SPILL THE BEANS

* CARTER ENTERPRISES*

The main Carter design enterprise is located in the center of the city and it's surrounded by many major retailers that makes buying our materials easy in short notice.

"Good afternoon Mr Carter. Are you here to meet your parents?" Stephanie asks. She is the executive floor receptionist and she hasn't made her interest in me unknown even after being repeatedly turned down. Like right now she is shooting me flirtatious looks like I would suddenly become interested.

"Yes Stephanie and can you book and appointment with the Aston Martin dealership for five in the afternoon? Thank you."

I leave immediately without waiting for an answer and walk to my parents office. And by parents office I mean that both of the share the same office with both of them having separate desks at their respective corners and one in the middle of the room where they perform what I call interrogations on employees who breach the contract.

I make sure to knock before entering cause the last time I didn't I became scared for life.

"Hello mama, papa how are you?" this time they are both on their respective desks. My father, Edwin, is a big man and by big I mean that he is build like an MMA fighter while my mother, Irina, is much smaller in build. If I have a daughter one day I want her to be like Kim and my mother. They are the only two women in my life that I would die for.

"Chris, how are you also? Your father and I are doing well."

"I'm awesome mama thank you for asking." I answer with a grin. My dad just chuckles while my mom's eyes goes wide.

She seems to shake herself from the stupor she was in to narrow her eyes at me. "Christopher Mildred Carter, you better spill the beans now."

"Mildred, since when am I Mildred?"

" Since this conversation calls for a middle name and you father refused to give you a middle name."

"But of all the names you can choose from why did it have to be Mildred?"

" It was at the top of my head. Now spill."

"Promise me you won't investigate her or tell Killian before I could." I narrow my eyes on my dad since he is the biggest gossip that mom. He mimics zipping his lips and throwing away the key. My mom pinky promises me.

I inhale and decide to let it all out on my exhale. " I got married yesterday."

I internally wince at the following silence.

"WHAT?!"

" I got married?"

" No I heard that part clear what I'm asking is why I'm hearing it now?"

"Well I didn't think she would agree and the moment she said yes we went to the courthouse to get married before she changes her mind." I stated with smug satisfaction.

My mom takes a few minutes to process everything I have just said while my father looks proud of me.

"You are telling me that you didn't even give her a celebration? It was just a formal paperwork wedding? A courthouse wedding? I raised you better than that Christopher!"

she is yelling at me at this point and it's not like I wouldn't want to be married to her in a wedding. It just wasn't in my mind during that time but I won't dare tell my mama that. She would beat my ass even at this age.

" When am I meeting you wife and why shouldn't we tell you brother."

"When she is comfortable to meet you and you are not telling my brother because she is triggered by him and I don't know how to help her except by not being around him with her.

My mom nods thoughtfully and hugs me.

"Congratulations dear, since she is a Carter now you must treat her like you want to be treated. If you ever hurt her you will be hearing from me."

" I love her more than I love you guys and that saying something considering how I love you. She is the other half of my soul and I'd rather kill myself than cause her harm."

Dad joins mom and gives me a hug. " Any woman who marries a Carter man is a queen in her own right. Treat her like the queen she is."

My eyes are teary right now and I have to prepare myself for my wife's reaction to her wedding present.

'MY WIFE'

I like the sound of that.

Texting her I ask:

'Are you ready for your wedding gift?

'what do you mean wedding gift?'

she sends a lot of question marks before I reply.

' see you later sweetheart🥰'

I bid farewell to my parents and head to my favorite fast food restaurant to buy lunch for us before going to buy her car.