A Night With The King

The ride to the hospital was a very hard one, Sophie refused to stop crying so he gave up trying to make her stop and instead just patted her back continuously. Patrick couldn’t come with them because he had to attend meetings on his behalf.Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

“My king, we are almost there, we will be the ones to take her in,”

One of the guards said from the front of the car and Lance glared at him. Why would he let them take her when he was in the car with her?

“Says who?”

He asked in an irritated voice.

“Sorry my king, that’s what your lord Patrick said,”

He told him. He should have known that the crazy man would give some unneeded advice when he didn’t try to stop him from getting in the car with her.

“There will be no need for that, if I can’t take her in why would I be here? We are entering through the private entrance are we not?”

He asked. If they were talking because of the press finding out then they should know that he didn’t care.

“Yes, my king, I am sorry,”

The guard said and Lance ignored him and turned to Sophie who was still crying but not so much.

“Baby, we are almost there,”

He announced and her grip on his arms tightened.

“I am so scared, don’t leave me,”

She cried and he nodded.

“I won’t go anywhere,”

He told her and looked up to see that they had arrived. The guards opened the car and he carried Sophie out and into his arms.

“Out of my way,”

He told the guard who stood near him and walked into the hospital with Sophie in his arms.

“Get the doctor,”

He barked out. alerting everyone around and they all looked up. He knew when they recognized him. He didn’t give ears to their greetings and instead focused on getting Sophie the help that she needed.

They were shown to the doctor’s office and after speaking to the doctor, he recommended that they do a few tests and a scan which they did. He didn’t leave Sophie’s side in everything that was done. He couldn’t leave when she held onto him and refused to let go.

Now they were back at the doctor’s office and waiting for him to tell them what it was that was wrong. He could feel Sophie tensed up by his side and hoped for her sake that everything was okay with the baby.

“Your baby is fine, doing great actually,”

The doctor said and for the first time since the frightening sight of Sophie crying, Lance felt some kind of peace, he didn’t even mind that the doctor mistook him for the child’s father, it didn’t make him uncomfortable at all, he was just relieved that the child was okay.

“What about her, and why is she bleeding?”

Lance asked the question he knew Sophie would ask but she was currently holding tighter on his hand and not saying a word, she was still in shock.

“Bleeding during pregnancy happens sometimes, it doesn’t necessarily mean there is something wrong but it is good that you brought her for check-ups because it could be bad too, for her, thankfully, there is no cause for alarm, it might stop today or in a couple of days, the child is doing fine and growing,”

The doctor responded and Lance turned to Soph.

“You heard that baby? Everything is all clear,”

He told her softly, she finally lifted her head to look at him, her eyes were red from crying. Lance was thankful that the baby was okay because he didn’t know what he would have done to console her if anything had happened to the precious child.

“I am sorry I dragged you here for nothing,”

Why did she even feel the need to apologize? She did nothing wrong.

“Why are you apologizing? You did nothing wrong, don’t even think of beating yourself up for something that isn’t your fault, of course, I would come with you and it is not nothing when you were bleeding,”

he told her firmly. He turned and realized they probably should have this conversation with no one present.

“Thank you, doc, is there anything else we need to know and look out for?”

He asked, turning to the doctor.

“Not really, but if the bleeding persists, she should be brought back but for now, there is nothing that you should know that she doesn’t already know, eat well, rest well, and don’t stress or overthink things,”

The doctor reminded.

“Thank you, doctor,”

Sophie managed to say. Lance stood up and she did too. She finally let go of his hand but he didn’t let her as he took her hand again and made sure she was leaning against him.

“I can walk fine on my own,’

She said in a low voice.

“I know but I just want to be careful, you have been crying for so long, you might feel dizzy and I don’t want you to fall,”

He told her.

“We could get her a wheelchair,”

The doctor suggested but Lance saw no need for that.

“There won’t be a need for that doctor, thank you,”

He said and led Sophie out of the doctor’s office, his guards surrounded them as soon as they came out.

“What happened? Why did you guys multiply?”

He asked. Looking around.

“There is a crowd of reports outside,”

One of the guards informed him. He should have expected that.

“Right, can you move, you are scaring her,”

Lance barked when he felt Sophie tense beside him.

“Don’t worry, we won’t go through the front, we didn’t even come in through the front,”

He told her softly, even though he knew that there were probably reporters too at that entrance.

“This way, my king,”

His head guard said and led them through the back of the hospital. He was able to lead Sophie safely into the car but as they drove out of the hospital, a bunch of reporters swarmed in front of their car. He turned to see that Sophie looked so scared.

“Don’t look like that, they can’t see us,”

He told her and she finally relaxed a little. He knew that she would not be able to relax completely until they were alone again. coming to the hospital has exposed her to a lot of people and he couldn’t guarantee that their relationship would remain a secret like she wanted now.