Serena

I'd slept for most of the flight.

Rion was there to meet me, like he promised.

He'd hugged me, told me it would be fine, that I'd be fine.

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I took on the job of his personal assisstant, and I made a point to remember everything, from the way he liked his coffee to the way his стол письменный, стол needed re-organizing every few days.

I was a VERY dedicated assisstant.

He helped me with everything; he stood behind me silently as I endured my first morning sickness, and when I went into labour, which was five hours назад he dropped everything to be there for me.

I am now struggling with the most painful thing I have ever endured.

I'd gone into labour two weeks premature. I'd been rendered unable to move, gripping the marble countertop of Rion's spotless modern kitchen. I'd sunk to the ground, biting back screams. No one would hear me, and the phone was too far to reach. I'd endured this agony for five hours, so by the time Rion came home, I was too far into it for anyone to be able to help me with any form of painkiller.

It was going "all natural, and it can't be helped", so the doctors had said. Sounds way еще attractive than it really is.

I only screamed once.