Leonardo I pulled away from 0livia and touched my lips before i left the room and walked away. I needed to control my desire, no matter how strong I shouldn't let deter me from my goal. I needed answers before anything else, but self control seemed to be an extreme sport. I checked my watch before calling Stanley on his cell, he picked after two rings. “Bring the car around.” I said and hung up. “Lunch is ready, are you going to your office,”? Rosa asked as soon as I appeared. “No. I'll grab something on my way, I have a meeting outside the City.” I said and luckily Stanley chose that time to make an appearance. He gave a slight nod to indicate that everything was ready. “Where to boss?” Stanley asked the minute we exited the estate and joined the main road. He knew that today my day was open and since I hadn't made mention of any special meetings, I was supposed to be be free. “I want to check how the work is going at the plant.” I said before sending a text to
Leonardo After the meeting with Cici. I walked out of my office and headed straight to the nursery. Cassandra was with one of the nannies and there was still no sign of Olivia anywhere. “Has Mrs De Luca been here to feed Cassandra?” I asked and the lady inside shook her head, she looked like she was ready to bolt out of the door. I had that calming effect on people. I didn't stick around but instead walked out of the nursery to the room next door which was Olivia's. The reason for the nursery to be close to her room was so that she didn't have to walk from one floor to another to feed Cassandra, otherwise, I might as well have made her nursery in my sentrum. I knocked on Olivia's door but there was. o answer, I pushed the door open and she was sitting on her bed, staring into an empty space. She was still in her pajamas and by the look of things, she hadn't showered or combed her hair. I sat on the bed next to her, when the mattress dipped she looked at me, startle
Leonardo The day Cassandra was born, I thought I was going to lose my mind with emotion. Luckily I didn’t, and three months later, here we were, as she slept peacefully in her crib while I watched her. Olivia was slowly adjusting to the demanding life of motherhood and the feeding times, most of the time it was me and Rosa who gave Cassandra her midnight bottle. I had asked Rosa to add two extra nannies for Cassandra until Olivia was fit enough to look after Cassandra by herself if she wanted to. Our relationship with Olivia hadn't improved, it was…just that. I helped as much as I could with Cassandra when I was home while she hid herself in her room doing God knows what. The business was back on its feet after the trouble she had caused me. Our partners were back, after some persuasion, I wouldn’t lie. Like most great businesses, ours was also built on top of those who refused to cooperate. Cici peeked from behind the door, “You looking for me?” he asked. I looked do
Olivia I lay in bed alone, I was 41 weeks and as big as a whale. My body wracked with pain. My first thought was that it was finally happening, I'd had a false alarm before but this was it. The day I'd been waiting for, and dreading, for months. I moved to lie on my back but that seemed to worsen the pain. Kera had told me to count the time between each contraction. And as of two seconds ago, the contractions were getting stronger, and much closer together. I knew I had to call Leonardo or Rosa soon. Wasn't it the reason why he gave me the phone, so I could call for help when the time came. I reached for my phone, dialing his number with trembling fingers. He answered on the first ring. "Leonardo," I said, and tried to keep my voice steady. "I think I'm going into labor." Then a contraction so strong had me deciding that it was not a case of maybe, I was going into labour. There was a pause on the phone while I breathed my way through it. “No…I'm going into labour now
Leonardo I moved my head, but it felt heavy. The surface where I lay was soft, which meant I was on a bed hopefully in my room, but how did I get up here? I opened my eyes, it was my room, but it was too bright, so I put my hand on my face, feeling the first signs of a headache start to appear. The beginning of my sorrows. My body ached and I thought I was going to be sick. I lifted myself up and almost had a heart attack when I saw a figure at the corner of the bed. “What are you doing here?” I asked, and got up, the room swirling around as I made my way to the bathroom, careful not to fall. “If our enemies saw you right now." Cici let out a low whistle. "And do you know how heavy you are?” he asked. “I know, they would be shocked that I'm just a man. And no I've never carried myself, but you have so enlighten me.” I said as I staggered past him. He must have carried me to bed, again. Something I was not proud of but…well. “You should have left me where I was
Olivia I stayed where I was, even after Leonardo's mom's warnings, I stayed put. I stayed and convinced myself that Leonardo would have done something by now if he so much suspected that the baby was not his, but he didn't except fuss over O. Yes, that's right. The morning after the visit Leonardo joined me on the Terrace for breakfast, beaming like a child on Christmas morning. The dog was on the lawn again, taking its morning stroll and relieving itself where it desired. Its presence didn't bother me as it did before, or maybe it was the fact that I tried to stick to my lane and leave it in its own lane, which was mostly at Leonardo's side. On that morning however when Leonardo looked as though he'd won the lottery, I asked him. “What got you so hyped up?” In my still naive state, I thought It was something that had to do with business, since he'd been closed off since the lady detective business. “I have a perfect name for the dog.” He said. I took a bite