When Zach and Eliana went to the hospital, they were led by the nurse to an examination room, and a doctor named Hazel came in few minutes later and greeted them before telling her to lie down.
"This is going to be cold," Hazel warned before raising Eliana's shirt and applying the gel.
Eliana flinched at the coldness of the gel and suddenly felt as Zach held her hand.
Hazel smiled at the couple and then began moving the transducer around. "This here is your baby."
"It's so little," Eliana replied in awe, and suddenly, there was a soft beating sound.
"Is that....." Zach started to ask but was unable to complete his question.
Hazel smiled and replied to Zach's unspoken question, "Yes, that is your baby's heartbeat."
Zach felt a slight itch on his heart as he looked at the screen and heard the baby's heartbeat. If he felt this way just from hearing the child's heartbeat, he wondered how he would feel when the baby was born. Eliana calling the baby little was an exaggeration, to him, it was tiny, very tiny.
"Zach, are you okay?" Eliana asked, seeing his dazed look.
Zach finally moved his gaze from the screen to Eliana, saying, "Yes, I'm all right."
"Is the baby healthy?" Eliana asked.
"Very healthy. Since the baby is just 8 weeks old, it's too early to tell you its gender, but I assure you it's a healthy one."
Eliana sighed in relief and asked, "Can we get three pictures of the scan?"
"Of course, I will print it out right now," Hazel replied and passed a tissue to Eliana for her to clean her stomach.
After getting out of the hospital, Eliana gave a picture of the sonogram to Zach and said, "One is for you, and the other is for me."
"And the third? I know what you are thinking, Eli."
"I will be fine. I'm still their daughter, and this child is their grandchild, I'm sure once they see the baby picture, they will be excited." Eliana replied with a smile.
Zach looked at the excitement in her eyes and sighed "Fine. They need me at the construction site so I have to leave, but call me when you are done, and I will pick you up."
Eliana smiled and said, "Does this mean we are no longer a secret? Is our relationship still just sexual?"
Zach chuckled and said, "Have our relationship ever been just sexual? Name a time you have needed me and I have never shown up for you."
"You ignored me for a month."
"You lied to me for a year by not telling me that you were Amber's sister, and Ethan has always taken care of matters for you, right?"
Eliana pouted and replied, "I guess that is true but it's your fault for not even remembering me."
"Fine, it's my fault for not remembering a twelve years old you. I will drop you off at the Moore mansion and then leave for the site," Zach said and led her to the car.
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Moore Mansion.
Eliana took in a deep breath as she entered the house and clutched her purse where she kept her baby sonogram.
"After humiliating us, you still have the nerve to show your face here."
Eliana looked at her mother who was standing at the staircase, and said, "I'm sorry about how the dinner went, but...."
"But? You seriously have an excuse for sleeping with your sister's fiance?"
"Zach isn't her fiance just the way Amber isn't a Moore. His grandmother made a deal with my grandmother while a baby was in your womb and I was that baby, me and not Amber. It was her mother who exchanged us at birth, and I lived with that woman for ten years. For ten years, she starved me and made me her slave while her daughter slept on my bed, lived with my parents and enjoyed my life. If Grandma hadn't figured it out, I would still be with that woman. I came to this house because I thought my life would change. I was finally going to be with my real parents who were going to love and care for me, but instead, you made me your adopted daughter and told the world that Amber was your child. Neither you nor Dad has ever cared about how I felt, I have always given up things for Amber and just this time, when I couldn't give up Zach, a man who was betrothed to me before I was born, has made me a villain?"
"If I made you an adopted child, then you should have lived as one!" Sloane shouted as she climbed down the stairs and walked towards Eliana.
"What?"
"Do you not know the role of an adopted child? They are grateful for every crumbs given to them, they do not talk or fight back, and mostly, they do not sleep with their sister fiance."
"Amber is not my sister, a daughter of that wrenched woman can never be called my sister."
Sloane felt so angry at Eliana's words that she slapped her.
Eliana widened her eyes in surprise as she felt her mother's palm against her cheek, and a tear slipped from her eyes as she looked at the woman who birthed her and asked, "You slapped me because of her?"
" How did you become so selfish that you think of no one but yourself? We both know that Amber has a weak body and shouldn't be too stressed out, but because of you, she hasn't eaten or even drank a sip of water since last night. The girl is depressed because of you, but yet you feel no remorse, and to be honest, if you want to know the real truth, I wish you were never found."
"Sloane!" A male voice loudly called out.
Eliana turned to see her dad at the entrance of the door dressed in his business suit
"Is this the way you speak to your child?" Henry asked angrily. He looked at Eliana and saw the bruise on her cheek and then asked "Did you raise your hand to her? Have you forgotten that she is pregnant? What is even wrong with you?"
"Did I do anything wrong? When a child misbehaves, it is only normal for the mother to discipline that child." Sloane replied emotionlessly.
Henry sighed and looked at Eliana, he brought out a handkerchief from his pocket and gave it to her, saying, "Clean your tears, crying is not good for the baby?"
Eliana accepted the handkerchief, cleaned her tears, and said, "I came to give you something."
She opened her purse, brought out the sonogram, and gave it to her father.
Henry collected it and laughed, saying, "So this is my first grandchild, he looks so little."
Hearing those words brought a smile to Eliana's face, at least there was one parent who loved her. However, her smile disappeared as she heard her father's next words.
"Now that your pregnancy is confirmed and it is for Zach, it should be easier for you to convince him to invest in TM Entertainment, right? A marriage with Amber couldn't so maybe a child with you could?
"What do you mean by that?"
Henry looked at his daughter and said, "Eliana, the child in your womb is not just Zachary's child, it is the Sanders family heir and with this child, you can have access to anything you want. I want you to use this power that this child has given you to help TM Entertainment."
"And if I refuse?" Eliana asked.
"Then you will be proving your mother right. That you are ungrateful, and it would have been better for you to not have been found." Henry replied coldly.