Chapter 157 - Amelia's Pain

"Hmm ... everything is fine. It's good," said Doctor Anna Schmidt, putting away her doppler. "Congratulations, you will have twins."

Fae widened her eyes when she heard the doctor's words. Twins? This was so unexpected!

"Are you serious, Doctor?" Her chest was pounding with joy.

Gosh .. she's going to have two kids! Hard to believe!

"I'm serious. Right now both of them are very young, but their heartbeats are strong and healthy. I think they'll be fine," Doctor Schmidt smiled broadly at the expression of her patient. She was always happy to see the expectant mothers' happy faces when they heard good news like this from her. "I will prescribe some vitamins to strengthen your body and mild drugs that are safe for pregnant women to reduce nausea and discomfort experienced by the mother."

"Thank you, Doctor." Fae was overjoyed. Before Doctor Schmidt excused herself to go home, Fae held the middle-aged doctor's arm and begged her in a pleading voice to keep secret the visit she had done here from anyone. 

"Please, Doctor. Nobody should ever find out."

Doctor Schmidt glanced around the luxurious penthouse and nodded. Inwardly, she thought this beautiful girl was the mistress of an important man who had to keep her identity and the child in her womb a secret. This was by no means uncommon.

She smiled a little. "I uphold the doctor's code of ethics, which is to keep my patients' health information confidential. You don't have to worry."

"Thank you very much, Doctor."

Fae breathed a sigh of relief. After Doctor Schmidt left, she threw herself on the sofa and was pensive for a long time.

She was very happy to know that she was going to have twins. She didn't know if her children would become identical twins or fraternal. It was too early to find out. If the twins were identical, it means that she inherited the twin genes from her father's side. She didn't remember having any paternal relatives who had twins at all.

On the one hand, she was very happy, but on the other hand, the burden on her mind grew. Taking care of and raising one child was already very hard and expensive. How could she take care of two people at once?

Fae was pensive for a long time, and unconsciously, her tears slowly streamed down her cheeks.

She fell asleep on the sofa because she cried until midnight and then became too tired to move to her bedroom. When she woke up in the morning, she found an incoming text message from Ren.

[I decided to visit Johann in Monaco to spend the Christmas holidays this year. Would you like to come? But you shouldn't mention divorce at all.]

Fae frowned, reading the SMS from Ren. She didn't understand why Ren wouldn't let her go. She had made it very clear that she wanted a divorce, but apparently her husband was not taking her seriously and thought she would come back to him one day.

Hmm ... but Ren is going to Monaco.

Actually, Fae could use this opportunity to secretly arrange her divorce. She could take a free ride there and then register for divorce.

She then opened her computer and checked the procedures to file for a divorce in Monaco.

Ugh ... she still had to find a lawyer in that expensive country. She didn't think she would be able to.

She checked that divorcing in Romania was much easier and cheaper. Maybe she would be able to force Ren into divorcing in Romania once she had raised enough money.

Ahh ... she shouldn't have rushed to get married at that time. Now, she could only regret her decision. She didn't know she would want to divorce her husband and that the process was extremely expensive. 

Getting married was easier than getting divorced, Fae thought sadly. 

She didn't reply to Ren's text at all and decided to take a break. She texted Sam and Mischa to let them know that she was sick and couldn't come to the office for work.

[I will finish my tasks at home. I hope you don't mind, Boss.] She wrote in an SMS to Mischa.

Not long after, a text from Mischa came in. As usual, the man was very understanding.

[You better rest or call a doctor. Don't work. It's almost time for the holidays anyway. See you next week.]

Fae smiled, reading Mischa's reply.

[Thank you very much, boss. You're the best! Have a nice holiday with your family.]

Fae felt that her body was really weak and she had to force herself to eat something so she could swallow the medicine. The nausea in her throat was so annoying.

Fae vomited again in the bathroom. She really felt tortured. When she returned to her room to rest, she could not hold back and sobbed.

***

Ren looked at his cell phone with a frown. Fae didn't reply to his text at all. He didn't know Fae was so stubborn. It seemed that the girl was completely determined to separate from him.

"Ren, the palace is calling. They wanted to make sure that you really don't want to come to the royal Christmas party. You missed it last year. I understand at that time you just married that woman and didn't want to make her feel alone. But she is gone now. There is no reason for you not to come to royal events." Amelia touched his shoulder and asked in a worried voice. "Caroline and her husband have successfully conceived. They firmly believe the embryo implanted is a boy. They will find out in a few months whether the child is a boy or a girl. Aren't you worried they will want the Moravian throne for her child?"

Ren tilted his body slightly so that Amelia's hand fell off his shoulder. His face was completely expressionless. "Don't touch me when I'm thinking."

Amelia gasped and reflexively stepped back. She immediately realized that Ren was in a very bad mood.

Was it because he was having a bad sleep again?

"I didn't mean to. I'm sorry," said the girl. "So, what should I tell the palace?"

"Tell them I'm going to the Royal Gala on New Year's Eve. It should be good enough. I will not attend the Royal Christmas party. I'll go to Monaco to take care of something," replied Ren. 

"Hmm ... okay," Amelia could only relent. "I'll assure them you are coming to the New Year's Eve Gala."

Amelia looked at Ren with a sad face and then walked out of the penthouse.

Actually, Amelia was glad that Ren was moving into the penthouse, because it meant that she could come to see him often. Since Ren married that country bumpkin, Amelia could no longer come to Ren's private mansion. It really hurt Amelia's pride.

How insolent was that wench to demand Ren to kick Amelia out of his mansion?! Ughhh ....!

Back when she was little, Amelia used to play and even sleepover at Ren's house. At that time, his mother was still alive and always treated her like her own daughter. Ren's house used to be Amelia's second home.

Amelia rubbed her eyes and walked out with graceful steps.

She had loved this man since they were little, but for 20 years of knowing each other, Amelia had always had to endure the hurt because of how Ren treated her.

Oh .. why couldn't she love another man? In fact, she had tried dating many men when she was in university, but none of them made her forget her feelings for Ren.

After years of trying to avoid her own feelings, Amelia finally gave up and realized that she couldn't leave Ren. She even transferred to the campus where Ren was working as a professor just so that she could see Ren every day.

Unfortunately, Ren was unable to love her. It's not that Amelia had any flaws. She was very beautiful and also smart. She came from a prominent noble family in Moravia, and their mothers were friends. She had also known Ren since she was a child.

Wasn't this the perfect recipe for love to blossom between two people?

Unfortunately, the love had always been one-sided. Ren finally confessed that he was an aromantic who couldn't love other humans romantically. Ren had no problem having sex with her because he was a straight man with a healthy sex drive, but he would never love Amelia.

At first, the girl thought Ren was just making up his condition, to avoid being committed to her. However, after all these years, she finally realized that Ren really couldn't love women romantically. He had told Amelia to leave because he didn't want to give her false hope, but Amelia was determined to stay.

She just wanted to be with Ren and help him achieve all his goals.. Although, for that, she must be ready to endure the pain in her heart.