Corporate Babies - Leah

Chapter 12

The next morning I get up to pee while Raul is still asleep. The poor guy must have worn himself rugged, i decided to leave him to sleep and I shower and wash my hair, oh my! that feels great, it's the simple things in life that makes us human and one such simple thing is shower and hair washing. I climb out of the shower and wrap the fluffy white towel around me and I look under the sink and see that my hair products are stashed here and I don't know why but it pleases me, I place the curling products into my hair and then I give my teeth a good clean. Feeling like a new woman I go and find the laundry room so I can give all the babies clothes a baby conditioning then make some French toast and bacon while the load is going. "Why are you up, Bela moca?" Raul says as he walks into the room and yawns while scratching his defined belly. I turn towards the food just as the last of the bacon is ready. "We can visit Tatum and Rory at 8 so I'm getting everything ready so we can go" Raul pulls me back against his chest and kisses on top of my head "Are you excited to see your babies?" He turn to him with a grin on my face and give him a side glance like a dog "Duh!" He feels a vibration against him, he pulls back "What the f**k is that?" I'm confused for a second but then my boob gives another vibration and it hits me "Oh my gosh!" I burst out laughing as I pull my shirt down to show him "It's my electric breast pump, my milk is starting to come through I think and the stuff that is coming out is apparently very good for babies so I'm catching as much as I can" he looks horrified and that just sets me to laugh harder.

It takes two weeks for the twins to be released from the NICU but the day has finally arrived where they seem to be great and come home. Olivia has been there for us whenever we needed her, she's acted as our driver, shopper, chef and anything else we need. Raul has not only come to accept her but also genuinely like her. Raul in his slacks and golf tshirt and I in my sundress that I can finally wear again, go to fetch them from the hospital and it's the same routine as when I was released but this time I climb into the back to sit between the two car seats with Rory on my left in a pink baby grow with a butterfly on the front ans a bow on her head and Tatum on my left with a dogy baby grow on, they looked adorable and tiny sitting in a car seat. I look up when Raul coughs and grabs my attention "My mother was picked up from the airport this morning and will be waiting for us when we get home” that makes me a little nervous and he must have pick up on it “You don’t need to worry Bela moca, she is a catholic but is a modern woman and understands our circumstances, she’ll love you on the fact alone that you gave her grandchildren” I look at his smiling face and decide to tell him what I’m really concerned about “I am worried that she can’t understand me because of the language barrier and that’ll bring shame to you” I look down, hey its a real concern. He actually skids to a stop and I look out the window to see that we have pulled over, he turns in his seat to look at me “Bela moca, she speaks English, but even if she didn’t, nothing you could do would cause me shame, tell me that you understand this” I try smile sometimes i forget he wasn't born here and nod at him “I need to hear you say it'' he's looking at me with intent “Yes I understand” he nods and turns back to pull off onto the road again.

We pull up to the building and Raul carries both car seats up while the door man assists with the luggage, “I can carry one” I say as we enter the lifts, he gives me a look as if to say you can’t be serious “I will need to carry them both when you’re not with us” I point out because it seems silly to me as i've carried them for a few months but now I carry nothing “I don’t plan to leave you any time soon and if I had to, your body guards will assist you” it’s my turn to look at him, making sure that I heard him right “Wait, body guards?” he smiles down at me and there is something different about him, i can't seem to put my finger on it “Of course Bela moca, I am a Duque in my homeland” My face must show my confusion “A duke” he translates, I think my jaw fell open, now I'm starting to understand what the difference is that i see in him, since his mom has come over she must have brought with her his entitlement because his jaw is alittle bit raised, his stance is alittle taller “Then what are you doing here?” I laughs trying to play it off “Simple, the title doesn’t pay so I had to build an empire” just before I can ask anything else, the lift doors open and a woman rushes into his arms, im hoping its his mom or there are going to be problems. Shes a tall woman that had dark straight hair but now has streaks of grey she is wearing a pantsuit and subtle makeup, she's the definition of sophisticated and i feel like a church mouse next to her, Damn. The babies were placed on the ground during the ride up otherwise they would have had a wild ride, my heart sinks as the realization of my situation hits me, he's not just a millionaire but practically royalty in Portugal.