Page 16 of His Baby Her Gift

Elaina kept trying to start a conversation. Carter would only respond in one-word answers or not at all when she asked inappropriate questions.

Elaina was irritated too. She had spent hours getting ready to see Carter, and he’d barely looked at her. Elaina felt compelled to do something to change the energy between them. She twisted around in her seat. “Are you really going to sit here and barely say anything to me?”

Carter sat calmly when he was anything but with his leg crossed over his knee, scrolling through his cell phone. “I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t like what I have to say.”

“You’re acting as if I got pregnant by myself.”

Carter frowned. His eyes knitted together as he finally glanced at her. “You’ve been playing games for over a week. How do you expect me to react?”

“I know you’re upset, but this week has been crazy. I wasn’t purposely missing our appointments. And, if anyone should be angry, it’s me. Let’s not forget that I caught you with Harlem. However, I’m willing to forgive that little transgression, so you should be willing to forgive me. After all, we’re going to be parents.”

He couldn’t imagine in a million years sharing a child with Elaina. “I’ll need to hear a doctor tell us that.”

Confidently, Elaina sat back in her chair. Fortunately, there were only a few people in the waiting room. Still, she spoke low enough for only Carter to hear. “If you had come inside, I would have shown you the pregnancy test.”

Carter pinched the bridge of his nose. “Again, I prefer to hear it from a doctor.”

“You didn’t have to drag me all across town. We could have gone to my regular OBGYN.”

There was no way Carter would have trusted that. “This physician comes highly recommended and is someone neither of us knows.”

“When did you become so distrusting?” She asked.

There was no good answer, so he decided to ignore the question and respond to his e-mails. After another ten minutes of waiting, the nurse finally called her name, “Elaina Robbins?”

“Yes, that’s me.” Elaina stood. Carter did too.

The nurse smiled. “Please follow me.”

They did as asked and was led back into one of the patient’s room. The nurse handed Elaina a gown. “You can use the bathroom over there to change. The doctor will be in shortly.” The nurse could feel the chilliness between Carter and Elaina and made a hasty exit.

Once it was just the two of them, Elaina stood in front of Carter. “I don’t need a bathroom. I wouldn’t be showing anything that you haven’t already seen.”

Carter exhaled as if he were bored, and his response was dry. “I have no interest in seeing you naked, Elaina. None.”

Elaina was pissed that she wasn’t able to get a rise out of him. Still, she called his bluff and began to undress. Carter shook his head in disgust and again focused his attention on his phone as Elaina removed her clothes.

“Carter?” She stood butt naked, and the only reaction Elaina was able to generate was boredom.

“What?” He didn’t even look up from his phone. Carter had seen enough tits and ass in his life that Elaina’s did absolutely nothing for him. She stopped producing any feelings in him well before he started dating Harlem. “Put the gown on.”

Elaina was screaming on the inside. Nothing she was doing was working. Carter had completely dismissed her. Elaina was frustrated, but she still had a couple more tricks up her sleeve. She was not giving up. For now, Elaina put on her gown and hopped up on the table to wait for the doctor.

There was a quick knock on the door before the physician came inside. “Good morning!” She strolled into the room carrying a tray and a sealed cup. “I’m Dr. Salizar. I hear that you would like a pregnancy test.”

“I personally do not think it’s necessary, but yes, we do,” Elaina said.

Dr. Salizar looked between the two and could almost immediately determine the situation. She plastered on a smile. “No problem. We can get this done fairly quickly.” She handed the cup to Elaina. “Please put your urine sample in here.”

Carter finally looked up. “I would like a blood test.”

“Really?” Irritated, Elaina pinched her lips together and rolled her eyes. “Is that necessary? My God, peeing in a cup is not enough?”

Carter was adamant. “No. It is not.”

Dr. Salizar looked to Elaina for approval.

“Fine. It doesn’t matter to me.”