Chapter 223: It will soon be time

It had been weeks. Mira had been confined indoors without seeing anyone with the exception of her husbands and the maidens assigned to her. The same maidens Ming Tao let take care of her when he went to snoop around Hye Yang’s business.

Jia Hao had stayed in the cheetah clan to recover and be there for Mira even though he had little to do with the actual father of the child Mira was nursing in her stomach handling every single thing.

Her stomach had an obvious round now and after weeks of confinement, Mira and Ming Tao had decided it was time to reveal the baby to the rest of the cheetah clan. With a celebration.

During Mira’s confinement, she had not been involved in meetings relating to clan affairs nor anything about retrieving the cubs Hye Yang had trafficked to the other side of the beast region and while on a normal day she would argue, Mira felt her delivery date nearing and she wanted to keep all her strength and energy for her baby. Or babies. Hopefully not six.

A cold laugh escaped Mira’s lips as she thought about the growing being in her belly. She was sat on the bed like a pregnant woman did with legs spread and an attire draped over her body to conceal her nakedness because she had no clothes on and she kept on patting her stomach softly. Her belly was unbelievably round now and it made her wonder how many babies were in there. Mira hummed a lullaby, eyes fixed on her belly.

"You will grow up to be big and strong like the skinny cat your father." Mira stated to her stomach. She paused then shot her head up. "But you won’t be skinny cats, you’ll be skinny kittens!" Mira added. "And you’ll be tiny, hopefully tiny at birth so you do not rip my hole." Mira laughed nervously. She felt like she was going mad, here she was alone in a room talking to herself.

Well, to her babies which were in her belly so she was not sure which was worse. Mira shrugged, she continued humming and rubbing her round belly. She felt a kick.

This made her giggle. "Careful there, little soldier. Momma wants you out of there like you want to be too." Mira smiled. She was torn between dread and happiness because of the future that awaited her in the labour room but she tried to distract her mind from it. "But you know what? I will tell you a secret no one ever will." Mira leaned her head lower to her stomach and whispered. "Your father loves being inside of me and is probably jealous that you are instead of him." A wide smile spread across Mira’s lips, she bit her lower lip with her teeth all the while maintaining her smile. "It is how we had you, baby!" Mira chuckled.

A cleared throat made Mira’s attention dwindle. She stared across to see who it was but she saw no one. The room windows were enclosed with cut out fur that served as curtains so the room was dark.

"Who’s there?" Mira called alarmed. She had sent her maidens away so she could have some peace of mind and now someone had invaded her sanctuary. How? This place was guarded by cheetahs.

"Relax, my darling. It is I, your ’skinny cat’." The voice said. Footsteps echoed in the room as he walked forward. "I enjoyed watching you bond with our child till you mentioned how they came to be. Forgive me for intruding, but babies are not supposed to know that." Ming Tao stated. He was standing in front of her how, dressed in his princely attire and a majestic robe. Mira could tell that before he came here, he was attending to pack matters because he smelt like fresh wood and flowers.

She had no idea how, but he smelt like flowers, the same one she used to wash herself.

"I would have thought you would say otherwise, as you know, the beast people have a thing for parading their nakedness everywhere and anywhere." Mira stated in a tease.

Ming Tao sat on the bed by her side and put his hand on her stomach. "When they are old enough, they will find out themselves."

Mira raised a brow at his statement. Beast cubs knew how they came to exist so she was sure what he meant by ’old enough’ was still a cheetah cub but she chose not to say anything. "Right. Old enough." Mira worded.

Ming Tao shifted his hips backwards a bit and lowered his body forward. He let his other hand reach for Mira’s stomach and now both his hands rested on both sides of her belly then he placed a kiss at the center of her stomach. "Our baby will soon be born." Ming Tao chorused. "It feels like a dream." He added.

Mira smiled as she watched him have his bond with their child. If he was this drawn to the child while the baby was in her belly, she wondered how he will be when the baby was born. They will practically be inseparable and she liked it.

As long as it does not interfere with their sex, Mira was all good about this.

[ ’I only see my goals, I don’t believe in failure’ ] System chimed a melody. It was the meme part of the song 7 years. Mira did not even know how system knew that like but it made her grin.

Good sex in marriage equal happy wife and happy wife equals happy life and I am sure my husband agrees with this too, Mira said to system in her mind.

[ He technically does not have a choice but to agree. I mean, pregnant you is a walking hormonal disaster with mood swings. Constant mood swings. ]

This made Mira pout, she had a lot to say but she sad nothing, system did not have to clock her ass like that.

"Tonight will be the ceremony for the pregnancy reveal. Do you have anything you would like me to do as the preparation continues?" Ming Tao asked his wife.

Mira gave it a thought before speaking. "Sweep through the cheetah clan and ensure no one with evil intentions towards me is present in the clan." Mira said. She was not about to have a Hye Yang two point o when it was nearing time for her to give birth and she was ready to take every single possible Hye Yang out of existence, for good.