Chapter 258


    Hendrix smiled at myints and asked me to lie on my side. Then, he began to massage my legs


    and arms.


    Frankly, the massage didn''t do much to relieve the difort. But because he was there by my side, it


    didn''t take long for me to fall asleep.


    The next day, I woke up in the bedroom, feeling suffocated in my dreams. I had always liked to sleep


    on my back, so even though I went to bed on my sides, I would turn to lie t on my back in my sleep


    anyway.


    And since the baby was getting bigger by day, it wasn''t abnormal for me to wake up in a startle for fear


    that I would be suffocated.


    I turned over andid sideways to catch up with my breath. Eventually, I felt better. Hendrix was long


    gone from the bedroom.


    I went down to the ground floor after washing up, and Heather had already prepared breakfast.


    I wasn''t hungry, so I declined when she asked if I needed anything. Heather got nervous when she


    heard my answer, and she urged, "Mrs. Roberts, are you not satisfied with what I''ve prepared? Do you


    want to eat something else? Please let me know. I''ll make it for youter!"


    I shook my head. I didn''t feel like eating anything. Instead, I went for a walk in the courtyards,


    There was a hammock chair in the yard. I went to rest on it after walking for a while, but I quickly drifted


    into slumber, most probably because I hadn''t slept well the night before.


    I was half- awake when I felt something crawling on my legs. It was soft and slippery. I tried to shake it


    away in a daze, but it was futile. The slithery feeling on my skin didn''t feel good.


    I forced my eyes open to look at what it was, and when I did, my hair stood on its end. It was a hot


    summer, so I was wearing a short skirt. What I saw was a snake-with ck and white rings continued


    right around its body - gliding up my bare leg to myp, threatening me with its fangs.


    Trembling in fear, I instinctively pped the snake away, falling off the hammock chair in the process of


    it because I had moved too fast. Even though I fell to the ground, I still managed to shout at the top of


    my lungs, "Go away!"


    My loud scream had attracted the attention of the staff members in thepound. Doctors, helpers,


    and bodyguards rushed to my location in no time, and their face was ashen when they saw me on the


    ground.


    Hilda, who Hendrix had asked toe to Jarold City with us from Ucrebury, was prompt to respond,


    "Someone call 911 immediately! She needs to go to the hospital right away."


    Taken aback by her reaction, I looked down and realized that arge pool of fluid had gotten my lower


    body wet. My heart wrenched at the sight of the fluid, and my mind raced through the possibility of what


    it was.


    I hadn''t even managed to recover from the shock from before.


    I held onto Hilda tightly to seek assurance, "The baby will be fine, right? Please tell me she will be


    alright!"


    She held my hands and motioned the two bodyguards to help me up. "Don''t worry. You''ll be fine. But


    we should still go to the hospital for a thorough examination. Does your lower abdomen hurt?" she


    asked.


    I shook my head, "No." She nodded andforted me, "Then it should be fine. Try to take it easy. You


    shouldn''t be too worried about it."


    Later, the ambnce came, and I was sent to the hospital in a hurry. I went through a lot of tests to be


    sure that I was truly alright. Fortunately, the results were good news. I was in good health except for the


    loss of some fluid at the beginning.


    However, I was advised to be observed in the hospital for a few days due to the shock I had


    experienced.


    It was already afternoon by the time Hendrix and Evan came to the hospital. One of the bodyguards


    gave Hendrix a report of what happened once he saw Hendrix. Hendrix frowned when the bodyguard


    was finished, and he looked at the bodyguard and asked, "Why is there a snake in the vi?"


    The bodyguard''s face was grave, "We do pest control regrly and check the yard every day. There


    shouldn''t be any snake within close proximity of thepound."


    Hendrix looked at Evan and said, "Have someone to look into this."


    Evan nodded.


    Later, when all the unimportant people had left the ward, I looked at Hendrix and said, "Hendrix, I want


    to go back to Ucrebury."


    I simply couldn''t get used to life in Jarold City, and I felt even more uneasy after what had happened.


    He held my hand in his andforted softly, "Alright, well go back next week. I still have some things


    to deal with in thepany. Once I''m done, we''ll go back!"


    During my stay in the hospital, Hendrix was busy with things, and so, he basically had no free time. I


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    was starting to get bored in the hospital. As I was getting to the third trimester of pregnancy, it would be


    difficult for me to go anywhere sooner thanter.