“Here you go, big girl. Merry Christmas.” Bella bent over the place a Christmas package that contained meat on the ground. Asha waited for Bella to give her permission and then she pounced on the package and began to tear at the paper, eager to get to the meat hidden inside of the wrapped box. Bella laughed lightly and got out of the way. She would have to pick up wrapping paper and torn pieces of the box from all over the yard pretty soon, and in a few months… well she probably wouldn’t even be able to bend over as easily as she did now.
Absentmindedly, her hand moved to her flat belly. It was so hard to believe that there was life inside of her, even after she’d taken so many pregnancy tests. They’d all been positive, and according to a few of them, she was farther along than she’d ever dreamt. It was strange. On one hand, she felt as though her body had been fixed. She wasn’t broken! But on the other hand, she wondered how ready they were to bring a baby Dwyer into the picture. Nathan’s reaction when she’d told him the news had been genuinely thrilled. If that didn’t say enough, Bella didn’t know what did. Yet, there were still some doubts lingering inside of her. She wasn’t really mother material. Sure, she nurtured animals and nursed them back to health, but human babies were an entirely different thing. Weren’t they? Asha’s loud chewing brought her out of her thoughts and she couldn’t help but laugh at the cheetah’s excitement. She walked away from her and headed back into the house. They would need to feed all of the animals again in a few hours, but for now, some relaxation was in order. Bella’s smile grew wider when Nathan met her in the doorway, waiting to take her into his arms. “You couldn’t have missed me that much already,” Bella teased. Nathan grinned at her. “What makes you so sure?” He pressed a kiss to Bella’s lips and she sighed contentedly. “Our first Christmas as husband and wife… not bad at all.”
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