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I don't want to be teasing him. Finding out I am pregnant does not undo his betrayal. What it does do is raise the question: why did Atlas want to get me pregnant in the first place?
And that is not a query I am going to make in front of the doctor.
Chapter 40
LUCIA
After I finish my water, we are led to a room housing a high-tech ultrasound machine. It has two screens and enough buttons and dials to double as a plane cockpit.
Atlas refuses to leave the room when the nurse instructs me to change into an exam gown.
"You're being unreasonable," I assure him.
He leans against the wall, a silent testament that he is not budging from the room. "I will turn away if you want, but I'm not going anywhere."
"What do you think is going to happen to me here?"
He raises his brow at me.
"Fine. Stay, but avert your gaze."
"Why? I have seen every inch of your body and tasted it too."
Not about to touch that statement with a ten-foot pole, I remind him, "You said you would."
His gaze burns into me for long seconds but then he turns his head. I quickly strip out of my clothes and put on the exam gown. It is open in the front but has enough fabric to wrap over itself and protect my modesty.
Which seems really important right now.
Ten minutes later, I realize that my modesty has nothing on Atlas's on my behalf.
"Transvaginal as in vagina?" he asks the doctor in clipped tones.
"Yes. And transabdominal refers to the ultrasound we will do via Ms. Esposita's abdomen."
"The fuck you are touching her vagina." Atlas moves his body between me and the doctor. "Get a female doctor in here."
"Mr. Rokos, vaginal exams will be a regular part of your wife's…uh…" He gives me an apologetic look. "Uh…partner's prenatal care. Nevertheless, the ultrasound will be performed by an ultrasound technician."
The doctor speaks patiently, like he expects Atlas to calm down once he is shown reason.
I have no such expectation. Now that I know Atlas is a mafia made man, so many of his idiosyncrasies make sense. The one thing the doctor should not expect is a rational response from my caveman when it comes to another man seeing, much less touching my most intimate flesh.
My caveman?No,notmine. But still very much a caveman.
"If you would be more comfortable stepping out of the room," the doctor has the lack of foresight to suggest.
Atlas grabs him by the shoulder and shoves toward the door. "The only man leaving this room is you. Get a woman doctor in here. Now. And if she can't perform the ultrasound either, you'd better get a woman technician too."
"While I appreciate your concerns…" The doctor is still talking when Atlas pushes him out of the room and closes the door behind them.
I can't hear what is being said through the door, but Atlas comes back into the room a few minutes later. "Their top female OB-GYN will be in shortly. She will be performing the ultrasounds and taking over your care."
"I never doubted it for a minute."
"If he touched your pussy I would have to kill him."
I roll my eyes. "Of course you would. How did I not realize you are a made man?"
