He walked back into Pandora’s room, and Alexis gave her a sad look. She knew he was deeply in love with Pandora.
He showed Pandora the gown, pad, and underwear that he got for her, and she asked for help as her eyes scanned the room for Alexis.
‘You’re in trouble if you help her, but you’re already over the line; what’s a little more?‘ He groaned and dropped to his knees, helping her with the net panties they used for new moms. He then helped to remove her top as his eyes flickered to her.
He saw a warm soul. ‘I could kiss you right now and die a happy man,‘ his mind shouted. His eyes flickered from her mouth to her eyes; the pull was strong and he felt himself move closer.
“Fuck!” his mind yelled.
“I’ll get you a wheelchair,” he muttered, knowing he needed to get away from her. He wheeled her down, stopping as he pleaded with her to let her come in to watch over them with her.
When she told him she needed him, too, his heart leaped with the hope that just maybe, they could make this work. He pushed her into the NICU, placing her chair between the boys. As he told her what was wrong with them, he found that he had to breathe deeply.
He just wanted to hold them and be with them. He wanted to make everything better; he wanted to make it all okay and he couldn’t.
As he took her through everything, Micheal’s alarm sounded and he jumped up quickly. For the first time, his heart didn’t stay calm; it just about leaped out of his chest. He wiggled his foot but it didn’t work so he moved his hand to his chest and kept shuffling him.
When the alarm stopped, he closed his eyes, stopping the tears that wanted to come out. Still holding back his tears, he turned and explained to Pandora what just happened. The fact that he saw the heartbreak and worry on her face only added to his own. He knew that he may have to step aside as her doctor. He couldn’t look after her like he needed to and it was killing him.
“Benjamin.” He wiped his tears as Emily walked in, frowning at him. “What happened?”
He shook his head at her, but she roiled her eyes and placed a cup of coffee down on his desk.
“Pandora had her babies,” he muttered.
“Shit… they’re five, no at least six weeks early?”
“Six weeks,” he said and Emily shook her head.
“Are they okay?”
He nodded and then shook his head as the tears started to come down again. “They have to be, he finally said.
“When did you fall in love with her?” she asked, taking hold of her hand.
“The very second I came into contact with her.”
Emily snorted, shaking her head in disbelief. “I need to bottle your charm and sell it. Tell her; to lay it out on the table.”
“What if she rejects me?”
“What if she says she loves you, too?”
This time he snorted, making Emily sigh. “Benjamin, I know Pandora and she would never be with someone unless she felt something for that person.”
“I know, but the babies… what about the dad?”
“Talk to her about it; just between you, me, and these four walls, I get the feeling Pandora may have made a tiny mistake, I think she might have had a one- night stand, and is now ashamed because she has no idea who the father is.”
He frowned at her as his mind went back to the fact that she was in Vegas. She was in Vegas,‘ he said
“I know,” Emily responded.
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“I got married in Vegas.”
“You did?”
He nodded. ‘I have no idea who my wife is, or where she is for that matter.” Emily looked at me in shock. “I want it to be Pandora.”
“Was it?”
He went to shake his head but only shrugged. “She reminds me of her; only Dora, my wife, had a darker complexion, and a different hair color.”
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