TWO

RUTH'S POV

"OW!" Brian hissed in pain. "OW! OW! OW!"

I had his left arm wrapped around my shoulders as I was trying hard supporting him throughout his way from the car back to our apartment.

"Careful wifey, don't break anything. I'm already on the verge of falling apart." Brian said making an animated face. He was wounded in his legs so badly and still in this situation, he thinks he could joke around like that

"Shut up! What was the need for you to get into all of that mess?!" I glared at him once he was on the couch.

"They were talking shit about my girl, I had to beat the crap out of them." His nostrils flared

"And hurt yourself in the process?" I folded my arms against my chest and looked at him in anger.

"Uhh... I never said I wanted to win?" Brian replied cheekily, and just then somehow Irene got to know about her daddy getting back home and she came running from inside and jumped over Brian's shoulders from behind.

"DADDY!!" She planted a strong wet kiss on Brian's cheeks and dug in her face into the crook of his neck, smelling him.

IRENE LEWIS, Our three year old daughter.

"You didn't sleep yet princess?" Brian said kissing her cheeks back ruffling through her hairs and Scarlett came from inside

"She becomes too hard to handle when she doesn't find her daddy in bed. It's so hard taking care of her when you two go away." She said taking a deep worn out breath.

SCARLETT PERKINS, She is my best friend and Irene's godmother.

"Thanks a lot for taking care of Irene, Letty."

Seriously, Scarlett has been so much of a help. Otherwise, it wasn't going to be easy for me to take care of Irene alone. She is like my little sister. And I don't have any family apart from Brian, Irene and Scarlett. I mean, not till seven months from now.

"What happened to you?" Letty asked looking at my husband's swollen legs genuinely worried about him.

"Nothing much! Just a scratch." Brian said acting brave when I put a heating patch on his ankle and he screamed in pain. "OW!! DO YOU WANT TO KILL ME TONIGHT?!"

"Yeah, just the scratch." Letty mumbled chuckling.

"We were at the red light waiting for the traffic to get cleared when the drunken guys in the car adjacent to ours saw me and started to pass lewd remarks on me. My husband got angry and went down there to break some bones." I said. providing his swollen legs with much of the warmth it needed

"I see." Letty chuckled and her cell buzzed.

"I should get going, and let you have family time right now. I'll see you later this weekend" She said and walked upto Irene to kiss her cheeks.

"Aunt Letty and baby Irene had a wonderful time, didn't they?" Irene chuckled in response as Letty gave a small hug to me and Brian each.

"See you Friday."

"Yeah."

And she walked away.

"I am sick! Please take care of me, mama." Brian pouts making a puppy face at me and I turn around to look at him controlling my laughter. Irene chuckled hard hanging onto her Dad's shoulder as I sighed and ruffled his hair getting up walking towards the kitchen.

"I'll make you some chicken soup." I said.

THE NEXT MORNING

"NO!" Irene shouts out loud and starts to run around the living room holding her favorite plushie. "I want Dada feed Baby Irene!"

"Dada is getting late for his work baby! Come on, why are you making your mommy so tired?" I said carrying a spoonful of cereal for her in my hand trying to get a hold of her. It's been four months since my pregnancy, and this shit is pretty exhausting.

"DADA, DADA, DADA!!" Irene stomped her feet in anger puffing her cheeks up in anger like a blowfish.

"Fine! Don't eat!! I don't care!" I said in anger too slapping the bowl at the dining table and went inside to plate out Brian's breakfast on the table. And here we go again. Irene started crying hugging her life-sized plushie sitting on the couch.

"Ohkay, why is my house a zoo first thing in the morning?!" Brian came out irritated struggling with his tie. Seriously, he takes more time tying that knot around his collar than he takes in the shower.

"Mama shouted Irene!" She complained sobbing.

"Hmm... Bad mama! Shoo!!" Shooing me away, Brian scooped her up in his arms and petted her hair with love. "Dada will feed our baby... What say?"

I sighed handling Brian the bowl, and he started talking moons and stars with her patiently while feeding her spoon after spoons.

"Yay! The baby finished the food." Brian says with his starry eyes and Irene jumps to wrap her arms around his neck and plants a strong kiss on his cheek.

"Irene loves daddy."

Brian chuckled ruffling her hair and getting up with the bowl coming at the table.

"Mission accomplished wifey." He said with a grin and wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me towards himself. I did the knotting of his tie for him while he played with my hair.

"You're late for your work husband." I whispered. He softly kissed my cheek and linked his forehead with mine, "If you didn't ask for a quickie this morning, this wouldn't have happened!"

"Okay, now go!" I slapped my hands against his back slowly turning all red.

"Are you sure wife? Should I really go?? What if I run away?" He shot me a teasing look.

"I'll go find another man, there are more out there in the world... Better than you." I said giving him that grin back.

"Seems like last night wasn't hard enough to mark the fact that you are MINE!? Want me to repeat the exercise?" He said pulling me closer.

"Shut up and go! We'll do this after you come back." I said, moving my head all through his neck and chest, breathing him into myself.

"Bye. Miss me." He breathed into my ears softly and nibbled on my ear lobe

"Yeah. I will."

I said pushing him away handling him his office bag as he took up a roll in his hand and biting it off he walked away. I stood there watching him walking away with a smile pasted on my lips. Life has been so calm and peaceful lately. Just like I wanted since forever. I wonder if Brian knew about my past would he still want to hold my hand through everything or not?

Whatever. I'm happy, bearing a child for my husband. We have a sweet little world of our own and I don't want to change it by telling him the truth about my past. It would only ruin us.

"Irene, not on the couch!" I yelled at this little typhoon again while she settled on the couch with all the water colors trying to paint. Paper or Couch? Can't tell.

BRIAN'S POV

"Here's your coffee sir." Scarlet slammed the cup against the table in hatred almost breaking the crockery.

"Careful little bird. You don't want to pay the penalty, do you?" I chuckled and she glared at me.

"When are you telling Ruth?" She asked in anger.

"It's her birthday tonight Letty. It's not gonna be tonight." I said getting back to seriousness.

"Right..." She mumbled. "But, Do it in a month, or it will become hard to hide."

"I know that. Now where the heck did I keep the "Nightingales" file?" I said going through the documents

"Ugh! What would you do without me?" Letty rolled her eyes and went through the drawers coming up with the very file I was searching for.

"That's what I hired you for, sweetcheeks." I winked cheekily taking the file away from my secretary also, a very intimate friend of mine and Ruth's.

I was working through the day when one of the staffs knocked on my glass door and I looked up at him giving him the attention he wanted.

"Brian sir, CEO Rodriguez has called you in his office."

"Alright, I'm coming." I said getting up closing my pen and stuffing it up in my pocket.

"I'll be right back!" I husk to Scarlet and walked towards the door.

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