Loving The Lawyer (18+)

Chapter 21

"Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!" Two little girls' voices giggle and squeal in our ears. Dario groans on top of me and lifts his head to place a soft kiss on my lips. "Ewww!" The two little girls who interrupted our nap whine.

"What time is it?" Dario asks no one in particular.

"I don't know, but mama said to come wake you guys up for dinner." Rosy answers.

"Tell Madre we will be down in a moment," Dario says. Sky and Rosy walk out of the room giggling and whispering. (Mother)

"I don't want to get up," I groan. "Your couch is comfy."

"We can come back to this couch after dinner," He says before getting up and offering me his hand. I don't make a move instead I just stare at his outstretched hand. He sighs before leaning down and scooping me up into his arms as I squeal. With one hand under my knees and the other resting on the small of my back, he carries me down the stairs and to the dining room.

All heads turn our way as we enter. I survey the table looking for one face in particular: Talia. With the suspicious phone call, I overheard and suddenly one of Dario's largest shipments attacked she is on my radar. I need answers and I need them tonight.

Talia sits in her usual seat next to Lucas who is next to Vader then next to Vader is Juan and then next to him is Rosy then next to her in order is Sky, Georgia, Eliana, and finally Kaden. What is he doing here? On the other side of the table is Marco and Gianna next to Gianna are empty seats for when guests come over and at the head of the table are two seats. There was originally one, but Dario added the second one next to him because that's where the King and his Queen sit. Although technically I'm not his queen unless we are officially married.

"Does your Padre know you're here?" I ask Kaden once we sit down.

"Yeah apparently he and Avalon are having a date night," He answers before shoveling a spoonful of rice into his mouth. I ignore the fact that he calls his mother by her first name because honestly if I was in his shoes I would do the same. He clearly got the pettiness from me.

"Damn," I whistled. "They didn't waste any time."

"No ma'am I'm pretty sure I'll be getting a sibling soon," He says nonchalantly.

"Oh, you poor child!" Gianna cries. "You have to listen to that."

"It's not as bad after I moved to the other side of the house. They should really invest in soundproof walls." He shudders in disgust.

"Okay, okay. I'm trying to eat here and talking about my brother's sex life is making me nauseous." I know my face is contorted in disgust. I hear Juan mutter something under his breath but pay no attention to it.

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After dinner, Juan grabs onto Talia and I's arms and leads us outside to the pool house. He doesn't bother to lock the door behind him and goes to grab something from inside a fake pineapple. Talia and I gasp in unison when we see what he pulls out. Six skinny boxes.

"We need to talk?" He says while holding up the boxes.

"W-why do you have those?" I stutter.

"Don't play coy with me," He narrows his eyes. "Both of you have been acting strange-," He hands us each three boxes. "Stranger than usual." He says with a pointed glance at me. 

"I don't need them," Talia whispers. "I already know I'm pregnant."

Juan and I gasp. "Does Lucas know? How far along are you?" I ask.