My Billionaire Husband

On the fiftieth day of her pregnancy, Tristan took Kate to the hospital for a checkup.

Kate lay on the bed, and her belly was exposed. She felt the probe of the ultrasound machine moving along her skin, and she held her breath.

The doctor looked at the monitor and said, "…the embryo has the shape of a human now…body segments are forming, and you can see the limbs."

The fetal heart was beating fast, and with the amplifier, it echoed in the confined space of the examination room. The doctor said with a smile, "It is rare to hear the beating of a fetal heart. This shows that the baby's heart is developing early. It should be a healthy baby."

Kate felt relaxed when she heard the word healthy. It was vague and abstract to her before she saw life in a vivid image on the monitor. Now she could really feel life inside her w.o.m.b. It was strange to her, but it was warming her heart.

Tristan had not said a word the whole time. His eyes shifted between the monitor and her belly. She could feel that he was stirred.

After the examination, he asked for two photos of the baby. One he put in his wallet, and the other is Kate's purse.

His solemn actions seemed funny to Kate, but it also made Kate feel that the embryo in her body was not just a life but also Tristan's hope.

The next day, Kate got the right to go out. Because she was different from before, under these "special conditions," Tristan arranged a car and a driver for her. The driver was a tall and robust young man, in black clothes and sunglasses, taciturn. He looked more like a bodyguard than a driver.

The place Kate wanted to go to was the cemetery in the suburbs.

The driver made no special reaction when she told him the destination. After they arrived, she asked him to wait outside. He hesitated a little and then nodded.

It was the first time she came to this kind of place.

The cemetery was solemn and quiet, with lush trees and shrubs. Headstones of various shapes and stones stood there silently. Each one laid with a sleeping soul under it. The air there moved her.

She started to look for the name on the headstones. From left to right, one by one, row by row. She was expecting it to show up in some stone, but she was also panicked and hoping it did not show up, as if then there was still hope.

However, it soon appeared—a new tomb with a black marble headstone. The newly carved letters pricked her eyes and her heart.

There was a picture on it. There wasn't a smile in his eyes. Jimmy's slightly curved lips seemed cynical. Because the photo was in black and white, he wasn't the sunny person she was familiar with but looked strange and formal.

Such a lively person had turned into ash and was buried under the earth. It was hard for her to accept even if now she had seen it herself. There was a moment when she wanted to run away from that tomb, but she stayed because the chance of coming to see him wasn't easily earned.

Suddenly, she heard a voice from behind her, "You have come finally."

Kate turned back and saw a young girl standing by a luxuriant cedar tree. She had short hair, pale skin, and swollen eyes. She looked a little familiar.

"You don't remember me? I am Claire, Jimmy's colleague." The girl said.

Kate thought of meeting her once, but she was a little slow in reacting to her, "You are looking for me?"

Claire spoke calmly, "Someone wants to have a few words with you."

"Who?" hope rose from Kate's heart.

Claire turned and walked, and Kate followed. Their figures disappeared into the trees. After a few turns, they came to the empty land.

A man in a black jacket was standing there with his back to them. His hands were behind him, and his hair was gray.

Kate's heart sank.

The man turned to them. He was in his fifties, medium height, with ordinary facial features except for a pair of sharp eyes.

"This is our deputy director Roger Kane, Jimmy, and my supervisor." Claire introduced.

The man reached his hand to Kate, "Hi, Kate."

Kate reached her hand to shake with him mechanically.

Claire looked around and said, "You two talk. I will go over there to watch." And she took out a coat with a similar color to Kate's and put it on, and then she walked away.

Kate was puzzled. The man said, "I want to talk with you about something. It is about Jimmy."

Kate held her breath.

Roger showed sadness in his eyes when he said, "Jimmy was an excellent policeman, and we had great expectations for him. It is so sad that he died in action. What is more outrageous is that it wasn't simple revenge. We have conducted a thorough investigation, and we found a suspect not far from the scene of the accident."

He took a picture from his pocket and gave it to her.

Kate took it. It was a picture taken from a traffic surveillance system. After being enlarged, it was vague. A man was sitting in a car, wearing a baseball cap that covered most of his face except his mouth and chin. However, Kate recognized him at once. It was the taciturn Sam.

She shivered and raised her head. The man nodded at her solemnly.

"In our analysis, this was a well-planned assassination. The hotel boss, under the order of this man, probably made the call to the alarm center. The timing was perfect. When Jimmy and Claire arrived, the suspect came out of the hotel. They followed naturally and fell into the trap they set…"

Kate didn't react, but her blood was turning cold.

Roger continued gloomily, "Eight years ago, there was a murder in this city. A rich businessman was killed in his own house, and his body was thrown into the swimming pool. There was a gunshot in his temple…

"That was a sticky case. We didn't have any clues. Our colleague who was in charge of the case deduced the gun-type through the marks on the bullet casing. He spent a few years tracing the sources of guns and finally came to the record of LA customs. It was found accidentally that someone was smuggling luxury cars and other items with high tariffs. And that company smuggled this batch of guns in. However, our colleague was murdered as soon as he found the evidence."

Kate was terrified at the story. Then Roger sighed and said, "This colleague was Jack Pardey. He is my old friend and Jimmy's Uncle Jack."

"Five years later, Jimmy found this evidence. And it is said that he got some new clues. But unfortunately, he suffered the same fate as his Uncle Jack."

Roger looked at Kate sincerely, "You are a friend of Jimmy. I hope you can help us. They cannot die for nothing."

Kate didn't remember how the conversation ended. When she walked back through the wood of cedar trees, she met Claire again. Claire's eyes were reddish. She said to Kate, "He mentioned a few names before he died, yours was among them."

Kate staggered a little, and Claire caught her, "Are you OK?"

Kate shook her head, and tears came to her eyes.

Claire softened her face and said, "I don't know you very well, but Jimmy said you are a person with integrity. They are too strong, too powerful. And they have big heads covering them. We have to reach to you for help."

Appearing detached from sadness, Kate went back to the villa, showing nothing unusual. Of course, in her heart, there were roaring waves and storms. The waves pushed by raging winds crashed on the beach and made great sounds that only she could hear.

Daisy went to an interview that morning and came back in a cheerful mood. She heard that Kate had had an ultrasound exam, so she had come over to see her sister and the picture of the baby.

Kate gave Daisy her purse absent-mindedly. She opened it and exclaimed, "How amazing! The original shape of human life looks like a bean."

"This kid will turn out to be great. The first time I heard about Mr. Fox from Max, I thought he was a middle-aged man with a large belly and a baldhead. I was so surprised when he stepped into the room. He looks like a movie star…"

Daisy laughed and continued, "He is nice to you. Kate, the two hundred thousand dollars you gave Father for surgery was given by him, wasn't it?"

Kate was depressed, and she was even more upset when she heard this. She said, "Don't tell Mom and Dad about me."

"You cannot lie to them forever."

Kate was sad and said, "Just keep this from them for the time being."

Daisy put down the picture of the baby and urged her, "Kate, don't be too old-fashioned. There are a lot of people like you in this world. Don't take it so seriously."

Kate looked at her sister with surprise, "You don't think it is serious."

Daisy shrugged her shoulders, "What else can you do? You have a baby with him. He doesn't have a wife. It is not even an extramarital affair. What are you scared of?"

She rolled her eyes and then asked, "Sister, you didn't intend to give up this child, did you?"

Kate didn't say anything, being seen through by her sister.

Daisy said, "It is bad for the body if a woman aborts her first child."

Kate smiled bitterly. It was not her consideration if it hurt her body or hot.

Daisy kept silent for a while and then said, "You don't want the baby because you have someone else you love?"

Kate still didn't reply. Her heart was aching.

"Then you'd better make up your mind."

Daisy pointed to the bean in the picture, "It is so small now. It probably cannot be counted as a child yet. And it won't feel pain."

Kate recalled the doctor said the embryo had the initial shape of a human and the limbs had formed.

It had a human shape now. And a heartbeat.