He wants to see the child, will she look like Seth too?

"Seth.."

"Yes?" The boy replied, his eyes still on the drawing paper, and his hands still busy applying the color there.

"Do you want to stay here?" Shiloh asked.

The question managed to make Seth avert his gaze, his sparkling eyes staring intently at Shiloh, his mouth half open.

"May I?"

"You should ask your mother first."

Seth nodded enthusiastically, he looked back, "But mom is talking to grandpa and great-grandma."

Shiloh looked at the three people who were talking on the balcony, "Then, want to take a walk with dad? With your baby sister too."

Seth’s eyes lit up again, he moved a little closer to Shiloh, pressing against the small table he stroked Shiloh’s belly, "Baby sister wants to go for a walk huh?" He asked.

Shiloh chuckled at Seth’s attitude and then nodded, he carried Seth down from the bed, then held the boy’s hand tightly. During his stay at the hospital, in the afternoon he would usually take a walk with his grandmother downstairs, there was a small garden with beautiful flowers. It’s summer, some flowers were blooming.

Earlier, in spring, the roses were also blooming and Shiloh loved it. He and Seth got into the elevator, pressed one floor below, and soon they were out of the elevator. Seth was singing softly his favorite children’s song. Even though Ian said there were no other people on the floor, Shiloh still felt he had to be careful because this is a hospital.

"Dad, don’t you feel hot?" Seth asked then, looking up at Shiloh.

"A little, but I want to see the flowers."

Seth smiled widely, "Mom taught me to put hair in a ponytail, you sit on the chair, let me put your hair in a ponytail!"

Shiloh nodded. The two of them walked to the park, sitting on one of the benches, Shiloh gave him the hair ties he always carried in the pocket of the hospital gown he wore. Seth stood on the chair, he began to slowly tie Shiloh’s hair from the back, his small hands trying to gather the thick hair.

"Seth?" A man’s voice made Seth turn his head, his eyes rounded and he smiled widely, waving his hand when he sees a face he recognizes.

"Uncle! Uncle!"

Shiloh who was surprised by Seth’s movement and was afraid that the boy would fall immediately turned his head, his gaze meeting the gaze of a man whose eyes were rounded as if in surprise.

"Shiloh?" The man said his name.

Shiloh turned to Seth, the boy looked at him confused. Shiloh looked back at the man, a confused look on his face, then he asked, "Excuse me, who are you?"