His Queen (18+)

Chapter XXXVIII

THE DELUDED

Baby take a look around,
I'm the only one that hasn't walked out,
I'm right here

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CHAPTER XXXVIII

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THE NEXT DAY, Daniel had to return back to the office to meet with one of his partners that apparently couldn't make it the day previous. He said he wasn't going to be gone long so he didn't need Pablo to go with him. That left me, Pablo and Mateo alone in the house surrounded completely by guards I didn't know.

We all were outside. Pablo and Mateo had been kicking a ball around the yard and I had been watching them. More specifically, I had been watching Mateo.

He seemed to have grown up in the blink of an eye and soon he'd be turning two. I couldn't help the smile that came across my face as I watched him, taking note of how much more independent he was becoming and how his speech and his coordination was developing. It seemed like he picked up a new skill every day. It made me realise that I needed to start doing more adult stuff with him, like letting him help me in the kitchen and letting him choose his own clothes. It also made me realise that I needed to potty train him as well which distressed me greatly.

I let out a groan at that thought and sunk into the chair, alerting Pablo of my distress and having him jog lightly towards me.

“What's wrong with you?” he asked, a humoured smile coming across his face once he realised that I wasn't in any imminent danger.

“Parenting problems. You won't understand,” I said, dismissing him with the wave of my hand.

He rolled his eyes and sat next to me on the swinging chair, yet didn't make a move to cover himself with the blanket I had draped over me, making me reach out and cover him myself.

“Thank you.”

“Whatever,” I said in response, shattering the sweet moment we had shared for only a brief second.

If he cared, he didn't say anything and instead joined me to watch Teo as he kicked the ball around the yard himself.

“You could enrol him in a soccer team when he's older,” Pablo suggested after a silent moment of us watching the poor boy had passed.

“I'll enrol him in ballet classes just to spite you,” I said sarcastically, making Pablo let out a humoured huff at my sour mood.

“Just watch him over the coming years,” he said seriously, yet the humour in his voice was still evident. “I think he's taken a liking to it. I might bring him to a game one day.”

“When he's three,” I told him, not wanting Teo to be in a place that could get so rowdy at such a young age. Plus, it would hardly stick with him if he was too young.

“Yeah?” I nodded, making him nod with me. “Okay.”

I liked how respectful he was when it came to my wishes with Teo. I liked how he never tried to undermine me or go around my back to do something I had said I didn't want. Both he and Daniel were so respectful to me and I appreciated that.

“Pablo?” he hummed in acknowledgement, allowing me to say whatever it was that I wanted to say. “If you were in my place, what would be a good age to have a second child?”

“Never,” he answered, leaning back as if he did something as I narrowed my eyes at his nonchalant expression.

“Okay, but if you wanted a second child, how old would your first child be?”