Chapter 101 Too Eager Too Soon


    Emily was getting nervous. She wouldn''t deceive him like that. She quickly grabbed his hand asking


    "You think I am lying to you? Come! Let''s get to the bottom of this."


    She didn''t want Jacob to misunderstand her or use her of lying. So she was determined to find out


    the problem.


    This was the very same hospital where Emily had learned about her pregnancy. So without hesitation,


    she grabbed Jacob in search for the OBGYN section.


    By this point, it wasn''t only what he would think of her anymore; she wanted to get some answers for


    herself as well. After a short while, they found the doctor who had diagnosed her; her badge read "Dr


    Li." Yes, that was her indeed.


    "Doctor, do you still remember me? I was in this hospital about two months ago and you gave me a


    pregnancy diagnosis. Do you recall?"


    Dr Li stared at Emily for a few seconds, trying to remember. Slowly, shbacks of the bleeding incident


    from that day wereing back to her. How could she forget that? With all the details ounted for in


    her memory, she confirmed,"Yes, I do remember."


    Dr Li then nced over at Jacob thinking, ''Young people these days! She already found a new


    boyfriend.''


    Relieved, Emily continued to inquire,"You are sure that you detected a pregnancy that day, right?"


    "Yes, you''re pregnant, and the report also said so," answered the doctorpletely convinced. Just to


    confirm, she had already started looking for Emily''s folder, and indeed, once she checked inside it,


    everything matched what she was remembering.


    Emily quickly nced at Jacob making sure he had heard all that, then turned back to the doctor


    continuing to inquire,"So doctor, is it possible... I just noticed I was bleeding. It looked to me like period


    bleeding, but that couldn''t have been if I was pregnant. So I thought I had aborted, but the doctors in


    the emergency room told me there was no child. And now I don''t understand anything anymore."


    "But how could that be?" mumbled Dr Li perplexed. "The ultrasound from that day is clearly showing


    the figure of a child," she continued while staring at the report.


    "Doctor, could it be... that you were mistaken?" asked Emily discouraged.


    Since she was not showing any pregnancy symptoms, Emily was beginning to realize that the


    possibility of her not being pregnant was turning into a probability.


    At that point, Dr Li started doubting it as well. She flipped through the records of Emily''s previous visits


    and looked more carefully at the ultrasound image of the fetus. "Actually... you are right... I indeed


    made a mistake."


    "Mis... take?" inquired Emily all deted. She looked obviously troubled. A million thoughts were going


    through her mind. How? What was Jacob going to think? What was going to happen now?


    Dr Li showed her the report exining,"This was the fetal image of the woman before you. This is not


    the same ID number as yours. But because of the short period between your visits, the system


    assigned the ultrasound to both of your digital folders. That is why it was printed on your report too."


    "So... I am not pregnant?" continued Emily.


    "Well, you could still be actually. The blood test that day did confirm the pregnancy...


    I would rmend repeating the blood test." Emily instantly agreed, however, Jacob grabbed her


    hand holding her in ce.


    "It''s not necessary; let''s go home," he addressed Emily calmly.


    She wasn''t sure what he was thinking but she wasn''t going to leave without an answer. Emily slowly


    pulled her hand out of his, and with a convinced look turned towards Dr Li reaffirming her decision,"I


    must find out what''s going on. Let''s do this."


    This time, Emily didn''t only check her blood and urine, but did a full inspection including her hormones


    and vitals.


    "Your blood, urine and hormone tests still indicate that you''re pregnant." Dr Li looked at the rest of the


    reports carefully,"However the ultrasound is not detecting the fetus in your uterus..."


    "How can that be?" wondered Emily with an exasperated voice. "Where is my child?" she continued


    protesting. Her heart had sank in her stomach. Nothing made sense anymore. Was she or was she not


    pregnant?


    After a few silent minutes, Dr Li was able to give her an answer,"Miss Bai, I understand what is actually


    going on. You are not pregnant, in fact. The reason why the blood tests show that you are pregnant is


    most likely attributed to pseudopregnancy symptoms."


    "Pregnancy what? What is that? I don''t understand. I am bleeding, and I''m also feeling pain in my


    stomach," answered Emily in search for a logical exnation.


    "That''s a stress response you get when you''re too nervous," rified the doctor. "Have you been under


    a lot of stresstely?" Seeing how Emily couldn''t connect the dots, the doctor paused trying to rephrase


    her exnation,"Pseudopregnancy is a false pregnancy. You believe you are pregnant, and because of


    that, your psychological responses and consequently, your hormone levels adjust to a state that can


    amodate a fetus. That''s why your period was dyed. But in reality, you are not pregnant since


    there is no child showing in the ultrasound."


    Jacob''s disgruntled expression was making Emily even more nervous. He was obviously not happy


    with the news, but more than that, he was not happy about Emily''s stress level. With eyes narrowed


    slightly, he kept shifting looks between her and the doctor. He couldn''t believe that the reason for her


    pale face just then was fear. All of her symptoms were just because she was anxious?


    "I see..." answered Emily on a resigned tone. Almost as if dizzy, she turned towards Jacob


    whispering,"I am not pregnant."


    In fact, that was good news given that she was bleeding. If she had truly been pregnant, that would


    have signaled a serious issue.


    Jacob, who had not spoken yet, looked at Dr. Li and eventually said softly,"Do you need to prescribe


    her any medicine?" It was clear he wanted to leave.


    "I can prescribe some herbal medicine and vitamins to help her de-stress," affirmed the doctor. Then,


    directing her eyes towards Emily, she added,"You should just take it easy; the best way to have a child


    is to let nature take its course." Emily gently nodded. Then, Dr Li wrote down a few natural


    supplements, gave her some instructions on how and when to take them, and went back to her work.


    However Emily had not listened too carefully to her, and was truly not interested in the medicine. She


    couldn''t snap out of her shock,"So, we are not..."


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    It wasn''t so much the disappointment of not having a child, as it was the concern of what Jacob would


    think of her. She made him believe that he was going to be a father, but now... She felt embarrassed,


    guilty.


    After paying for the medicine, the two of them went back in their car. Emily was not sure whether Jacob


    was angry or not. So she didn''t dare to initiate any conversation, wallowing in her thoughts the entire


    way home.


    When they arrived at the Tyrone Mansion, Z was waiting for them at the gate. She was surprised to


    see Emily back so soon, as she had been bleeding and that couldn''t mean anything good. So she had


    to ask,"M.. Miss Emily, are you all right?"


    "I am okay," said Emily trying to avoid exnations.


    But Z was not satisfied with the curt answer,"Then ... what about the child?" Realizing she may be


    stepping on her toes, Z changed her tone to a more serious, worried one.


    Emily gripped her medicine bag and answered in a snappy manner,"I am not pregnant."


    Shocked and in disbelief, but also happy on the inside, Z impulsively began asking,"What! You are


    not..."


    But she didn''t get a chance to finish her thoughts, when Jacob abruptly interrupted her,"Enough with all


    the questions!" He then threw an arm around Emily, as if to protect her from Z''s nosy attitude, and


    went inside the room.


    He was more private than Emily; he didn''t particrly care for sharing his life with others.


    In response to Jacob''s statement, Z zipped her mouth, and bit her tongue. However, her shock was


    not fading away. Unable to hide her expression, she quickly left to contemte the situation alone.


    Emily was not pregnant!


    No wonder she didn''t look like a pregnant woman at all! It was also obvious to her that Jacob had just


    found out about it. So was Emily deceiving him and others all along, on purpose?


    The nerve of that woman!


    After changing her dirty clothes, Emily came out of her bedroom and found Jacob standing in front of


    the window, with a look on his face that she couldn''t quite read.


    She swallowed nervously and went over to him, trying to figure out his thoughts. "Jacob, are you


    angry?"


    He didn''t respond. A few secondster, he let out a short "Hmm."


    He was indeed disillusioned. Even though unintentional, Emily had yed with his emotions for quite a


    while.


    "I didn''t mean to deceive you," she excused herself again,"I didn''t know either..." Emily felt like nothing


    she would say was enough at that point. She didn''t want Jacob to misunderstand her, though. So she


    continued,"I don''t know how things turned out like this..."


    "So," Jacob interrupted her out of nowhere.


    "Ss...so?" asked Emily reluctantly. She couldn''t understand where he was going with that. Why was he


    looking at her like that? His eyes seemed mischievous, as if he was nning something, and that


    made her apprehensive.


    She knew she had wronged him. She realized that he must be hurt; no sane person could just ept


    such a hoax however unintentional, especially after such a long time in which they both had gotten


    attached to this non-existing child.


    Emily was feeling quite responsible for all that trouble. If only she would have been more careful. Both


    of them took the doctor''s first diagnosis without even double checking. If only they had had an earlier


    examination; they could have avoided all the hassle and embarrassment.


    Poor Jacob... The disappointment must had been killing him.


    "So, how will you make it up to me now?" he added after a short pause. Emily was not understanding


    his question, though. Eventually, Jacob turned around. He ruffled her soft hair lightly and pinched her


    red, tiny cheek.


    "Uhm," interjected Emily extremely confused. She then backed away, with an awkward, fake smile


    while investigating his reaction,"What exactly do you have in mind?"


    Jacob closed the gap that she had put between them, and with a tantalizing voice, he whispered,"Well,


    you could make it up to me by giving me a real child. So far it''s been a false pregnancy but it doesn''t


    have to remain like that; let''s make it a real one."