The Billionaire's Promise
Chapter 238: A Princess Is Born Part 2

Chapter 238: A Princess Is Born Part 2

The nurse asked Erik to leave the room so they could start preparing Aryana before they could transfer her to the delivery room when the time was right.

Erik glared at the nurse. "I would like to stay with my wife during her labor."

The nurse glanced at the resident doctor and she nodded. The nurse handed Erik a set of clothing sealed in plastic and instructed him to put them on. Erik accepted the package and went to the changing area to change.

He put on the lab gown and the cap. He noted that there was a pair of shoe covers made from thin cloth and he put it on.

By the time he went out of the changing room and went to the triage area, Aryana had also changed into the hospital lab gown and her OB had arrived.

When the doctor locked gazes with Erik, she registered a surprised look. He was the bodyguard who accompanied Mu Lan during her checkups. She did not expect that the Mu patriarch would allow him to be the stand-in husband for Mu Lan even during her delivery.

"Her amniotic fluid has already ruptured. She is now 5cm and if she becomes fully dilated in the next hour, then she can have a normal delivery."

Their conversation was disrupted when Aryana screamed in pain. Erik was at the bedside. He let her hold his hand which Aryana grasped tightly.

Beads of perspiration appeared on her forehead. Erik took out his handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat away, then he caressed her forehead with the back of his hand.

"Can you give her an epidural?" Erik asked when he saw Aryana’s face contorted in pain.

"No! I don’t like an epidural." Aryana blurted out stubbornly.

Erik could only sigh. He was holding both of Aryana’s hands. He knew that she was in pain because her grip on his hands would tighten to the point that it hurt him.

"Yana... honey, you are doing great. Just bear it for a little while and baby Erika will be out in no time." Erik coaxed her gently.

The people surrounding the bed turned to him in confusion. Wasn’t the patient’s name Mu Lan? Why was he calling her Yana?

Even the OB was confused. The way he looked at the patient and coaxed her was like a husband would do to a wife whom he loves so much.

The doctor looked at Erik thoughtfully. She realized from early on that the bodyguard seemed not ordinary at all. He was too domineering and his aura too powerful to be a bodyguard. Maybe he was Mu Lan’s first love and for some reason Mu Lan was married to someone else, became pregnant but encountered an accident and the husband died. Then he took the opportunity to barge into Mu Lan’s life.

"Doctor Sy, do we transfer her to the delivery room?"

The resident doctor pulled her back from a wild imagination.

Doctor Sy nodded and Aryana was transferred to the delivery room. Erik did not let go of her hands even when the attendant wheeled her bed to the delivery room and when she was transferred to the bed.

The nurses worked quickly. They assisted in positioning the patient on the bed. One of the nurses placed her ankles on the stirrup. That would hold her legs in position and facilitate her childbirth.

Erik was sitting on a stool and his body was leaning on the bed.

As another bout of pain hit Aryana, her head ached at the same time though she did not notice because she was immersed in the unbearable pain in her lower body.

Fragments of her lost memory seemed to appear in her mind all at the same time. Before she could register them another pain hit her.

"Boohoho... Erik, it’s so painful." Aryana cried while gritting her teeth and tightening her grip on Erik’s hands.

Erik froze. He looked at Aryana who was looking at him with teary eyes. Did she just call him Erik? Did she regain her memory? Erik’s heart beat like a drum roll. How he hoped that Aryana regained her memory and remembered him.

When their gaze locked, Aryana was stunned.

"Erik, it is you. You’re here!" Her smile was faint, but relief could be seen in her eyes.

Erik’s eyes sparkled as tears threatened to fall from them.

"Yana..honey...’’ Before he could finish his sentence, Aryana cried again.

Erik noticed the strength she was gritting her teeth. He wanted to share her pain so he inserted the fleshy part of his hand above his right thumb into her mouth.

When the next contraction came, Aryana sunk her teeth into Erik’s flesh. Erik sucked in quickly. He felt the pain but he knew it was nothing compared to what Aryana was going through right now.

"I can see the baby’s head now. When the next contraction comes, push hard just like we practiced before." Dr. Sy instructed Aryana.

Aryana has gone through a lot of pain. She understood that if she wanted the pain to stop, then she needed to work hard to push Erika out of her. The sooner she comes, the earlier the pain would end.

When the next contraction hit her, she pushed with all her might. Her brain seemed to become numb as the pain she felt peaked but after a few seconds, she felt a release.

She was exhausted and wanted to close her eyes but they widened again when she heard the loud cry of baby.

"You are so brave, honey. You did great!" Erik kissed her on the forehead not minding the thin layer of perspiration that covered it. He used the back of his hand to wipe the wetness away.

"My baby," Aryana uttered weakly.

Erik finally lifted his gaze away from Aryana and looked at the resident pediatrician who was attending to his daughter.

"Just wait a little more. They are still cleaning baby Erika."

Erik could not describe how he was feeling. He was so happy that the corners of his mouth almost touched his ears.

"Here is your baby girl." The doctor said smiling as she placed the newborn on Aryana’s bosom.

"My baby, Erika!" Aryana whispered, and then she closed her eyes.