"Helena, are you alright, Baby" Edwin asked Helena, who had a bad morning sickness.

"I hate this. I cannot eat, and I feel like vomiting all the time." Before she could complain fully, she puked again.

Edwin massaged his temples and rubbed her back gently while she puked. Once she was done, he brought a clean napkin and wiped her face with it. He caressed her cheeks softly.

"You know how much I hated to see you all sick. We just have to wait for a few more months, sweetheart. The doctor said that as soon as your second trimester hits the morning sickness will go away. So, it's just a matter of a few more weeks, honey. Stay strong for me, please", he said and kissed her lovingly.

"I'm trying to, but all I feel is sadness", Helena said, her eyes tearing up as she had already been dealing with the mood swings.

"Shh, don't cry my princess. I don't want tears in your eyes", he said and hugged her tightly.

He lifted her and strolled her back and forth to calm her down. She kept crying in his arms. Finally, after a few minutes, she stopped crying and calmly laid her head on his shoulder.

"Feeling better?"

"Yeah."

"Good. I would have stayed home and looked after you but I've got a very important client back at the company. So, I might come home by late afternoon today", he said in a low tone, knowing that she would get upset.

"What", she said in a sad tone.

"Helena my love, please try to understand. I want to give our child a beautiful future. And I'm working really hard for it while taking care of you. I really need to get this deal. You know, I would never leave you otherwise in this condition, right?"

She looked down sadly and nodded in a yes. She knew that he loved her more than anything else in the world. She could see each effort that he made for her and the baby's well-being. Edwin was working his ass off at the company and still, he never failed to shower Helena with love and care. He was patient with her mood swings. He was grateful to her as she was carrying their child. He knew that she never wanted to have kids but still had this one for him. And he was just so happy to even think of having his little kid, a carbon copy of Helena and his.

"Okay, but make sure to come before five, okay? I will get my email from the doctor about the latest ultrasound by that time. I really wish to watch that with you", she said in a soft sad tone.

"I'll make sure to come before five, okay? Now, how about you sit in the bed and I think of some ideas to keep you busy till that time?"

"Sounds nice", Helena said.

After five minutes of searching for something to keep Helena busy, Edwin returned to the room with a thick book.

"What's that", Helena asked curiously.

"This is my album. Would you like to watch these photos", he asked softly.

"Yeah. I have always wanted to see how you looked. Maybe our little one would look like you too", she said excitedly.

"Here you go then", he handed her the album.

"This is pretty heavy."

"My Mom and Dad loved to click my photos a lot. And being the only kid, I was the only person they clicked."

"I'll have a great watching this then."

"Okay, then. Take care, baby. And don't lift anything heavy. Take the laptop table and put the album there. It is heavy. Don't run, okay? Walk slowly, and make sure to hold the support wall while going up and down the stairs", he said while hugging her protectively.

"I am not a kid, Ed. I'll be fine. It is just a few hours", she chuckled.

"I am just so worried for you two", he said with a pout.

"Aww, my cutie patootie husband", she said and jumped onto him.

"DON'T JUMP", he yelled out of fright.

"Hehe, sorry", she giggled as Edwin held her tightly in his arms.

He kissed her forehead and then her cheek.

"Please stop scaring me so much. You know that you can get hurt while putting such stunts", he sighed.

"Fine", she said in a bored tone.

"Take care, love."

"All the best for the meeting", Helena said softly.

"Thanks, Bun and baby", he said with a teasing smile making Helena giggle.

Edwin drove to his company, while Helena carefully placed the album on the laptop table.

"Phew, this album is pretty huge. It made me so tired", Helena said, as she opened the first page.

"Oh my God! I can't believe this cute baby is Edwin. He looks so cute", Helena squealed in happiness and clicked a snap of that photograph.

"Our baby will be so cute if it looks like him", she said as she started to imagine.

"HELENA!!!"

"Huh?"

"Baby wake up. It is 5 pm. Is the mail here", Edwin asked her softly.

Helena looked around and realized that she slept while watching the album. Neither the album nor the table were there anymore.

"Where did the album go", she asked innocently.

"I kept it back. I specifically told you to avoid anything dangerous. Yet you chose to sleep with a foldable table above you, carrying a heavy album. What if it got folded while you were sleeping? What if the album fell on you? Who would be responsible", he scolded her angrily.

"Sorry", she said while looking down.

Edwin picked her up in his arms.

"Helena, try to understand. We need to be extra careful for you and our baby. You are undergoing a great deal of changes during this pregnancy and anything that harms the baby will harm you too. And I don't want that. I vowed to keep you safe. And I am trying my best, but you need to do your part too, right", he said in a soft tone, not wanting to stress her.

"I would never do this intentionally, Ed. I don't know how, but I just slept. I didn't even see all the photos. It was like, a sudden daydream, and I just slept before I could think anything", Helena said while looking down.

"No worries. I trust you. I am glad that you slept. I remember that you were tossing on the bed all night yesterday", he said while nuzzling his nose on her neck.

"How did your meeting go?"

"I... got the deal", he said with a soft smile.

"Oh my God! Are you serious", she asked as her jaw dropped.

"Yeah", he said with a light laugh.

"I am so damn proud of you, Ed. You deserve all this", Helena said while wrapping her arms around him.

"Thank you, Love. Check your inbox. We should watch the first clear ultrasound, shouldn't we?"

"Yeah. Let me check", Helena said as she got out of his arms and opened her laptop. "The mail is here, and we have two photos and a video here."

"Let's see our baby then", he said eagerly.

They both sat together and kept the laptop in the front.

"Ready?"

"Yes."

Helena clicked on the pic and it enlarged. They both squinted their eyes to see the baby.

"Can you see the baby", Helena asked Edwin innocently.

"I was about to ask the same."

"I read that it is difficult for new parents to find the baby in the ultrasound pic."

"Hmm. Let's view the other pic. Maybe we can get a clue."

"Yeah, you're right."

Helena scrolled to the next pic. Here, they saw a few words with labels.

"Baby", said Helena.

Edwin's eyes widened as he looked at the tiny dot. 

"It's so tiny", Helena awed. 

"I was thinking the same. How did they even manage to locate this tiny bean", he chuckled.

"I don't know", she said and nuzzled her head into his chest. 

"We will love this little one, won't we", Edwin asked while pulling Helena close.

"More than love. Something so immense that I can't even describe it", Helena said while softly keeping a hand on her belly.

Edwin kept his hand on her belly too, feeling a soft connection with their unborn. "Let's watch the video now,"

They played the video of the ultrasound and saw the tiny bean moving around. 

"Aww", Edwin cooed at the tiny bean floating here and there. 

"Yes. They are just too cute", said Helena.

"I feel like I am having a baby fever again."

"Keep calm, Ed, I am not even ready for one delivery, okay", she said jokingly.

And just like that, the two of them kept laughing and crying together. The feeling of seeing their little one was overwhelming yet so beautiful. They were going to have a lovely little family in their sweet little world.