Ch. 406..410: Love Slave to the Mafia Boss's Passion Chapter 406-410

Chapter 406: Life Changing

Even if I skipped on my periods, that didn’t mean that I was pregnant, right?

It has happened to me before especially when I was extremely stressed out and because of that, I wasn’t convinced that I was pregnant.

"You can pee on a pregnancy stick. I’ll get someone to buy a few. Then we can get you checked up properly at the hospital," Hayden replied very calmly.

"You’ll do the check up for me?" I asked, curiously.

"No…we’ll get a proper gynecologist to do it. Your husband isn’t a gynecologist, you know…" Hayden quickly corrected me.

"Oh, right…" I mumbled.

"Don’t worry. You’re not sick, I’m sure that you’re just pregnant," Hayden stated with confidence.

I had no idea why Hayden seemed so sure that I was pregnant. Plus, what does he mean that I’m ’just pregnant’?

Isn’t it supposed to be a super big deal if I’m pregnant? Why doesn’t Hayden seem surprised or excited at all? Although he seems so certain that I’m pregnant.

Later that evening, the pregnancy sticks arrived, and Hayden instructed me to use them as a first check to see if I was pregnant or not. There were four of them, each one from a different brand. I glanced at Hayden and received a reassuring nod from him.

"Do I…pee on all of them?" I asked while feeling uncertain about what I was supposed to do.

Now that the time had arrived for me to take the tests, I just felt so nervous and then I realized that I was scared of knowing the result. My emotions were a mess, and I had no idea what result I was secretly hoping for.

Do I want to be pregnant with Hayden’s child right now?

My hands shook as I held the test kit in my hands. There were so many test kits so I could guess that Hayden really wanted to be sure about the result. Unlike me, Hayden seemed relaxed and non-disturbed about this at all.

"Scared?" Hayden asked.

His voice was gentle and so were his blue eyes as he looked at my face. His lips curved into a gentle smile, and he took my hands in his before pulling me into his embrace. I could hear the regular beating of his heart as his warmth and familiar scent enveloped me. I felt so safe in his arms, and I was glad that at least one of us could remain calm and collected in this situation.

His reassuring and dependable presence comforted me and gave me strength.

"Want me to go with you?" Hayden asked softly.

His large hand stroked the back of my head lovingly and I pressed my face even closer against his chest. It might be easier for me to have Hayden there with me, so I slowly nodded my head.

"Alright. Let’s go," Hayden readily agreed to my choice.

It was great that he was willing to support me. Now that I think about it, ever since we decided to get married, Hayden had always been supporting me in everything that I wanted to do. He always thought of me and helped me in his own way. Usually, he planned for me many steps ahead of what I could even think or get done for myself.

"Thank you…Hayden…" I whispered as I stared up into his attractive face.

He led me to the toilet before he stood to the side to give me some space. Now all I needed to do was to pee…

Hayden stepped to the side and leaned on a wall to give me some space to myself. This felt very strange, and I couldn’t help but recalled how he used to bully me before when we had just met. It was an embarrassing memory of how I ended up peeing in front of him. He was such a big bully back then, and perhaps, he was still one now.

I giggled a little to myself at the thought as I prepared to wet the first test kit.

"Concentrate…" Hayden told me a little sternly.

I couldn’t help but smile a little at his adorable reaction. Although he didn’t openly show it, I bet that Hayden probably felt anxious and excited about this to. Within a few minutes, we would find out if I was carrying our child. It was a strange feeling because I didn’t really know what I was feeling.

After I had peed on the first test stick, I felt relieved but also very excited at the same time. When I took in a deep breath and closed my eyes, I found myself praying that the result would turn out to be positive. That was probably the moment when I truly realized that I had been hoping that I would get pregnant.

After accepting that and embracing it, I started praying so hard and so desperately for the result to be positive. I truly wanted to have a baby with Hayden.

I felt his arm around my shoulder and when I opened my eyes, Hayden was standing next to me while I still sat on the toilet seat. All that was needed was a few minutes for the result to show. Although my eyes were opened, I didn’t dare take a look at the pregnancy stick. Instead, I kept my eyes glued to Hayden’s angelic face as I tipped my face upwards and smiled at him.

"The results should be out," Hayden stated.

"Can you take a look for me?" I asked a little shyly.

I was flat out scared, but for some reason, it made me feel better when I thought that Hayden would be the one telling me the result of the test.

"It’s positive," Hayden stated emotionlessly.

"Really?" I exclaimed with widened eyes.

I just couldn’t quite believe that it was happening…

"You can see for yourself. See? I told you so," Hayden said with a small smile as he showed me the pregnancy stick.

True to his words, there were two lines on the stick which meant that I was indeed pregnant.

"Want to keep peeing on the other ones until you’re satisfied?" Hayden asked.

 

Chapter 407: Confirmation and Comfort

"No…I…" I began saying but I had to stop.

Tears welled up in my eyes and my chest suddenly felt tight. All the emotions that I was holding in all started pouring out at once and it was too much for me to handle. I covered my mouth and sobbed. Tears streamed down my cheeks as I cried from a mixture of relief, happiness, confusion, excitement, anxiousness, stress, and so many other emotions that I couldn’t quite name or identify.

"Congratulations, Malissa. You’re going to be a mother soon," Hayden whispered tenderly to me as he pulled me into his embrace.

I hugged him back tightly as more tears streamed down my cheeks. There were so many things that I wanted to say to him, but I just couldn’t find the words. I was also crying so much now that I doubt that I would be able to form the words even if I could find them. All I could do was nod my head at his words. Hayden smiled at me lovingly before he kissed both my cheeks softly in turn.

"Hay…den…" I sobbed his name.

"You don’t need to try to say anything. You probably won’t make any sense…" Hayden said with a small laugh.

I closed my eyes in bliss as I enjoyed the warmth of his secure hug. Somehow, I could tell that Hayden was very happy too that I was pregnant with our child.

…

Despite my desire to head to the hospital right away, Hayden insisted that I get enough rest first. As a result, we ended up heading to the hospital the morning after. Hayden was very swift in booking an appointment for us at one of the leading gynecologists.

"She’s my friend so you don’t need to feel so nervous. She’s a very nice person and a very talented doctor in her field," Hayden told me reassuringly.

I walked by his hand with my hand in his along the hospital hallway to our appointment room.

"I see. I just hope that everything will go well…" I mumbled.

"It will go well. Sara is very talented. She’s also taking care of Amelia and her pregnancy," Hayden explained.

"Really?" I asked, in slight surprise.

"Yup. It makes sense. After all, those two are close friends. They’re polar opposite of each other, though. You’ll see that for yourself soon enough," Hayden said without bothering to explain any further.

I wondered what he meant by that, but I was soon to find out for myself. When we arrived at Sara’s office, she was already ready to receive us.

"I see. Well, we’ll just do the standard blood test to confirm whether you’re pregnant or not," Sara told us with a smile after Hayden explained the positive result from my home pregnancy test kit.

"Thank you," I thanked her with a smile.

Sara seemed like a nice person inside and out. She was soft spoken, and I could tell why she didn’t seem like the type of person who would be the angel’s best friend. Amelia was a big personality, and her looks were outstandingly eye-catching. The opposite applied to the small and extremely timid doctor that sat in front of me.

"The nurse will help draw your blood. After that, we’ll send it to the lab and I’ll make sure that you get your results in a few days’ time," Sara told us with a warm smile.

"That long?" I inquired.

How am I supposed to survive with waiting that long?

"Well, if Hayden doesn’t pull some strings that is how it’s going to be. There are queues in the laboratory so…" Sara replied before smiling a little at us.

I looked with pleading eyes towards Hayden.

"We’ll wait. Other people are waiting too," Hayden replied curtly and without any hesitation.

"Well, that’s just that. Good luck, Malissa. Since the home test kit is extremely accurate these days, it’ll be safer for you to assume that you’re already pregnant. So, rest plenty, eat healthy, and let Hayden take care of you," Sara suggested.

"Thank you…" I thanked her again before we took our leave.

…

The few days passed by with Hayden sticking to my side like glue. Miraculously, I got his permission to oversee some work at the gallery with the condition that he came with me and that I could only spend a couple of hours per day there.

Although Sara advised me to think of myself as pregnant, it still felt unreal to me, and I just couldn’t quite believe it until I got the confirmed test results from the hospital. My mind couldn’t focus on anything else much and I couldn’t move on from wondering about my pregnancy. Working at the gallery was the only thing that kept me sane.

"Congratulations. You’re around 8-weeks pregnant now," Doctor Sara declared with a bright smile on her face.

"Really?" I exclaimed.

Even if the pregnancy stick told me that I was pregnant before, I was still shocked when told that I was already 8 weeks along. 8 weeks, that means that I’m already 2 months pregnant…

"Yes, really. Congratulations to you both. This baby will be a good playmate for Amelia and Harvey’s baby for sure," Sara said with a shy giggle.

I didn’t know what to say. All I could do was smile as I placed my hand on my still-flat belly.

Hayden escorted me out of Sara’s room because it seemed like I wouldn’t be able to operate well for a while due to the shock. My mind was in a daze and my entire body felt light like I was just floating around. Even when we made it back to the mansion, my mind was still floating around in an unrealistic world.

"I can’t believe that I’m pregnant…" I murmured to myself.

"Really? With how much we’ve been doing it, I’m surprised you didn’t get pregnant sooner than this," Hayden replied before he smirked at me.

I blushed wildly at Hayden’s words as my entire face felt hot. His words completely pierced my bubble, and I returned quickly back down to earth. I am now pregnant!

 

Chapter 408: Changes in Him

There is no doubt about that now. Somewhere inside of this belly, our baby is now growing and within around 7 months, we would be holding our first baby in our arms. That was the reality that I was faced with, and it made me so happy that I wanted to jump up and down with joy.

"What should I do?" I asked Hayden.

Excitement and an energy that I have never experienced before surged through my body. Suddenly, I felt so energized and so strong.

"What do you even mean by that?" Hayden asked as he gave me a very confused look.

"Like…I’m pregnant now so what am I supposed to do? What do I eat? Do I have to exercise? Listen to classical music…or something?" I fired my questions at him in rapid succession.

"You’re not making any sense. Just live your life normally, you’re only 8 weeks pregnant. Be careful and don’t do anything risky. Don’t stress and don’t overwork yourself would be a great start," Hayden suggested as he smiled a little at me.

"Aha…ok…"

Hayden seemed so undisturbed by this news at all while I found the whole moment life changing and I began to panic. I was a little disappointed at his lack of reaction, but I decided to think that it was best that one of us was still in the right state of mind.

…

"Umm…Hayden…why are you here?" I asked in a small voice.

Since he found out that I was pregnant, Hayden stuck to my side all the time even more than before. He even gave up going to work at the hospital. Instead, he spent his days at the gallery with me. Driving me there in the morning, staying with me until I was done with work and then driving me back.

Of course, I fully appreciated his thoughts and actions; however, it started to get more than a bit much.

Thankfully, the exhibition had passed by with ultimate success. I had thought that my pregnancy would get the in the way somehow, but it didn’t. Surprisingly, I did not really suffer from morning sickness. Sure, I was tired now and then. It got harder to get up in the mornings and it was easier for me to develop a throbbing headache from working long hours or from simply being in the sun for too long.

However, apart from that, my life was pretty much the same as before if I discounted the fact that Hayden was glued to my side all the time.

"Because you’re here," he replied like it was supposed to be obvious.

"Don’t you have to go to the hospital?" I asked.

"Nope. I got the other doctors to fill in for me. They’ll fill in for me until you give birth and then probably a few months after that as well," Hayden replied smoothly.

"So, like…you’re going to be here every day?" I asked for more clarification.

"If you’re going to be here every day then I’m going to be here every day," he replied without a second thought.

Right…

At first when Hayden didn’t seem panicked about the fact that I was pregnant, I thought that he didn’t really care about it. However, I soon found out that I was very wrong. Hayden brought in many hired help to assist me during this important time and that included a team of professional nurses, a team of bodyguards which included a driver.

"You can go to work, you know. I think I’ll be fine with the nurses around…" I told him honestly.

Hayden was so devoted to his work at the hospital before, so it felt quite strange for him to give all that up. Maybe I was underestimating the difficulties of pregnancy at that time since I wasn’t that far along at all. However, it just didn’t feel like Hayden had to be by my side all the time.

Needless to say, the staff that I worked with and some of the clients that I met with felt quite uncomfortable having Hayden around.

"Everything at the hospital is quite settled already. I don’t need to be there. Some other doctor will take over, you don’t have to worry," he replied emotionlessly.

"And…you’re fine with that?" I asked in slight disbelief.

"Of course. Why else would I suggest for them to do that if I wasn’t fine with it?" Hayden asked sarcastically.

"Alright…" I mumbled in defeat.

Time for me to give up entirely on worrying about his personal pursuant of his career. I’ll just try my best to enjoy my time with Hayden to the maximum.

Apart from Hayden, the other person who was overly fussing over me ever since we broke the news of my pregnancy was our dear Auntie. So far, she had been too busy taking care of Little Hayden while we were so consumed with our work; however, when she found out about my pregnancy, she started her own routine of making sure that I had more than enough of everything.

Healthy food and drinks, maternity clothing and the list goes on and on.

"Dinner is ready," Auntie informed us politely.

"Thank you…" I thanked her before smiling sweetly at her.

Nowadays, I didn’t look forward to my meals at all. Ever since I had entered into the ’pregnant lady’ diet, the joy of eating food all but disappeared. Although the nutritionists and doctors assured me that this was the best for both my baby and me, I still had a hard time swallowing every mouthful. The food just tasted bland, and it was probably too healthy for my liking.

According to them, if I ate all the food that they prepared then the baby would develop well without the food putting on unnecessary extra weight on my body.

It all sounded amazing to not gain unnecessary weight during my pregnancy, but did it have to come at the cost of ruining my tastebuds?

I sat down at the dining table with a soft sigh as my eyes travelled to the unidentifiable food laid out in plates in front of me. Once again, nothing looked particularly appetizing. Why can’t I eat the normal food that Hayden is eating?

 

Chapter 409: Our Little Project

"You’re not going to eat? Are you and the baby not hungry?" Hayden asked from across the table.

I doubt anyone could get hungry when faced with this kind of food. However, I couldn’t bring myself to tell Hayden that after all the effort that he put in to ensure the best food for me and the baby.

"I’m not that hungry but I’ll eat…" I replied before forcing a smile.

"Do you want me to feed you?" Hayden asked.

"Umm…no. There’s no need for you to do that," I refused while trying to maintain my smile.

"The food looks and tastes bad, doesn’t it?" Hayden asked but it didn’t really feel like a question.

I guess he did realize it after all. There’s no point in lying about it now so I just nodded at my head in response.

"You should have told me. I can fire the chef or get the nutritionist to change something to make it more palatable," Hayden said as he stared at me from across the table.

"I just didn’t want to burden you with something like this. Plus, I guess it isn’t that bad when I get used to eating it," I replied although my words didn’t even sound convincing to myself.

He probably had no idea how much I was itching to eat everything that was fried and crunchy. All of those unhealthy and oily fried food was what I was secretly craving for. Maybe what I was experiencing was the cravings of the baby and I am void of any fault.

"Here, eat…" Hayden instructed as he thrusted a spoonful of food towards my face.

"It’s ok, Hayden. I can eat by myself," I refused politely.

"It’s partly my fault that you’re stuck eating crappy food so the least that I can do for you is feed you. Now, open up…" Hayden replied insistently.

What kind of logic was that?

"Umm…" I murmured while I hesitated.

"The least that I can do is feed you, right? So, open up, Malissa," Hayden said with a teasing smile.

Despite his teasing, I could feel that he truly sympathized with me. Plus, it didn’t feel so bad to have him pamper me once in a while. After getting over my slight shyness, I opened my mouth to let him feed me. After the first spoonful of food disappeared into my mouth, countless others followed. Hayden smiled sweetly at me all the while his hand fed me more and more food.

In the end, I ended up eating all the food that was prepared for me to Hayden’s utmost satisfaction. Agreeing to have him feed me was an error on my part. Once he started feeding me, he refused to stop and I was forced to go along with it until he seemed satisfied that I had eaten enough, which was basically until I had finished up all the food.

"Good girl. Let’s hope that the food tastes better for the next meal…" Hayden said before he grinned at me.

"I miss normal food…" I mumbled.

"You mean that you miss unhealthy food, right?" he said knowingly.

"Not really…" I muttered in denial.

Hayden just laughed a little at me. It was still surprising to me how his mood had become more pleasant and mild since we found out that I was pregnant. After getting over my initial struggle to get used to his change in temperament, I enjoyed my time with him immensely. Hayden paid a lot of attention to my pregnancy and the fact that he was a doctor helped to reassure me.

He took our visits to the hospital to see Sara for check ups very seriously. Thankfully, every checkup went by smoothly without any issues. Our baby was heathy and growing at just the right pace.

"Does doing this really help you bond with the baby?" I asked in wonder.

Hayden had developed a habit of pressing the side of his face and his ear against my belly. It started from when my tummy was still pretty much flat. At that point, I doubt that he could hear anything or feel anything except for my own tummy rumbling randomly. He probably knew that as well, but he was still determined about being close to the baby.

"Of course, it does…" Hayden replied without hesitation.

"Is that your personal belief or is that scientific?" I asked, although I guess I sort of knew the answer.

"Shhh…" Hayden hushed me up.

I wasn’t sure if during such an early stage of pregnancy our baby could even feel of acknowledge our presence; however, having Hayden close to me did make me feel better. Even if we couldn’t connect much with our baby just yet, we surely connected with each other more this way. I ran my fingers through Hayden’s soft blond hair as I enjoyed his presence close to me.

As my pregnancy progressed and my belly swelled up more and more each day, things became more challenging for me to work and move around like before. That was when I truly started to appreciate having Hayden with me all the time. Just getting up from where I was seated required an effort and my back pain was no joke especially when it came to the end of the day.

"Did you feel that?" I asked before I smiled at him.

Our baby was definitely an energetic little one. I could feel and see some movements of the baby inside of my belly. It wasn’t unusual for bumps to form on the surface of my belly when the baby moved by kicking or elbowing.

"Definitely. That was such a strong kick…" Hayden replied with his hands pressed against my large belly.

It wouldn’t be much longer now before we could hold our little one in our arms. I had never felt this excited in my life about anything before. The smile on Hayden’s face and the gleam in his blue eyes told me that he also shared my excitement.

 

Chapter 410: Our Future

**6 years later**

"Wow…you came back pretty early today…" I said while cocking my head slightly to the side in wonder.

With his busy schedule for the week, I hadn’t expected him to turn up at my gallery early in the afternoon.

"Things wrapped up pretty well at the hospital today so I thought that we could go pick up the kids together for a change," Hayden replied with a smile.

"Perfect timing. Now that you mention it, we should head out now or we’re going to be late…" I said as I started grabbing my things.

I turned to flash him a bright smile. Honestly, I was thrilled that he could spare some time to pick up the kids together today. Hayden was still busy with his work at the hospitals as ever and the fact that the numbers of hospitals in his network has grown over the years did not help make him any less busy.

That being said, my career as an artist and gallery owner had also flourished handsomely which meant that he wasn’t the only one who had gotten busier. Layering taking care of our two kids on top of that kept us extremely busy for all days of our lives.

Thankfully, hired help was available and there was always the ever caring and supportive grandfather to help out. The boss had retired already from actively managing and running the business. Currently, instead of working as a mafia boss, he now works full time as our children’s grandfather and semi-guardian. The same role applied to Harvey’s and Amelia’s children.

Most days the boss and his entourage of bodyguards were responsible for sending the children to school and picking them up. It was an activity that we gladly handed over the boss due to our busy schedule and the boss was more than glad to take the lead so that he could spend more time with his grandchildren.

Unlike his strict, scary, and very stern self during his time leading the business, the boss was now a very kind and loving grandfather to all our children.

"I already told the boss that he doesn’t need to pick up the kids today. At first, I was going to do it alone but now that you’re here…" I told Hayden with a smile.

Lately, it became a habit of mine to smile. That was probably the best proof that I was so happy living the life that I was living with Hayden and the kids. Life was peaceful; however, I wouldn’t go as far as to say that our family was usual or normal.

The school that our children went to wasn’t really a normal school either. Before having my own children, I never knew that these types of school existed. Basically, it was a school for children of the extremely wealthy and somewhat shady families. The Torex fit the bill very well and had been donating significantly to the school for years in preparation for the boss’s first grandchild’s arrival.

Harvey and Amelia’s children also went to this same school which made it extremely convenient for the boss to drop them off and pick them up together.

"Henry! Leila!" I called out to my children happily when the teachers brought them out to see us.

"Mummy! Daddy!" they both cried out happily when they saw that it was Hayden and me who had come to pick them up today.

It wasn’t often that we got to do this, and it was even rarer for both of us to be here to pick them up together, so it must have been a pleasant surprise for our children. I wished that we had more time but school starting super early in the morning and ending early in the afternoon made it hard for us working parents.

"Did you have fun at school today?" I asked happily.

"Yes!" they both replied in complete sync with each other.

"No one caused you any trouble, right?" Hayden asked his son as he crouched down to Henry’s height.

Wasn’t the question supposed to be ’you didn’t cause any trouble, right?’. I sighed and shook my head at how Hayden was unconventionally raising his son. Nothing was worst compared to how Harvey was doing. Their two sons were pretty much little gangsters in their own right already and had a mindset and ego to match.

They thought exactly like Harvey, and I could tell that they would grow up to be his size in both body and ego as well.

I watched with a smile as Hayden wrapped his arms lovingly around the waist of our two children. Henry was 5 years old, and Leila was 3. After taking a short break to raise Henry, we quickly decided to have our second child without hesitation. Henry brought so much joy to us that we thought that having another one was the right decision to make without a doubt.

Hayden didn’t have any preferences on the gender of our children, but he admitted to being relieved that our eldest turned out to be a boy.

"Nothing against girls but I just wouldn’t know how to raise one…" Hayden admitted a little bashfully.

"That’s so funny…I don’t think I would know how to raise a boy either…" I replied back with a small laugh.

With our first child being a boy, I prayed so hard for our second to be a girl. We went about the process naturally and it didn’t take long for me to conceive our second child. Leila was born soon after and that made us a family of four. Since Harvey and Amelia ended up having two boys, that made Leila the only young girl in the Torex family.

As a result, she was currently being spoiled rotten by the boss and her dear Uncle Luka.

"Oh, Amelia!" I called out to Amelia when I spotted her.

"Wow. You’re both here," Amelia exclaimed with clear surprise to see Hayden and I together at school.

"Hayden got off work early," I replied with a smile.

"Say hi to Malissa…" Amelia hissed to her two boys.