Cassandra Leone:-
The following morning, I got up very early and was very uncomfortable. I felt pain in my back, and my full, nine-month pregnant belly was too pressurized. The agony of Braxton Hicks gripped my stomach again, more sharply than ever, and I suppressed a groan and moved on the bed. Eliseo sat at the fringe of the couch, half waking up, with his hair dishevelled and his eyes contracting the moment he caught a glimpse of my face.
"Are you in pain?" He inquired at once with a sleep-thickened voice, but all awake.
"It is only Braxton Hicks," I said hastily, and groaned as I was obliged to smile. "Today, they come a little stronger, but there is nothing to fuss about."
He didn't look convinced. His gaze went down my face, down to my stomach, and up again to my eyes. "You sure?
