Chapter 237: Things to Discuss
Before either of the men could say anything, Amelia returned. Her blood chilled in her veins when she noticed Matteo and Aiden standing at the counter, the pharmacist looking helplessly back and forth between them. When she locked eyes with Amelia, it looked as though she had spotted her saving grace.
"Miss!" she said, relieved.
The pharmacist passed the medication directly to Amelia, repeating everything she had told Matteo just now but at a speed three times faster than before. Once she was done, she all but scuttled away, mumbling about how she needed to tend to other patients.
"Amelia..." Matteo started, but she paid him no mind.
Instead, Amelia stared at the prescribed medication in her hands. Right at the bottom of the deck were the pamphlets for first-time mothers on how to deal with their pregnancies, and those particular pieces of paper seemed to weigh like a truck on her hands.
"We should take this somewhere else," Aiden said, eyeing the crowd. While no one paid them particular attention, he didn’t want to be a source of their entertainment in the event they did decide to turn around.
Amelia nodded, saying nothing, and she and Matteo quietly followed Aiden down to the carpark.
Aiden immediately bade them goodbye and returned to his car, the jackets that he had loaned Amelia in his hands. They still smelled faintly of her and were still warm with her body heat.
Inside the car, he peered in their direction. This was a conversation they needed to have as new parents. Aiden was an outsider who did not belong in this equation. He was just thankful he never had to go through this phase, though Aiden supposed it would be a different situation altogether if he had a child with a woman he actually loved.