Corporate Babies - Leah

Chapter 14

The next morning, I am sitting with Olivia, we are drinking our hot chocolate and coffee in her bed with the twins laying on the bed cooing at the stuffed animals we placed around them, while Raul holds up in his home office and works. "Oh my gosh, you should have seen her, Olive, she was literally a bitch in heat, I'm pretty sure that if I wasn't there, she would have tackled him to the ground and started humping him" she sprays her coffee out her mouth then starts laughing and coughing. "Oh my, it couldn't have been that bad" I give her the "Ja right" look "It was worse, the whole evening she sat there and glared at me" she rolls her eyes and starts tickling the twins tummies "Well lets cheer mommy up, we're need to get ready as we're going with Raul's mom to go wedding dress shopping and then Raul's joining us for a lunch" we spend the next half an hour getting the twins ready and packed and then getting ready ourselves, we meet Mãe by the car, pack the car then we're off "Leah, honey, I just want to apologies for Alexis behaviour last night, I am good friends with her parents and I didn't realize that they would bring her" I am relieved that Raul's mom didn't intentionally invite an ex, I smile at her "It's ok Mãe, but I don't want to be rude but could I ask that she not be invited to the wedding?" she pats my knee and smiles "Her parents have already taken care of that problem, they were embarrassed by her behavior and have decided that they are taking her to a tropical island holiday, they are planning to leave this evening" Well doesn't that cheer me up.

I could have sworn that I keep seeing that Alexis bitch everywhere we went, I decided not to voice my concerns because she was leaving town that evening, after the day I had with the dress choosing, flower choosing, cake choosing, just so much choosing, that the thought of Alexis left my mind. The rest of the two weeks rush by and we are now at the rehearsal dinner, with Raul one side of me and Olivia the other side, I actually felt a little at piece. "I'll like to say a few words" says Andrew, Raul's best man, as he stands up the crowd hushes and Raul places his hand on my thigh in obvious nervousness over what is about to be said "I've known Raul since varsity, he's the most driven, creative and toughest man I know and with age he's just gotten more driven, more creative and a little les tough in his old age" there were a few snickers "but that's the thing he didn't slow down to smell the roses anymore, trust me there were many roses to be smelled" a few men do that chanting thing men do and I look at Raul who shrugs and I turn back to Andrew who carries on "but I once again sow the loving man I once knew come back and then I figured out a girl was involved" then men grunt again, I just roll my eyes "I met Leah after she had the twins and even after the toughest battle a woman faces she looked like a superstar and I knew she was the reason Raul was back, so Leah, baby, here's cheers to you may you always bring out the best in each other" everyone stands up and raises their glasses and so, we follow suit. Then after some drinking and clapping Raul stands up and gets the crowd to hush and listen to him "I would just like to thank everyone for coming and thank you all for helping us celebrate this joyous occasion" he turns slightly and looks down at me "I would also like to thank my almost wife for giving me three most precious gifts of all" some people gasp and I really hope he finishes before I have the aunties planning a baby shower for me "Two being the twins and the one being my wife-to-be herself, she makes the world become vibrant again and she's what the English say, she's a keeper" he smiles down at me then grabs my hand and kisses the back of it and then there is a loud wolf whistles and I can feel the blush creeping in my cheeks and the ladies start fanning themselves which causes everyone to laugh.

I am so glad that she is enjoying herself and that she was being accepted by my family and family friends. I told my mom that we need to keep the dinner in English to keep everyone feel welcome, I feel bad that the ceremony is going to be in mainly Portuguese but I made sure that both my and Leah's vowels will be in English so she can understand how sincere I am about this marriage. I can't believe that this time tomorrow I will have a family consisting of a beautiful wife and two babies. I kiss her again during starters just because I can and when she has to feed the twins one last time before they go down for the night, I go with her. I won't admit it to her, but I am worried about Alexis, she really rattled me when she behaved like that at the engagement dinner, I've added more protection detail to both Leah and the twins, I rather be over-protective then sorry. After dinner I kiss Leah good night, knowing that the next time I see her she'll be my bride, she's sleeping with Olivia tonight so we can keep to the traditions. If I had my way, I would say skew it, but Leah really wants to do everything right, so I gave in, I sigh and walk alone to our room.