Corporate Babies - Leah

Chapter 5

I can't believe f*****g Murphy, apparently today i have a target on my back when it comes to him! He not only makes me late to a huge new potential client contract meeting which is a huge f*****g deal when you are trying to build your company from the ground up and I need to make sure the company survives my maternity leave.

Nope, he didn't stop there it turned out that the head honcho is the guy who knocked me up, whom I've been searching for since I've been pregnant. I'm spitting mad and so embarrassed but now my body betrays me when I get all hot and bothered at the memory of him sitting there at the conference table, he has that CEO, head man scary yet incrediblely hot that my panties melted look down pat.

Sitting at the head of that wooden table long enough to hold 16 people, with arm room to spare. He had that gorgeous look about him that you would not only find in the Mills and Boon books but the fantasy of every red blood woman everywhere, sigh. Those light blue eyes and dark complexion, complimenting each other well but that dark gray suit that would grace the centerfold of every GQ magazine, everywhere, whoa nelly!

I need to cool myself down. Otherwise, I may go into labor. It's way too early. I adjust the acc in my car to cool me down but a thought comes to me, I cannot be the only person that has wound up in disbelief land today so I send the events of the day to Olivia in a text.

I'm waiting in the car outside the restaurant watching Mr, Calisto leave his fancy car to enter the restaurant, I still cant believe that i was forced to attend when my phone beeps with an incoming text, Its Olivia, she sends back a selfie, she’s laughing her ass off in the pic, the b***h!

Thank goodness I had my car so I had an excuse not to travel with him, this is just so awkward but I will never forget the look on his face when I refused to get in his car and even better, the look when he spotted my car, ha! take that mr-every-one-listens-to-me. He also watched me ungracefully get into my car, that poor man, I bet he hasn't had his world so shaken up in a while.

I sigh and climb out of my car, lock up and walk into the snazzy italian restaurant called Bruno's- Thank goodness I'm wearing something appreciated. Otherwise, i wouldn't be allowed in, kidding! It's not that snazzy. It just looks like that because of the low lighting, offering a cozy atmosphere but at the same time keeping everything professional,

I'm looking around when the MadreD walks into my line of sight. "May I help you, mam?" i focus on the guy infrontof me , "I'm meeting Mr. Calisto here. " I smiled at him, hoping he couldn't feel how awkward this was, i keep expecting the look of disbelief to cover his features, but he just nods. "Ah yes, please follow me."

I smile mostly in relief and follow her to the table where Mr. Calisto is already seated, and looking at his phone, the MadreD clears his throat, which draws attention to us. He smiles and stands up, and walks around the table to scoot me in.

I reach over the red table cloth and grab the table bread to keep my nerves settled and to give my hands something to do. "I'm glad you could join me today" I rise my eyebrow at his words he rises his own in a challenge "Of course, i'm an adult i realize that we have some things to discuss" before i say anything else that could make the situation worse. I opened the menu to see what they had. I sort of knew what I wanted, but you could cut the atmosphere with a knife, so i buried my face in the menu.

I did my research before the meeting today. Mr. R Calisto, he's 32, self-made millionaire and the CEO of Calisto Corp, I can't believe he was sitting across from me and was the daddy of my babies. Talk about a mind f**k Every now and then, he looks at me with those blue eyes, calculating glances that scare me a little. I'm fully aware that this man could take away my babies if he wanted to. My job today is to make it so he doesn't want to.

The waiter comes over to take our order. "What would you like to drink, sir?" He looks up away from me and turns to the waiter."I'll have a whiskey on the rocks, please, " says Mr. Calisto. I can't keep referring to him as that, and my eyes widen as I realize, Oh my gosh! I don't even know the first name of my baby's daddy.

I keep my head bent in embarrassment and shame. "And for you, madam?" my head jerks up as the waiter asks for my order i try to cover my moment by acting like im trying to decide what I want, I need something sweet "I'll have a fudge delight milkshake please '' I look up at the waiter, his eyes widen and realize its a kiddies drink, it's my go-to drink since the discovery of my condition, so sue me. "Madam, that's for kids," he politely says, but the disgust is clearly visible.

Damn these fine dining establishments and their expectations, I look him in the eyes " i don't care, oh could you add the milkshake to a grown up glass, please" I give a pointed look daring him to say something else. "Certainly madam" and leaves us with his nose high in the air. I look at my companion, and he’s looking at me with disgust, i look him in the eye and declare, "Don't f*****g look at me like that! I will get up and leave. i dont need everybody to judge me, I can't have coffee or alcohol and the babies like it!"

He must have realized how close i am to actually doing what i threatened because he clears his thoat. "Then let's get to business shall we when did you find out and why the f**k am i only learning about it now?"He wants to play hardball, game on.

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I am a 32 self-made millionaire, I graduated top of my class in business in college, yes college, it's what I could afford at the time, and I'm damn proud of myself. I've perfected my no-emotion face so i can face scary businessmen and women in a multimillion deals in and out of the boardroom and not be fazed. I can talk in front of a room full of people and not break a sweat but facing this 5 foot2 tall woman that is swollen with my babies I'm reduced to a nervous wreck but I won't let myself show it, my self control is second to none.

I drink my whiskey while waiting for her answer "I found out four weeks after the party then another four weeks until I found out there's going to be two of them" I rub my chin with that, i do the calculations so if shes 6 months pregnant then she found out 5 months ago and she didn’t tell me in all that time, my rage rising again deep inside me threatening to be released.

She draws in a breath and it pulls me back to the conversation then notice that she's gone red in the face and noticing the blush travel down her neck and disappears into her cleavage and she looks embarrassed, i embrace myself with the question that's obviously is causing some distress "Not to be rude or anything but what’s your name? Everything has R. Calisto printed on it, and I think it's bad form not to know the name of my baby's daddy. "

I smirk at her and shake my head in disgust. What kind of woman sleeps with someone, purposely getting herself pregnant without knowing her targets name? With the realization that doubt that she may be telling the truth that she didn't purposely go after me for my money but one doesn't know expecially with my money and power, everyone needs this side of caution but if it comes out that she is after my money then she has a fight on her hands

"My name is Raul Calisto, my family is Portuguese and I grew up in Portugal until I was 18, I then went to Berkeley and graduated with honors in business" this was all she was going to get from me and by the time my babies are born I'll know everything about her, "Now you, Bela moca"

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I've never been so glad to see our order coming, so I quickly relay my history to him so the waiter can delay any questions Raul may have "I have an older brother that’s 2 years old than me, we talk when we can, my parents go all over the world for their work, I went to college and im still living with my college roommate, Olivia. I started work as an office assistant and finally after 3 years I decided I'm going to own my own company and I went with what I know, so I am a virtual administrator… yay, my milkshake"

I quickly take a large sip from my straw, realizing that I've taken the cowardly way out but I'm really getting to my brave limit. I grin to myself knowing that with what I could have landed up with for my babies daddy he wasn't a bad choice but I have to remember that we're not together and there's still a chance that he could try steal my babies from me.

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Watching her suck that straw is turning me on, I don't know what's it's about this woman but she somehow broke my d**k, for months, every woman I went out with has left without being introduced to my d**k as he has stayed in his hibernation form and now I have a semi hard on, grateful for the table to hide that little detail but fascinated that i spend a few hours with this woman and my d**k is back to working form "Puta merda, that was quite a lot of information to process in one session" she turns a shade of red but doesn't seem embarrassed by what she revealed but rather embarrassed that she shared at all "I don't like to talk about my past" she shrugs as if it’s a non-issue but I am impressed with what she has revealed, she doesn’t know it but she has shown that she has heart and determination, traits I admire in a woman, and as fate would have it, the mother of my babies. The waiter comes past and is ready to take our order "What would you like to order" I ask her, she looks down at her stomach, gives two taps and smiles "We would like the cheese and salami melt with a side of bacon, and yes that what they want, they ordered through womb service" she says it like it's a fact. I laugh and shake my head, I can see the waiter trying not to laugh as well, even though he probably thinks she’s a woman child. "I would like a steak, baked potato and house vegetables" she makes a disgusted noise as the waiter leaves. "What, Bela moca? " I enquire realizing im in a difficult situation, shes close to having my kids so any difficult situation will not be good for but also that we both have strong opinions so we are probably going to have lots of disagreements "That was just so... healthy" she spits out and shudders, I laugh once again but inspired of the f****d up situation i find myself in and trying to figure out what to do with, im enjoying myself infact i haven't laughed this much almost my whole life. "So do you know the genders?" I ask to change the topic. "Well I am a girl and you are a boy” she looks like she wants to burst out laughing so I roll my eyes, before I can tell her I meant the babies, she cuts in “i, ah, actually dont know what they are yet but I'm going next week to see if the babies will cooperate and show what they are" I can see she's excited for that and her excitement is contagious, i have so much s**t to process and so many plans to make but i know i need to make sure Leah and i start off on the right foot "Would it be too weird if I came with you?" she looks up as if shocked and takes minute to think “Would you want too?” I am actually a little hurt she thinks I wouldn’t but I can understand her position, I don’t think I come across as a baby kind of man, I nod and she visibly thinks about it while the waiter places our meals down she looks down and up again "Raul, you are their father and I would never deny you access to them, so no it wouldn't be weird at all, the appointment is for Wednesday at noon, is that okay?" I take out my phone and open the calendar app then I nod, i have to rearrange my schedule but i'm not going to tell her that, i add the appointment and after some convincing, her number to my contacts and I make her promise to send me the address, "So you mentioned that you tried to contact me when you found out?" She takes a bite out of her food and gives her time to answer as she chews "Yes, i contacted the party planning company and the hosting company but they said they couldn't help me, i even looked through the pictures of the party but couldn't even find us, i guess we left before they took them. I couldn't even look through social media because I didn't know your name" she looks so guilty and embarrassed. "Leah, I'm sorry that you feel embarrassed about our encounter but I appreciate you actually looking for me, it's more than most women would have done but they would have also planned it so that they could get money out of me or a wedding ring and I will not be manipulated like that" I see dawning flash in her face and she goes red again all the way to her lush t**s "Excuse me?" She looks me dead in the eye and leans forward and lowers her voice "How dare you insinuate that I would do such a thing! I can understand how something like this would look to a rich man like you but I would have you know that I don't want anything from you, you want to be a part of their lives then i have no problem with that but i don't want anything from you" she stands up and drops some dollar bills down then waddles out of the restaurant without finishing her food or drink. I feel like a d**k, f**k! I wanted to let her know im not naive but i f****d that up and i wish that she would allow me access to herself as easily as she'll would apparently allow me access to the babies. The attraction isn’t lost between us and I’m planning to see where it leads, i just need to let her cool down, then ill make her mine.