Contract And Marriage

Maximus

I wanted things to be good between me and Grandma, so I went to her mansion before heading to the company. I talked to her about Sarina’s condition because I didn’t want her to add to my wife’s worries, especially since I knew she wasn’t well, not because of her pregnancy but because of her mental health. I feel like she’s really traumatized by everything happening in her life, and she’s just trying to stay strong so I won’t worry and also for Chase and the baby she’s carrying.

I was nervous about what Grandma might do all morning, but I didn’t get any calls from the mansion, even by lunchtime, so I was relieved. I thought that maybe she didn’t bother my wife anymore. I just wanted her to understand that I’m happy with Sarina and hope she can be happy for me, too.

At 2 PM, I decided to go home to be with my wife and child. But when I arrived, I found my grandma playing with Chase and Jerome. Even though I didn’t expect it, I was happy to see that. I looked around to find my wife but couldn’t see her. It seemed she wasn’t feeling well again.

“Dad!” Chase shouted when he saw me, so I quickly opened my arms to catch him. I kissed him on the head, picked him up, and walked over to Grandma.

“Good afternoon, Grandma,” I greeted her.

“It’s good you’re here. Your wife was here earlier, but she said she wasn’t feeling well and went to rest,” Grandma replied. I glanced upstairs, feeling worried.

“Alright, Grandma, I’ll go check on Sarina.” She nodded and smiled. Even though I was worried about my wife, I couldn’t help but feel relieved and happy because of what Grandma said and did. Are they okay now?

“My wife,” I called out to Sarina as soon as I entered our room and saw her asleep on the bed. I went closer to her to kiss her on the forehead, and when I did, I felt that she was burning with fever.

I looked at her closely and noticed she was shivering, so I quickly turned down the air conditioner. “My wife,” I called her again while gently tapping her. I went to the bathroom to get a thermometer and a wet cloth to wipe her down.

I moved quickly because I knew it wasn’t good for her to be sick, especially since she was pregnant. It could affect the baby.

While the thermometer was under her arm, I kept wiping her with the wet cloth, which dried up quickly, so I kept going back and forth to the bathroom to wet it again every time.

“My wife, please wake up…” I pleaded while continuing to wipe her, especially when I saw her fever was at 40C.

I grabbed my phone from my pocket to call my driver to get the car ready. “Ughhh…” Sarina groaned, and I quickly rushed to her, forgetting what I was supposed to do.

“My wife, how are you feeling?”

“Ughhh…” She groaned again while shaking her head. Her forehead wrinkled like something was hurting her.

“My wife, let’s go to the hospital,” I said, trying to lift her, but she pushed my hand away.

“Nooo… stop… please…” she started crying and seemed to panic, so I had to calm her down first.

“Please, stop it…” she begged.

Even though she kept resisting, like I was doing something bad to her, I still tried to carry her. Grandma’s eyes widened with worry when she saw us, followed by Chase’s loud crying, which Grandma and Rowena quickly attended.

Luckily, Sarina’s bodyguard was on the porch, so he quickly ran to get the car.

My wife is now calm, and the doctor quickly lowered her fever. Thankfully, we were immediately attended to by specialists when we arrived at the emergency room because I noticed that she suddenly started shaking, and I didn’t know why.

“Mrs. Lardizabal had a convulsion, and it’s good that you brought her here right away,” said Dr. Sanchez, attending to my wife. We were now in a private room, and Sarina was currently sleeping.

“How is she doing?”

“For now, she’s in stable condition. She just needs complete rest. Let’s also avoid stressing her out because of her situation.” I looked at my wife and felt pity for her. It seemed like she was suffering so much, and I began to think that maybe her pregnancy came at a bad time.

It’s not that I don’t want the baby-I’m excited. But if she’s going to suffer like this, I wish our second baby had come after all our problems were over.

Right now, my wife is the most important person in my life. Yes, we have a child, but in the end, it will just be the two of us supporting each other.

“Doctor, are there other things we should consider to make sure she’s really okay? How is the baby in her womb?” I asked. I wanted to make sure I was doing everything right for my wife.

“Everything is fine, Mr. Lardizabal and the baby is doing well too. But we still need to observe her closely, so she needs to stay in the hospital to make sure everything is okay.”

I suddenly thought of Jason. Maybe he was involved in why this happened to Sarina. I really need to stop whatever he’s planning because, next time, something worse might happen to my wife.

“Just make sure Mrs. Lardizabal eats healthy food and avoids stress as much as possible,” Dr. Sanchez added.

“Okay, doc.” The doctor smiled and looked at Sarina again before leaving the room. I stayed behind, looking at my wife, and couldn’t help but smile because I still found her very beautiful even though she was sick.

I pulled the chair from the corner of the room, brought it closer to my wife’s bed, and then sat down. I took my phone from my pants pocket, which I hadn’t forgotten earlier, and dialed Sancho’s number-he’s Sarina’s bodyguard who came with us to the hospital.

“Sir,” he answered.

“Please send our things over here. Sarina needs to stay in the hospital to be monitored.”

“Yes, sir.” Before ending the call, I also gave him some instructions, especially about Chase. Then, I called Grandma, asking her not to go home yet so that someone could stay with our child in the mansion.

I don’t know why this keeps happening to Sarina. Sometimes, while she’s sleeping, I wake up to her moaning. Could she be hiding something from me? I don’t want her to keep everything to herself. I want her to share with me whatever’s bothering her because I hate seeing her suffer and not being able to do anything about it.

When my wife woke up, it was evening. “I’m really sorry about this, my husband.”

“Please don’t say that. We can’t stop our bodies from getting weak and sick,” I gently replied. She didn’t say anything more after giving me an embarrassed smile. “Love, is there something bothering you?”

“Huh?” She seemed surprised by my question. “Nothing, why do you ask?”

“I see that you’re happy, but I can’t help thinking that maybe there’s something you’re not telling me or that you’re too shy to share. I want you to know that whatever it is, I’m here to listen or help you.”

“You don’t have to worry about me. It’s nothing. Maybe I’m just having a hard time with this pregnancy. But I’m fine.”

I didn’t push her any further because I didn’t want her to feel like I was worrying too much about her condition. I let her rest so she could regain her strength. We’ll be staying at the hospital for two more days to ensure that both she and the baby in her womb are healthy.

At night, Sarina fell asleep quickly. I let her rest because the doctor said she needed it. On the other hand, I opened my email to check if Aries, my assistant, had sent me any documents. I couldn’t go to the company tomorrow, so I needed to be ready in case something was required.

I wasn’t wrong. When I opened my inbox, I saw my assistant’s name right away. However, I realized that the email wasn’t about work.