After finishing work, Karen Daly went directly to the pharmacy to buy a pregnancy test stick.
After exiting the pharmacy, she took out her mobile phone and searched on the Internet for information on how to use the pregnancy test stick.
According to the Internet, it was best to use the stick for testing the first urine in the morning as it typically contained the highest level of pregnancy hormones.
Anyway, there was no point to hurry. She just waited for another night, hoping there would be good news when she checked the next morning.
While she was thinking, Kevin Kyle called her again.
As soon as she picked up the phone, she heard his low and sexy voice, "Are you done with work?"
Karen Daly nodded and said, "Yes, I just got off work and was about to take a taxi home."
Kevin Kyle said, "Turn around."
Karen Daly turned around and saw that Kevin Kyle's car was not far behind her. She grabbed her bag tight. She wondered how long Kevin Kyle had been there, she hoped he had not seen her coming out of a pharmacy suspiciously.
"What's wrong?"
"How long have you been here?"
"I've just arrived."
"Oh." Karen Daly breathed a sigh of relief, then hung up the phone and walked to him.
Kevin Kyle got out of the car and opened the door for her. He placed his hands above her head to shield her from hitting anything when she was entering the car. He was quite the gentleman.
After she fastened her seat belt, she asked, "Didn't you say you're busy? Why are you getting off work so early?"
"I'm done with my work," he said.
In reality, he was worried that she would be too lonely when she went home alone, so he got off work early.
"Kevin—" She called out to him, but did not know what to say.
Thinking that she might be possibly pregnant with their first child, she could barely hide her excitement. At the same time, there was no certainty that she really got pregnant. This made her uneasy.
"Yes?" He looked at her worriedly.
"Nothing." She smiled at him. She'd better tell him after she confirmed it. At least she would be the only one disappointed.
The dinner that Aunt Jen prepared was very much to Karen Daly's liking. It was her favorite seafood feast. Looking at the steamed crabs on the table, Karen Daly was very hungry. However, she recalled somebody told her that seafood and early pregnancy did not go hand in hand.
When this hit her, she pulled back her hand and could only devour the crabs with her eyes. She was so hungry that she was salivating.
Looking at her transfixed expression, Kevin Kyle thought that she didn't know how to eat the crab. He used the pliers to crack open the hard shells and revealed the tender meat underneath gracefully. He put them in her bowl and said, "Eat it"
"You eat it," Karen Daly returned it. "I had tea this afternoon, and I'm not hungry yet. I'll be fine after having some porridge."
"You really don't want to eat it?" Kevin Kyle confirmed again. He didn't think of other reasons that could stop her from eating that.
Karen Daly shook her head and said, "I feel slightly bloated. I really don't feel like eating it."
Kevin Kyle didn't insist on it anymore. He picked up a bowl of porridge for her and said, "Have some."
"Okay." Karen Daly nodded, picked up the spoon, and took a big spoonful.
However, when she was eating porridge, she could not help but glanced at him eating crabs. He was enjoying his meal which made her drool.
It was a subtle act but Kevin Kyle interpreted it differently.
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