With Me Through Troubled Times (With Me - book 2)

Chapter 11

We arrived at the house that Joe was staying in since he moved out. I turned the engine off and got out the car. Joe took Connor out the back of the car and held him in his arms as he came round to stand next to me. 

"It wasn't much but it had to do on such short notice," he explained, taking my hand in his free one. 

"And you talk about my house being like a castle?" I laughed as I locked the car. 

"At least your house is private. I have photographers sitting outside here five out of seven days a week!" 

That's what happens when you marry someone who's known worldwide. We began to walk up to the house. When we reach the front door, he unlocked it and opened it for us to go in. 

As we walked into the house, I noticed that he had a picture of us on our wedding day hanging on the wall. Clearly got a copy from his parents and got it blown up to be the size it is. 

"Are you just going to stand here looking round the house or are you going to help me get my things together?" he asked as he slid his hand round to rest on my side. 

"Why don't I just buy you new clothes?" I asked, looking at him. 

"Clothes are one thing but I don't want to spend your money. It wouldn't be fair." He let go of me and handed Connor over. He started to walk up the stairs. "I'll be 5 minutes. Top." 

"I'm sure you will," I said as I walked into the living room. 

I sat down on the chair that was next to the fireplace and put Connor down on the floor. I held onto his hands as he stood looking at the door waiting for Joe to come back.

I'd been sitting for about 5 minutes when Connor started to laugh. I looked down at him and smiled. 

"What are you laughing at?" I asked. 

He continued to laugh then I realised why he was laughing. I looked up at Joe who was now standing in the doorway, smiling at Connor. 

"Oh, so that's why?" I smiled as I stood up with him in my arms. 

"My little boy missed me and clearly loves me," Joe said as he walked over to us and reached out to take Connor from me. 

"That you done?" 

"Just need to put the things in my car and I'm all done," he answered as he looked at Connor. 

"Well, I'll just take Connor back as I ain't going to be putting the bags in the car," I stated. 

"Wh..." He said looking at me. "Fair enough." 

"Haha, thanks to you, I get out of doing the simplest things." I smiled, giving him a kiss on the cheek before walking out the room and into the hallway.

Joe's POV

I watched Mia walk out the room, the sound of her high heels on the wooden floor making me think that if I don't go after her, she'll leave me again. I looked at Connor who was fascinated by the sound of the high heels on the floor. I smiled and kissed the side of his head before following Mia out the room. 

"Is there anything that you want to keep from this house?" She asked me as I walked into the hall. 

"Other than all the pictures of family and friends, no." I told her. 

"I'll get Lisa to get someone come round to collect them." She turned to look at me. "What?" 

"Nothing," I said, opening the front door. 

"No, tell me." She rested a hand on my free arm. 

I looked at her. "It's just...how have I become so lucky to have gotten myself such an amazing wife like you?" 

"You were just in the right place at the right time," she smirked before taking Connor off me and holding him to her side. 

"There's more to it but I just don't know what it is," I confessed to her. 

A smile began to play on her lips and I leaned close to her agave her a kiss. 

"Later," she breathed, giving me a small push away before I was able to connect my lips with hers. 

"You sure know how to kill the good mood that I'm in right now," I told her as she smiled. 

"Come on baby, time to go him." She said to Connor before walking out the house and towards her car. 

I watched her walk away and smiled. I picked my bags up and walked towards my car that sat in the driveway.

Normal POV

I lay in bed that night and waited for Joe to come out from the en-suite bathroom after getting changed for bed. The door opened and he walked out in a pair of black Emporio Armani boxers. He walked over to the bed and lay down next me. 

"What do you think we'll have?" He asked as he started to rub his hand over my growing baby bump. 

"I don't know," I answered as I started to play with his hair. 

"I want twin girls," he confessed, looking up at me. "Two beautiful baby girls that'll look as beautiful as their mother." 

"Do you think you'd really want two girls to spend all your money?" I laughed. 

"They'd be worth it," he said, reaching up to kiss me. 

I smiled as he pulled away and continued to rub my bump. "Joe, can I ask you something?" 

"Go for it." 

"For me, will you do a DNA test on Kim's baby?" I asked. 

He looked up at me, "I..." 

"Joe, please. It would really help me to know for sure," I told him. 

"For you?" He asked, sitting up to face me. "Anything." 

I smiled and he pulled me into his arms. "I love you." 

"Love you too," he said, kissing the top of my head. 

I lay my arm over his torso and drifted off to sleep.