SWNOVELS Chapter 161 A big news
Very soon Joey was sent to Chance's private hospital. Philip and Martin followed the car and rushed to the hospital, only to be stopped at the door of the operating room by Chance. Even Allen Charles was kept outside. After half an hour, Chance and other medical staff walked out of the operating room with a big news that Joey was pregnant.
However, there was a slight risk of miscarriage when Allen's mother Paige had pushed Joey in the belly and slapped her in the face at the party today. Fortunately she had received medical care in time and the baby was safe now. Allen was surprised to hear the news at first, but he soon rushed into the operating room, beaming with joy.
Philip and Martin froze at the news of Joey's pregnancy and went silent for quite a while.
Chance was standing behind them with mixed feelings.
To be honest, he had had the urge to kill Joey's baby during the operation when he found that she was pregnant. But...he was afraid that he would be caught by other doctors in the operating room. He certainly wouldn't do such a risky thing.
There were too many better ways to endanger the baby in a woman's body, he thought, and it wasn't worth risking his career for. He slightly narrowed his eyes and decided to drop the idea for the moment.
Several hours later, Joey finally opened her eyes.
Allen, who had been waiting by her side, immediately told her the good news. They were now a pair of soon-to-be parents for an upcoming baby.
The baby was a testimony to their love.
However, Joey's face went pale at the news. She grabbed Allen's hands and asked anxiously, "Allen...when was the baby conceived?"
Allen thought that she was just being nervous for becoming a new mother. He held her hands and said gently, "Chance told me that the baby is about forty days old now. Silly girl, didn't you know when you got the baby? Things could have gone very wrong today." He would never have allowed her to dance if he had known she was pregnant.
Joey was greatly relieved to hear that. It was a false alarm and she smiled.
The baby was conceived before she went to Thailand.
Poor baby! It had survived the assault of Ben Hawk in the alley.
"Oh, baby, I have a baby!"
Joey gently touched her belly and suddenly burst into tears. She was immensely grateful for the baby, Allen's baby.
"Baby, don't cry..."
Allen gently held her in his arms. He was very emotional, too. The baby's arrival had given him a true sense of commitment that Joey was his and his only.
Allen continued with his big plan, including three steps. First step, Joey would quit her job and stay at home to take good care of the fetus.
Second step, she would ask her parents' permission to marry Joey to him.
Third step, he would hold a grand wedding for Joey within one month before her belly showed.
After hearing his plan, Joey burst into tears again. Were they really getting married?
She was happy with the latter two steps of his plan, but she didn't agree to the first one.
Finally they reached a compromise. Joey could keep her job, but she would have to ask for maternity leave for ten months.
Joey was amused, "Allen, a maternity leave generally lasts from half a month before the delivery to two months after it. No one asks for a leave when she's newly pregnant. The company wouldn't approve a ten-month maternity leave anyway."
However, Allen refused to back down. He said gently yet assertively, "Don't worry. I'll talk to Lawrence about it. I bet he'll be fine with it. You should be very careful from now on. Chance said that the baby is still a little precarious, probably because we had a really bad breakup at the airport in Thailand. Never do that again. We're getting married soon. You will be mine forever."
Joey looked at Allen and listened to him quietly. She suddenly threw her arms around his waist and buried her head in his arms. She was crying again.
She wasn't sure if a pregnant woman was supposed to be very sensitive and emotional. But she knew that his voice had always easily brought her to tears.00000000000