Chapter 387 - Heartbeat

~Seattle~

Thursday afternoon, Felix was in front of Sophia's office, waiting for her to finish a meeting.

He saw three older men exit her office while smiling and exchanging glances. Felix frowned seeing those glances which are obviously sexualizing his fiancé. Felix wanted to give them a piece of his mind, but he remembered how Sophia told him more than once that this is work, and unless someone openly causes trouble, he should not initiate anything.

Felix was still worried about Sophia and entered her office swiftly. The secretary didn't stop him, since she knows that he and CEO Hill have a special relationship.

Felix was able to sigh in relief when he saw Sophia sitting behind her desk with Leah who was giving her some report. Sophia was calm and focused on her work, as usual. Like those lecherous men were not in her office only one minute ago.

"Is it already time?" Sophia smiled seeing him enter. "I need just a minute. Please sit."

Felix sat on the sofa and watched Sophia while she talked with Leah. 'She is irresistible when she focuses on a task like that. Her words are on point. Her voice is melodious and mesmerizing. She is the smartest woman I know. She is mine.' He looked at her with admiration and fell into a daze.

Felix didn't realize when Leah left. He was almost startled when Sophia sat on the sofa next to him. "We still have few minutes."

"Perfect!" Felix lifted her legs into his lap, removed her shoes and started massaging her feet.

"Ahhh, that feels good!" Sophia exhaled.

"I can come anytime and make you feel good." Felix grinned. If she allows, he would do more than just rub her feet.

Sophia saw his mischievous expression and smiled. "Mmm, benefits of working at the same place." She closed her eyes and relaxed.

Felix was not able to forget men who exited Sophia's office before. "What was your previous meeting about?"

"Director from Limey corp. wants us to help them with security enhancements."

Hearing that they are from a different company, Felix was curious if they will be coming back, and how often. "Do you consider accepting?"

"I don't know yet. They made a proposal; it seems that they will pay generously. But I need to look at the details, and it will also go through legal department..." She saw Felix frown. "Do you have anything to add?"

"I know it's only work for you, but I saw them exiting... They are not honorable men."

Sophia shifted and caressed his cheek. "I understand... But if I use that as a criterion if I'm working with someone or not, number of partners would shrink to almost zero. I need to pretend I didn't see their indecency and focus on numbers."

Felix held her hand which was on his cheek and kissed her. He felt troubled that she needs to ignore lecherous looks of men for the sake of company. 'It must be uncomfortable for her.' He was distressed when he realized how many men act like that. "I wish I can help you somehow. I wish that you don't need to go through this."

Sophia didn't know how to comfort him, other than to tell how she feels. "I'm used to it. It's not a pleasant experience, but I'm used to it. For years I'm working with men who are in positions of power, and I can tell you that most of the men get more outrageous the more power they have... Those are the facts. I can't change them, but I can be in control how I react. And I choose not to be bothered by it." She checked time. "Come on, if we delay further, we will be late for the appointment."

…

Not long after, they were in the Doctor's office, ready for Sophia's first pregnancy exam.

Felix helped her change into a hospital gown, and eagerly waited for Dr. to come. They picked this obstetrician together, based on her education, work experience and reviews.

How Felix saw it, when the exam started, everything was normal. Dr. chatted with Sophia, asked how she feels, checked breathing, heart rate, blood pressure... usual stuff. Then things got weird. They moved on the other side of the curtain and he faced a gynecological exam table. He was not sure what to think of it. When he saw Sophia lying on the table with her legs set akimbo, and Dr. pressing and squeezing around Sophia's belly, it made him want to slap Dr.'s hands away. 'Can't she be gentler?' But things only went stranger from there. 'Did she just use lubricant? Where are those hands going?!!'

Felix was confused seeing that Sophia does not mind, she didn't even look surprised. 'Is she going through this during every exam??!' Felix never saw a gynecological exam before, so everything he witnessed was shocking.

When he came back to his senses, Dr. was pressing some gadget on Sophia's belly and there was a steady swooshing sound. Dr. was focusing intently while her hand moved the gadget slowly left-right, like she is searching something. Felix could see that Sophia is holding her breath, and he took her hand in his. He was not sure what is going on, but he understood that it's important. And then the swooshing sound changed beat, it was the same sound, but faster. Dr.'s face softened, and she smiled, "We got a heartbeat!"

Next was the ultrasound. Dr. explained that small pea-sized dot on the screen is a baby, but Felix could not see anything that resembles a baby no matter how he looked at it. However, Sophia was happy, so it means everything is good.

Dr. said many things, Felix only understood that Sophia is healthy, pregnancy is normal and that they can expect baby next February.

…

That evening in the apartment, Felix was listening to the recording of the heartbeat from that afternoon on his laptop. He made copies to his laptop, phone and iPad.

Sophia was laughing, "How long are you going to listen to that?"

"Until we get next recording." He pulled her into his lap. "Isn't this amazing... we created a life!"

"Yes, we did." She leaned on him and enjoyed his embrace.

"What do you think about this?" Felix showed her a property listing on his laptop. "It's not an oceanfront lot, but it has everything else."

Sophia looked at the pictures of the house on a three acre lot in Seattle. She smiled. "On Lake Washington. I like this large terrace with view of Mt Rainier. And it has a lot of space, so we can add things if we want... Let's go and check it out."

"Realtor will wait for us at nine in the morning." He grinned.

"Impressive. I like when you handle things." Sophia praised him.

"I would do more, but you don't give me many chances." Felix retorted.

Sophia laughed seeing him sulk. "You just need to be faster. I'm not a woman who likes to wait."

"I will remember that..." Felix didn't finish his sentence. Sophia's lips covered his. He didn't complain.