Branch Three Hundred and Ninety

Xavier had made Jessica complete the exercise and she swore that the only thing that would take her down again was if her water broke and she was ready to go give birth to the baby.

"I hate you" she murmured as she pulled the blanket over her legs.

"I love you" she shouts back from the closet.

"I wonder why you have an unbelievably good hearing" she shouted back to him.

He came out with a robe wrapped around him. "I am about to take a shower do you care to join me?" he asked with a wink as he placed his body on the door frame.

"I do not," she said in a sharp voice.

"Come on"

"I do not want to. I am so exhausted from climbing up the stairs"

A frown took over Xavier's face before he turned around and said "Do whatever you want"

Jessica sighed and lay down on the bed. She was sorry that she kept snapping at him but it was his fault that she was like this. If he had kept his pants on she would not be feeling as if she was carrying a full sack of rice.

She closed her eyes to try an