Chapter 73 Pregnant Again

Richard's Pov

As I sat in the waiting room, time seemed to stretch into an eternity.

The minutes dragged on like hours, and the silence in the hospital was deafening.

The bright, sterile lights overhead did nothing to calm my nerves, and the rhythmic ticking of the clock on the wall only served to heighten my anxiety. I had been here for three hours, and the night had fully descended, casting a heavy darkness outside the windows.

The only thing I could focus on was the fact that Ava was still unconscious, and I had no idea what was wrong.

I replayed the events of the evening in my head over and over again.

The way Ava had suddenly gone limp in my arms, her eyes fluttering shut, and how she hadn't responded to my frantic attempts to wake her.

The memory of it made my heart pound in my chest, fear gripping me like a vice. I couldn't shake the image of her pale face, her body so still and lifeless. What if something was seriously wrong? What if she never woke up?

The thought was