Corporate Babies - Leah

Chapter 13

It turns out that I didn’t need to worry about the language barrier, apparently being married to a duke gave you some specific education opportunities and responsibilities and one of them being that you had to speak multiple languages. The benefit of that is that I think she speaks better English than I do. After herding us into the apartment, the introductions were made “Mãe, this is my fiancé and the mother of my babies Leah Mackenzie, Leah this is my mother Lady Talia Calisto, a duquesa but more importantly my dear mother” i panic as i don't know if i must curtsy or what so I hold out my hand to give her a hand shake but she shakes her head, crap i've already screwed up “None of that for family” then she approaches me and embraces me into a squeezing hug, I squeak out a sound “Pleased to meet you, Mrs. Calisto” i say awkwardly against her and she steps back and laughs “Sorry, I got a little excited there, but please call me Mãe Talia” I smile at her, deciding to break the tension "Let me introduce the reason for the excitement, this is Tatum" i gesture to my handsome little man who has landed up on the couch in his car seat still asleep "and this little princess is Rory'' Raul gestures to the little girl who is next to her brother, also asleep. Talia bends down infront of the twins and starts cooing at them which bring out a smile but my smile fades with her next question “When will your mother be joining us” Raul growls “A mãe dela está morta, mãe” i dont know what was said but she stands up and looks at Raul “Pobre menina, vou cuidar dela” then she looks at me with sorrow in her eyes “I’m so sorry dear, I didn’t know” I smile, my heart alittle sad as my parents would have loved to have been here and meet their grandkids “It’s ok it happened quiet awhile ago, but I have a friend that’s almost a sister and she would like to visit from time to time and i have a brother but is overseas serving our country at the moment” she nods “Ofcouse, I’m glad there’s someone" the babies start niggling in their carseat, I bend over and pick up Tatum very carefully, keeping in mind to hold his head, i place Tatum into her arms first "This is Tatum Afonso Calsito, Afonso I take it is a family name” there are now tears in her eyes and she nods as she holds him against her like a seasoned mother, damn i hope im confident holding my babies soon ”It was my father’s name, Raul’s favourite grandfather” she looks down into his little face and whispers "Hello little man, im your Vovó" Rory announces that she too is up so I bend down and lift Rory out of her care seat with the same care I showed her brother “and this is your granddaughter Rory Olivia Calsito, named after my best friend” she hands Tatum to Raul and reaches for Rory and starts cooing at her too " Hello little girl i am also your Vovó" I may be nervous around this woman but i am glad that my babies have aleast one grandparent “I like that you tried to be unique and still bring in family names” I beam at her, that was another fear, that she would be insulted about the names. Raul tries to calm Tatum down but when he isn’t about i realize its feed time so i remove the car seats and take their place, i start unbuttoning my sun dress and Raul places the feeding ring and Tatum on my one said then his mom then places Rory on the other side and they both latch. I looking down at them, a little embarrassed but Talia says “eles são lindos e serão amados por muitos” I look at Raul but she translates herself “They are beautiful and will be loved by many” then she looks up at Raul “Você já contou a ela sobre o casamento tradicional que precisa ser feito?” I look at Raul and he shakes his head “Não houve tempo, mãe, assim que ela disse sim ao casamento, sua bolsa estourou” I look back at her “Don’t you think you better tell her?”that makes me raise an eyebrow, the twins start to release their suction so Talia picks them up “I’ll take the babies and give them a bath” I must look panicked because she smiles “I am quite capable to look after two babies, I have done it before and I’m hoping ill do it again” she winks and exits the room with a baby in each arm. "I think I'll give the twins some breast milk that's in the fridge with a bottle so we can make sure they are full, you can tell me what's what while I warm the milk up"

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After shes places the milk bottles into a mug of newly boiled hot water she turns to me, raises her eyebrows and leans against the counter “Ok spill, what were you two talking about?” I take a deep breath because I know she’s not going to like what I’m about to say “Well as you know, I’m a duke, since my father has passed on which automatically makes me next in line, which means by our traditions, when I marry I need to have my wedding in the capela, so the sacerdote can bless the marriage” she looks horrified at my explanation and i sopos someone who doesn't let money rule her life this may be scary, so I try a different route to explain “Basically we are catholic, so we have the ceremony in a, um, church and because we are high in society, we have the, um, reception in a large space so the whole town can attend” damning my accent, it thickens when I’m nervous and I am definitely nervous as I’m worried that this will scare her away, I just got her to agree to marry me. She nods but I can see she’s silently freaking out “I know that you are a private person and would prefer a smaller wedding but unfortunately this a necessity for me” I look at the floor not wanting her to see my distress, she step towards me and places her hand on my cheek and makes me look at her “Raul, I love you, I’m not denying that all of this isn’t a huge shock because it is but for the same reason you are willing to just have your mom come to a small wedding this side, I will do the same for you” she goes onto her tippee toes and kisses me. I kiss her back and then she steps back and looks at me “I have a few conditions” I nod, ready to agree to anything “I want Olivia there as my maid of honor, I want only her” I nod, my mom will be disappointed because she always wanted me to have a large wedding party but I’m willing to compromise for Leah “I want to choose my own dress” I nod, already knowing there is going to be a lot of compromising all around “And don’t you dare leave me alone” she glares at me “I would never dream of it” I say as I walk towards her and pull her into my arms and kiss her, I need to show her all the things I want her to know but I don’t know to say it, as I pull back she starts giggling “What are you laughing about?” I ask her and she giggles harder “I don’t think we need to tell anyone how the twins were conceived and i mean not knowing each other not the s*x part” that pulls a hard laugh from me “Yes, we need to keep that to ourselves” although I regret that, that was how the twins were conceived but I don’t regret the actual event because I think that was the hottest thing that I have ever done. I was about to remind her of everything that we did that night when my mother walks back in with the twins “Its dinner time for these two” as she hands Tatum to Leah who has sat down on the couch, and sits next to her with Rory and I hand both of them a warm bottle "So what was decided?" My mom looks from me to Leah and back with an eyebrow raised "Leah has agreed but made some conditions" my mom nods but I can see an amused gleam knowing that she like Leah because she has a backbone