The Russian Billionaire’s Secret(34)

Apparently, she'd been wrong about her ovulation date.

The nurse called her into the room and had her undress. A few minutes later, the doctor came in and put cold gel on her stomach and then was pointing thing out to the nurse on the screen.

“Shelly, would you like some picture of the babies?” The doctor asked her.

Nodding, Shelly almost didn't catch the word 'babies'.

“Wait, babies? As in more than one?” she asked him, shocked.

“Yes, you have two, and while you're still early, it looks like one of each. A boy and a girl, if you want to come back around twenty weeks, I can confirm genders for you if you want,” the doctor told her, printing out some pictures for her. He handed them to her.

“But... How is that possible?” Shelly asked him, gripping the pictures of the babies and staring down at the proof in her hand.

“Well, if they are boy and girl like they appear, it means you ovulated twice. Only identical twins share the same egg, and they have to be the same gender,” he told her smiling. “This is a good thing. Two babies! Do you have a husband or any support at home to help you?”

“I have a boyfriend,” Shelly muttered, realizing that Vlad had offered to marry her. Now she found out it was twins. Oh god, what was she going to tell him?

“I'll be passing you off to a high risk specialist who is used to dealing with twin pregnancies. You'll need to start thinking about how you want to give birth, and maybe take some classes here soon. You are far enough along that you shouldn't wait last minute. Twins are often known to come a few weeks early, the doctor said standing up and nodding to the nurse. “I'll see you again in a couple of weeks, but for right now, everything looks perfect, if you have any questions, you can ask the nurse and I'll give you a call at home if you need something answered the nurse can't help with, okay?”

Shelly nodded, feeling completely numb right this minute. Getting dressed after wiping the gel off her belly, she barely registered the nurse having her sign paperwork for more blood tests and giving her a slip to go to the lab.

Getting her blood drawn was the least of her worries right now; she wondered what Vlad was going to say.

She drove back to his house and pulled into the large driveway and just sat in her car for a few minutes and contemplated their relationship.

He was attentive, and passionate, considerate and kind, he could have a temper, but he always tried to walk away and never take it out on her. She could see the kind of man he tried to be, and admired it. He was older than she was by twelve years, and yet she never really noticed the age gap.

Vlad always made time for her, and listened to her. He'd indulge her desire to watch silly movies sometimes.

She was worried what people would say about his money, that she was a gold digger and got pregnant on purpose to trap him. She knew that wasn't true, she wasn't even trying to get pregnant, but she put a hand over her belly and knew she'd do anything for these babies.

Loving them already, she finally understood why women who lost a pregnancy would be so devastated; these little people in her already mattered to her so much.

Her problem was how to handle Vlad, and what he would want out of all of this. She was pretty sure he'd continue to insist on getting married. He was an honorable kind of man with old-fashioned notions. He believed children deserved two parents. She knew logically she agreed with him, but she was so emotional right now, it was hard to think rationally.

She slowly climbed out of her car, and went to find him. She passed Boris in the hallway and stopped him.

“Where is Vlad?” she asked.

“He's in his bedroom. He has a business trip coming up and was packing for it. He leaves in the morning,” Boris informed her.

“I didn't know about this,” Shelly said startled.

Boris shook his head. “Neither did he. One of his distilleries in Russia blew up, and he needs to go survey the damage. He should only be gone a few days.”

“Okay, thanks,” Shelly told him, making her way through the twenty thousand square foot house to the Master bedroom to go find Vlad.

She walked in and saw him packing, without saying a word, she walked over and handed him the pictures of the babies, Vlad stopped what he was doing and took them from her.

“Wait, are these all the same baby?” Vlad asked looking confused.

“Twins,” Shelly said and sat down on the end of his bed looking amazed.

“Shelly, I have to go for a few days, but I'll be back, I'll text you while I'm gone, I swear to you, that I won't think of anyone else but you the entire time I'm gone. You just take good care of yourself and don't hesitate to ask Boris for anything if you need something. Or want something,” Vlad told her, leaning down to kiss her, and then surprised her when he dropped to his knees in front of her and kissed her belly gently.

“Okay. Thank you Vlad,” Shelly said.

Vlad looked at her for a moment and then grabbed her hand and brought her knuckles up to his mouth to kiss them.

“I love you Shelly, I would love you no matter what, but please have an answer for me by the time I get back about marriage. I want to spend my life with you, and I promise I will stick up for you if anyone ever thinks we got married for the wrong reasons. I never knew what I was missing until I found you. I need you in my life, and I want to be a good husband to you, and a good father to our children,” he told her and then stood up and grabbed his bag. “Think about it.”