Business With Lust

Bonus

(I got bored and wrote this last night)

Alex's POV

I sigh as I check the time on my computer, seeing the meeting starts in less than ten minutes. Meaning it's time to go.

Only the second I go to stand, my phone rings.

'Knocked-up potato'

I see she changed her contact name yet again.

Smiling, I lean back in my desk chair and answer the call, holding the phone to my ear.

"How are you feeling baby?" I ask, since she wasn't well this morning, hence why she isn't at work with me today.

Morning sickness is a bitch right now to her, so lately, it's not surprising if she misses two or three days a week.

Diana is four- nearly five months along at this point. Her maternity leave doesn't start for another two months, but I'm going to convince her to start it early. There's no reason she should be working at seven months when she could be at home enjoying life.

"Fine. You know how it is. Ten am and it fucks off until the following morning" Diana sighs, and I chuckle since it's true. Her morning sickness stays on a sharp schedule.

"Alex.." She whispers, and I smile, already knowing where this is going. "Diana".

"When will you be home?" She mumbles, and I glance at the time seeing the meeting starts in five. I then roll my eyes. Who gives a shit if I'm late.

"I have a meeting in five. Then I was supposed to-" She groans loudly through the phone, and I can't help but laugh. "-catch up on some work, but I guess I could do it some other time".

I don't like leaving Diana alone. On the days she doesn't come to work, I usually end up coming home early afternoon. Diana has no complaints.

Actually, she does. Her complaints are to come home even sooner. She's just as bad as me.

"Do that" She tells me, and I hum. "Any reason you need me home so soon?" I ask, amused and eager to see what her response is.

A routine has formed on the days she doesn't come to work.

She rings me soon after her morning sickness passes, asking me when I'll be home. Then the second I'm in the door, she jumps me. After, she has her afternoon nap while I catch up on work, and that's how the day goes. Today will be no different.

"Alex" She groans, and I chuckle. "I'll be home soon," I promise her, standing up from my chair. "I love you," I tell her.

"You better. I don't carry babies for ungrateful men" Diana mumbles, and I laugh as she hangs up. When I check the time and see I'm currently supposed to be hosting our monthly progress meeting, I decide I should probably go.

***

I arrive home just before eleven am to a quiet house. Mostly everyone is at work, so it's not surprising.

Heading up the stairs, I open my bedroom door and close it quietly behind me. "Hey," I say as I walk over to my empty bed, and toss my phone and keys down on my bedside table.

When I'm met with silence, I look around confused. "Diana?" I call out. The bathroom door is open but the closet door is closed.

"Just a minute!" I hear her call out, before cursing quietly. Curious and a tiny bit worried, I walk over to the door and lightly tap the knuckle of my index finger against the wooden door.

"You okay in there baby?" I ask. "Fuck off for a minute Alex!"

Fair enough.

Chuckling, I walk back to my bed and sit down on the edge of it while unbuttoning the collar of my shirt.