Derek's POV
The first thing Tabitha did when she woke up was jerk back, clutching her belly with her left hand she was facing some kind of danger.
Seeing her instinctively freak out around me, I felt my heart shattered into a million pieces.
"Relax, Tabitha. I just ... wanna feel the fetal movements."
Tabitha, however, didn't buy it at all. With a fierce look on her face, she hissed like a mother hen protecting her chicks, "Get out of here!"
"Okay, okay! Just chill, Tabitha. I'll leave right away."
Just when I turned around, I heard her wince behind me.
I stopped in my tracks and turned around, only to see her brows knitted, pain etched all over her face.
I immediately rushed over and asked, "What's wrong? Did the pups kick you again? Just now, I felt like they were moving very fre
