Chapter 193 - Thoughts of Pregnancy

"I know my brother. He would never treat anyone like the way he treated Jenny." Leticia was confident so Mark Sloane have to trust Jacob.

At dinner, everyone was present. The Sloane family, Jenny, and Jacob and Lily who arrived just when they were about to start dinner. The dinner was lively specially that Lily is present. Among the siblings, she is the one that talks a lot during dinner.

"Mom, why is there so many vegetables and legumes. You know I don't like vegetables." Lily was like a child who has lost appetite upon seeing vegetables in the dinner table.

"Then don't eat it if you don't want to. It is not for you anyways. Those are for your sister-in-law to eat." Madam Kelly scolded her daughter.

"Ha-ha. Why? Are you guys planning to get pregnant?" Leticia who is also an OB-Gynecologist realized that her mother cooked food that boosts fertility.

J coughed in embarrassment. She felt her ears heat up and turned red. She looked around and everyone's gaze is in her. Oh damn! Can it be more embarrassing than this? She thought to herself. Suddenly she felt Jacob's hand squeezed her hand under the table.

"Ha-ha. Mom is just overreacting. We have not talked about it yet. After all, we just got together after being married for five years. At this stage, we are still getting to know each other." Jacob said with a smile.

"Brother, you are talking like a teenager. You're already married, don't you think you just have to skip that stage." Lily chuckled as she leaned forward to reach for a chicken.

"Honey..." Madam Kelly started to call Jenny the way she would call Leticia, Jacob, and Lily as an endearment. "You are already 30 years old and Jacob is 35. You both are not getting any younger. You should start talking about starting a family now. You should not waste any more years. Because you'll never know when will God grant you a child."

J knew exactly what Madam Kelly mean. There were women who could get pregnant easily while there were who have trouble getting pregnant, not that they can't. If she is a woman that can get pregnant easily that shouldn't matter because she is married and already past the right age. On the other hand, if it turns out that she would have trouble getting pregnant, she would wait and try for years to get pregnant. And if she didn't get pregnant by the age of 35, it would be risky for her. Women as they grow older, fertility rates started to decline while the chances of miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy go up.

J was lost in her thought for a moment before she heard Jacob speak. "Mom, I don't think it is appropriate to talk about it in front of the kids." Suddenly the thought of Paul and Paula who is eating with them struck Madam Kelly so she didn't persist anymore.

"Lily, how's your career?" Suddenly Chairman John asked.

"Urgh... aren't you guys watching TV?" Lily asked while munching on her chicken.

"Honey, if we will only hear rumors about you, we would rather not watch at all. It will only break our heart." Madam Kelly was the one to reply. "By the way, you are also 30 years old now. Don't you have any boyfriend yet? If you don't, I will arrange a date for you with one of our friend's son. What do you think Hon?"

Chairman John just nodded her head.

"What?! No, arrange marriage, please! Just let fate decide on its own." Lily said in an upbeat tone. "And besides, I don't plan on getting pregnant, so no need to rush."