My Ex, Please Love Me Again

“Stop thinking about those things now. You need some rest,” Anya said to Phil who was sleeping on the couch. “Today you need good rest so go to sleep in the bed.”

She was confused by his request of sleeping on the couch at her apartment when it was totally uncomfortable for him to curl up on such a short couch.

But tonight Anya couldn’t let him sleep on the couch anymore. Only if he got enough sleep could he have the energy to cope with other problems tomorrow, or more precisely, today.

Glancing up with his gloomy eyes, Phil said with a wry smile. “Any, I should have been very happy seeing that you cared about me. But I couldn’t feel happy now.”

He had waited over four years for her to show genuine concern for him. But he was deprived of happiness at this time. All he could feel was bitter sorrow and misery.

Anya denied, “Who says I care about you? You go to sleep now.”

Phil got up from the couch and hugged her. “Sleep in the same bed with me.”

She was afraid that he might not get good sleep. But what she didn’t know was that he thought alike. He also feared that she might not sleep well.

She was pregnant and was supposed to get enough sleep.

Upon hearing that, Anya wriggled. “I am not sleeping with you. That is ridiculous.”

They had divorced. She already felt it absurd for him to stay at her apartment all the time. Sleeping with him was absolutely out of the question.

“Then you go to sleep in the bed.” Phil didn’t force her and let go of her after saying this.

Anya didn’t know how to answer that.

Did this man start to torment himself again?

“What are you worried about? You are pregnant and I am not in the mood for having sex. What do you think I want to do?” Phil defended himself.

He didn’t have the desire or energy to have sex with her now.

Finally, Anya made a concession. They slept in the same bed. Anya required him to sleep on the other side of the bed and she lay on this side. They were so weary that they fell asleep almost the moment they came into contact with pillows.

However, albeit the huge gap Anya intentionally made before going to sleep, she found that they cuddled up together again when she woke up. The man put his arms around her and she leaned close to him. She had an untroubled sleep, except for mild heat in the belly.

Her belly was covered by the man’s hand.

Anya smacked his hand off. “What are you doing?”

“To feel my daughter.” Before Anya could retort, Phil added, “Did you feel her moving?”

Anya was vexed by him. “No.”

Though she had been four months pregnant, she never felt fetal movement. Earlier when she had the antenatal checks and tests, the doctor told her that the baby would start kicking by this month, as mildly as a butterfly waving its wings or a fish spitting bubbles. Maybe because she was not sensible, she didn’t feel a hint of movement.

Phil laid his hand on her belly again and whispered, “Try to feel it. I really think she is kicking.”© NôvelDrama.Org - All rights reserved.

Looking at his serious expression, Anya began to feel the baby’s movement patiently and quietly.

After a few seconds, she cracked a surprised smile, “It seems that the baby is moving.”

Phil got closer to her and said in a low voice, “Told you she was kicking.”

“It is nice.”

He expressed his feeling in low spirits.

Trevon’s death brought much sorrow to him. But the sorrow was partly offset by the surprise of feeling the existence of his daughter this morning.

But Anya didn’t plan to let him continue his cuddle. She took away his hands and got out of bed. Time to stop this kind of emotional bonding. It was late and they had plenty of tasks to finish.

Later they had a simple breakfast. Before Phil left home to deal with some matters, he said to Anya, “I’ll be busy in the next few days, so I might not be able to take care of you.”

Anya replied swiftly, “I can take good care of myself.”

She had no difficulties taking care of herself but he broke into her life and insisted on looking after her, acting as if she couldn’t survive without him.

Phil smiled, “Maisie and Ezra will arrive here by noon. And they will be with you in the following days.”

“What?” Anya was surprised.

They were coming? How come she had no idea of it?

Although Anya told them what happened last night in the group chats, she never expected their arrival. After all, they lived too far from her place.

“They were preparing to come here after learning about the incidents yesterday. Their original plan was to visit Nancy in Ascana with the child. It didn’t cause too much trouble for them to come here and help us,” said Phil.

Their brotherhood would never fade even when they lived separately. Julian was thinking about getting here on his private plane but was stopped by Phil.

They put themselves in his shoes and he didn’t want to create any inconvenience for them, for sure.

Julian and Emelia had two kids to look after. Jean was pregnant. So Phil directly declined Julian’s and Arthur’s offer to help. Finally, only Ezra and Maisie were permitted to come here with the kid.

Nancy was troubled by her company affairs and couldn’t squeeze Ezra and Maisie in. Thus, Ezra and Maisie had the plan to visit Nancy. Hearing the accidents last night, they changed their plan and got here as soon as possible.

Anya was impressed by their good friendship. “You guys have a very close friendship.”

What an enviable brotherhood.

It was such bliss to have developed friendships like what they had amid a society full of materialism and ballyhoo, wasn’t it?

Then she thought of her friends…

The relationship between the people who constituted a band at the university with her and Tristin went sour. The other girls she knew gradually lost contact with her after they moved to other countries to study.

She actually had very few friends at the university. On account of Phil, often was the case that people were envious of her. Plus her constant absence from the dormitory, she established a friendship with few classmates.

“Didn’t you have a close relationship with your group which includes Nina?” Phil rubbed her head while saying this.

Speaking of Nina, she was famous for being hard to deal with. Phil had been under fire from her several times because of Anya. But he also owed Nina and the other girls in their group a favor since they helped hide Anya’s pregnancy from him. That was why Anya could pass the early stage of her pregnancy safely and steadily.

Anya couldn’t wait to send Phil out. “Off you go now.”

Anya was thinking about how to welcome Maisie when she arrived.