Chapter 8
“If you are ready, we can begin with the breast exam?” he asked but she got the feeling that he was staring at her. Pandora looked his way but his head was not positioned in a way that he could look at her. “I will be touching you now. My hands are warm.”
“That’s fine,” she said nervously. “It will be hard for you to do the exam without touching me.“]]
His soft hands touched her breasts, sending tingles throughout her body. He took his time as he pressed and moved his fingers over her. Once he was finished, he covered her back up with the sheet provided. Of course, by this point, her nipples were hard and tenting the sheet in two spots.]
“You have a small stature. Is your husband tall?” Dr. Parks asked.[]
Pandora frowned, looking up at him. “He’s-” She cut herself short as Derrik wasn’t her husband any longer. How did she answer that question? The doctor obviously didn’t need her explanation but she was curious as to why he needed to know how tall Derrik was.]
“Is he over six feet?”
Pandora nodded, still confused.]
“I ask because if the baby’s father is taller than six feet, there is a high chance that your baby will be hig. Due to you being so small added to the fact that you have scar tissue from surgery, you may have trouble with natural childbirth.“]
“Oh,” she whispered, trying to remember how tall her mystery man was. She was brought out of her thoughts as she felt Dr. Parks‘ hands move the sheets up her leg. She gasped softly and squeezed her eyes closed.]
“Are you alright, Pandora?” he asked, but she could feel his warmth on her skin. Her eyes sprang open.
“Yes,” she said and he grinned at her. His smile made her heart race and her lady bits felt like they were being tickled. They definitely wanted his attention.]
“I will need to insert this to do a pelvic exam, and then we will use an Internal Doppler to get a look at baby Leonard, okay?“]
Pandora felt the blood drain from her face, knowing that the good doctor would know that she was aroused. She cursed internally.
“It will not hurt,” he said with a small but reassuring squeeze of her hand. “Okay, here we-” He cut himself off, and even though he couldn’t see his face, she knew he had found out. “Go,” he finished after a skipped beat.[]
“Okay, Mrs. Leonard,” he said, sounding oddly and overly professional.[]
“Pandora, please,” she said in a low voice, ducking her face down. She didn’t know how this situation was going to work. She had embarrassed herself completely in front of her doctor. As he finished the pelvic exam, she felt him remove the device. She heard him moving things around and she could only nod as he told her that he was going to insert the Doppler next.[]
“Pandora,” he said, still sounding professional, but there was a hint of softness to it then. “This is your baby,” he carried on, but Pandora was unable to look his way.[]
“Pandora, you need to look at the screen,” he called in a softer voice.
“That’s the baby’s heartbeat.” Dr. Parks grinned and her head snapped in his direction, forgetting all about how she was trying to avoid him.
“Really?” she gasped. “My little bean has a heartbeat?” She felt her heart flutter more as she looked at his smile.[]
“I’m going to have a baby,” she blurted out. She covered her mouth and held back a sob. “It sounds a bit like rain falling on metal, doesn’t it?” she commented with her hand still over her mouth.[]
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