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Lisa looks between him and me, her jaw ticking as she wrestles with what to tell him. She would never breach my confidence but I know she doesn’t want to lie to his face. I also know that he is not stupid and he is so damn overprotective, he’s not going to let this go.
“I asked Lisa to run a few additional tests for me, is all,” I answer for her and he releases his grip on her wrist and turns his fierce gaze and all his attention to me.
“What kind of tests?”
I suck in a breath as I glance between Lisa and him. “Just to make sure everything is working okay,” I whisper.
“Is this about a baby?” he growls.
“Yes!” I snap as I sit up straighter in my chair.
“We discussed this, Jessie!”
“No, you gave me an order and I obeyed like an obedient little puppy.” I see the hurt flash across his eyes momentarily but he continues glaring at me. “But now that Lisa is here taking blood, what’s the harm in taking a little extra and running a few tests?”
“So you two planned this behind my back?” he snarls as he looks between Lisa and me now.
“It’s my body, Shane!” I shout.
“There is nothing fucking wrong with you!” he shouts back while Lisa rolls her eyes in frustration at the two of us.
“You’re not having any tests. It is perfectly normal not to get pregnant straightaway. Tell her,” he barks to Lisa.
She shakes her head. “I am not getting in between you two, but if Jessie wants the tests then I’m her doctor.”
“Then I’ll find her a new one,” he barks.
“Shane! Stop being such an asshole!”
He turns back to me, his nostrils flaring in temper. “Lisa, can you give us a minute, please?”
She takes the filled second vial and the needle from my arm and places a small piece of gauze over it, fixing it with some tape.
“Sure. I’m just outside when you want me to take the rest of that blood, Jessie.” She winks at me. She knows I’ll win this argument. Shane is grumpy and unreasonable, but I can wrap him around my little finger and she knows it. He knows it too.
“Why are you so convinced that something is wrong with you?” he says, glaring at me.
“I’m not, but I just want to know, Shane. Why can’t you understand that?”
“Why are you putting so much pressure on this, Jessie? You’re driving yourself fucking crazy. You’re driving me crazy!”
I swallow as tears prick at my eyes. “I’m scared I’ll miss my window,” I whisper.
“Your window? You’re only twenty-seven years old.”
“I mean with you,” I admit.
“With me?” he frowns.
“What if this gets too hard and you change your mind? What if you decide that having kids isn’t for you after all?”
I see his Adam’s apple bob as he swallows hard. “That you went behind my back and conspired with Lisa to have tests run without any of us knowing is bad enough, Jessie, but the fact that you honestly believe I’m such a coldhearted bastard that I would do something like that…” He shakes his head as he trails off.
“Shane.” I reach for his hand but he pulls it away.
“Do whatever the fuck you want,” he snaps and then he walks out of the door leaving me sitting alone. A fat tear runs down my cheek and I swipe it away with my hand. Why am I so goddamn emotional all the time?
A few seconds later, Lisa walks back into the room. “Everything okay?” she asks.
