Goodbye You Never Loved Me novel (Martha and Stefan)
Chapter 738 Melissa Gives Birth

Chapter 738 Melissa Gives Birth

Stefan watched Jimmy's departing figure and his eyes darkened. He turned around and placed a hand on Martha's belly, asking in a deep voice, "Do you think our daughter will be as cute as Anna?" "What if it's a son?" Martha asked with a smile, ruining the mood.

As expected, Stefan frowned at her words and promptly denied the speculation. "No way. It must be a daughter."

Martha couldn't help but burst out laughing at his certainty. Maxwell and Bianca exchanged amused glances.

The next second, Martha's suppressed laughter escaped from her lips. "How can you be so sure that our baby is going to be a girl? Are you some sort of fortune teller, Mr. Harrison?" Stefan's brows furrowed even tighter as he pursed his lips in silence.

It was only then that Stefan realized something very serious - there was no guarantee that their child would definitely be female despite his strong desire for it to happen.

Although he hoped for it and firmly believed that they were having a daughter, the reality was that there was only 50% chance of having one.

He found it hard to accept but had no choice but to come to terms with it.

Meanwhile, Jimmy felt depressed because he missed Anna while Stefan became moody due to the possibility of having a son in Martha's belly. Time flew by.

In no time at all Melissa's due date arrived.

On this day, Melissa waddled into the living room with her big belly before she sat down on the sofa opposite Martha who ate fruit while watching TV.

She sighed, looking down at her stomach and saying, "This thing is really heavy; I don't know when I'll finally deliver."

After Anna left them, Melissa moved into the Doyle Manor under false pretenses, claiming Eden worked too much for the Harrison Group which left him unable to care for her during pregnancy, so she moved into the Doyle Manor.

But truthfully, Eden being an inexperienced father-to-be and Melissa being a mother-to-be meant that they still had a lot to learn.

In case that they would be flustered when Melissa's water broke, Martha thought it better to have Melissa move into the Doyle Manor under the watchful eyes of Martha and Bianca.

Just like now, Martha calmly listened to her best friend's complaints while holding a fruit platter and never taking her eyes off the TV screen.

"Eat some fruit to calm your nerves. When it's time for the baby to come out, it will come out," Stefan heard something about radiation from electronic devices and started restricting Martha's phone and computer usage without any reason.

This led Martha to become so bored that she had nothing else but watching TV dramas about love stories.

Even when she watched TV, she had to sit three meters away from the screen because of Stefan's restrictions. If it weren't for her good eyesight, she would have wanted to hit Stefan.

It was just pregnancy; there was no need for such fussing around.

However, when Eden also started restricting Melissa, life didn't seem as difficult for Martha anymore.

Later on, Melissa and Martha often sat together on their sofa enjoying watching scheduled romance dramas together.

After eating a piece of honeydew melon, Melissa sighed, "Today's grapes are so sweet."

"Melissa," Martha quipped without looking at her friend while munching on grapes in hand at a steady pace. "Can you say something different occasionally? Don't say 'today's grapes are so sweet' every day." She didn't hate eating grapes but couldn't stand having them every single day.

However, later on, with Stefan coaxing her into eating them every day, she got used to it.

Grapes contain high sugar content which was why during pregnancy period, she drank lots of water daily as an antidote against high blood sugar levels.

And these days even Melissa got used to eating grapes too.

Upon hearing this comment, Melissa lazily glanced at Martha before calmly saying, "If I don't say 'today's grapes are so sweet,' should I say 'water is so sweet'?" Martha thought about this for a moment before agreeing that they should indeed describe how good the grape tasted instead of anything else.

Just then Bianca walked out from kitchen holding pork rib soup in hand, "Martha, Melissa! Come drink soup quickly!"

"Okay."

Martha responded helplessly before turning towards Melissa again. "I wonder what kind of soup we're drinking today."

From the moment she returned, Bianca made a different soup for Martha to drink every day. When Melissa moved in, she started drinking it too.

Melissa laughed and said, "Bianca makes everything taste good."

Martha nodded in agreement as she rubbed her pregnant belly and sighed. "I've gained so much weight since getting pregnant."

Stefan had hidden all the scales in the house to spare Martha from seeing her weight gain and feeling upset about it. So while Martha knew she had gained weight, she didn't know how much exactly. Melissa rolled her eyes. "Where have you gained weight?"

Sitting next to Melissa, Martha looked radiant with a maternal glow on her face due to pregnancy.

She wore cute maternity clothes that accentuated her round belly but otherwise looked no different from any other woman who was not pregnant.

Despite this, Martha still complained every day about how much weight she had gained.

"I'm hungry," Melissa grumbled as she clumsily got up to go drink some soup.

"I'll come too," said Martha as she slowly stood up with difficulty due to her big belly.

As they walked towards the table together, Melissa suddenly turned around with a look of panic on her face and an expression that seemed like crying without tears.

Martha was taken aback and asked nervously, "What's wrong? Are you going into labor?"

Melissa's hand trembled uncontrollably as she opened her mouth wide before nodding hesitantly, "My water broke."

"That means you're going into labor!" exclaimed Martha before turning towards the kitchen and shouting, "Bianca! Bianca! Melissa's water broke!"

"We need to go to the hospital right away!"

Bianca rushed out of the kitchen and quickly went over to support Melissa's trembling arm.

"Don't be afraid; we're all here for you."

Melissa nodded anxiously but couldn't say another word after that.

At that moment, she could clearly feel waves of pain in her stomach, making her want to scream but feeling embarrassed to do so.

Martha hurried towards the door, shouting at the entrance of the hall, "Dad, have the driver take Melissa to the hospital."

"Okay."

After hearing this, Maxwell quickly responded and had the driver start the car.

A group of people rushed onto the car in a panic. Just as Martha was about to follow them onto it, Bianca frowned slightly. "What are you doing following us?"

"Bianca, I'll wait for Melissa at the hospital. I won't be at ease otherwise," Martha said before trying to get on board but was stopped by Bianca.

"You're almost eight months pregnant yourself. What are you doing going to a hospital? You'll just be causing trouble," Bianca glared unhappily and clearly didn't want Martha to come along. Everyone was anxious enough. What if something went wrong with Martha during Melissa's delivery?

Besides, with Martha's swollen legs right now, she wasn't suited for waiting outside an operating room anyway.

Just then, despite enduring waves of pain in her stomach area, Melissa struggled to say, "Martha, you stay home; I'm fine."

Martha frowned as she tried arguing back but Maxwell urged them all on instead, "Quickly! Drive us to the hospital!"

Melissa had always been close with Martha over these years while Maxwell himself treated her like his own daughter, so he too felt worried when she gave birth now.

Bianca replied before quickly closing up the car door.

Soon, the driver drove away.

Martha, who stood on the spot, watched the car fading away and felt helpless.

"Why does it seem like Melissa is more like my father's biological daughter than me?"

After regaining herself, she looked towards where the car disappeared into distance with worry.

She hoped that both mother and child would be safe.

After standing there for a while longer and feeling soreness in her legs, she turned around, heading back into the living room where clumsily walking over towards the sofa.

She picked up the phone receiver, dialing a familiar number without delay.

Soon, a low yet magnetic voice came through its speaker, "Martha."

Martha tightened her grip on the phone and said anxiously, "Have Eden hurry over near our house's local hospital. Melissa is giving birth."

"Okay," Stefan murmured in response, but before he could say anything else, a busy tone came through the phone.

Martha sat on the couch, anxiously clutching her phone and wondering if they had packed everything they needed.

Melissa was due to give birth within the next week or two, and Eden had been by her side every day. But today there was some business that required Eden's attention at work, and yet Melissa happen to give birth today!

Bianca had prepared a delivery bag when Melissa entered her final month of pregnancy. Martha thought about what else they might need.