Exhausted

The following day, Lexus went early to Anna's place and waited right outside her door. He knew that Anna must have thought that she was going to commute to work since her car was still in the company parking lot.

He loved the look of surprise on her face when she saw him waiting for her.

"What are you doing here?" she asked in a scolding tone.

"I came to pick you up. I'll drop you off at your workplace," he replied and she raised a brow.

"You could have just called me and waited in the car," she said; probably able to tell that he was there early to not miss her.

"Then, give me your number," he said, despite already having memorized it. He handed her his phone before she could decline. She sighed in exasperation and saved it as 'Anna'. He changed it to 'Dear Wife' when she wasn't looking.

"Drop me off at the back entrance and don't get out of your car. I don't want my workmates seeing you," Anna said while they were stuck in traffic.

'Is she ashamed of me?' he glanced at her finger, which should have had the engagement ring he had given, around it.

"Is that also why you are not wearing the ring?"

"Of course! How could I possibly wear that?" Anna said incredulously and Lexus was petrified.

'Was it not to her liking?! Was it the design? Or should I have bought a more expensive ring?'

In a matter of seconds, a lot of thoughts crossed his mind as he wondered what kind of ring would please her. He realized that they have to choose wedding rings together or she might throw them at his face on their wedding.

'I can't have that. Never,' he shivered at the thought when he saw it in his mind. He decided to ask her to stop his crazy imagination.

"What do you mean?" he asked a safe question.

"What else? Isn't it obvious? I would be the gossip of the week. People will bother me asking this and that. I am already busy enough. I don't need any more disturbance," she explained and Lexus sighed in relief.

"I see," he was glad he simply misinterpreted her words.

"So don't you dare suddenly show up with a bouquet once again," she scolded.

'Ah, is that why she did not accept the flowers yesterday?'

"Alright. I'll leave the bouquet in the backseat," Lexus said. He did not get her flowers this morning since he thought she disliked them. But now that he knew it wasn't the flowers that bothered her, he would get her one again.

"Huh? What's that supposed to mean? Are you saying you would drive me home again?"

Lexus then told her that he intended to pick her up every morning and drive her home in the evening daily. She insisted that he didn't need to but he reasoned that he just wanted to make sure that his child was safe.

"If you get too tired, what if something happened to my child?" he said and Anna sighed in exasperation, and finally acquiesced.

"Suit yourself. I'm not the one who gets tired from going here and there," she muttered.

"It's not tiring since I get to see you," he said and she glared at him.

. . .

When he picked her up in the afternoon, she look so tired once again and slept in the car. He had to wonder if something was not going well at work or if it was the pregnancy that was making her tired.

He decided to give the doctor a call and he was told that it might be the pregnancy so he should observe her more.

If it was Lexus' decision, he wanted her to quit work right away and just stay at home. He could take care of her. But he stopped himself from suggesting it since it may sound like he was being too controlling when they have not even gotten married yet.

He decided to ask her about it later in a gentle way so she wouldn't get angry at him.

Lexus cooked for her again and he loved how she enjoyed her meal. But an hour after dinner, she felt queasy and threw up what she ate.

He thought of cooking something for her again but she said she was no longer in the mood to eat anything. She just drove him away so she could sleep and did not even allow him to get a kiss.

. . .

The following days went as usual. He picked her up in the morning and drove her home and her exhaustion looked evident day by day.

But on Thursday, it was even worse than the previous days.

She walk into his car and seated herself without even looking at his face or speaking a word and then fell asleep.

'Isn't that dangerous?! What if she accidentally got into someone else's car?' he stared at her incredulously and sighed. She was a beauty with a great body.

If she accidentally got into someone else's car and just fell asleep like that without a care in the world, he was sure she'd find herself in a hotel room when she awakens.

He decided that he really had to ask her to quit working in the meantime and focus on the baby even if she gets angry at him. Just seeing her get so exhausted was already difficult. He wanted her to have a proper rest and sleep all she wanted.

'I didn't know pregnancy was so difficult,' he thought.

Anna had complained that she easily got tired lately which was unlike her since she was an outgoing person.

"I usually go out to drink with my colleagues or party with my friends after work. I can come home at two or three in the morning and go to work later. Sometimes I don't even sleep at all but I was perfectly fine," she muttered.

Lexus felt guilty for some reason when it was not even his fault that she was pregnant. She had wanted it herself.