Chapter 7 #2
“That’s not eatin’ wifey.”
She laughed. “We can eat when I get there.”
“Hurry up.”
She started walking toward the exit of the gym. The driver opened the door of the Escalade and she slid in. The security in the front seat gave me a quick nod through the camera and I did the same back.
“Dom…” she said in a voice sweeter than I’d ever heard coming from her while she looked at me with googly eyes and shit.
“Yeah.”
She looked at me for a second and this time she wasn’t smiling.
“I love you,” she told me. The way she said it, it came from the deepest parts of her heart and that hit different because I knew it was real and certain.
My jaw flexed because feelings always had me feeling sideways, but I was doing better, that’s why I didn’t shy away.
“I love you too,” I replied without fear or hesitation. I knew exactly how I felt and it remained the same, I’d die about that pussy. Carmen could never fuck with no other man even when I was dead and gone.
She exhaled like that meant truly meant something to her almost like my words landed on her heart where she needed them too so she could tuck them deep and lock them up with a key.
“Alright,” she said. “I’ll be there soon.”
“I’ll be waiting.”
When we hung up, I lowered the phone and tucked it back into my pocket.
The shadow near the hallway didn’t say one word, but I felt the energy of somebody witnessing something serious, and something he’d never seen in me before because he’d been around long enough.
Yeah, I needed everyone to notice this was my wife, this was my family, this was mine, because she was way more than just my attorney.
I turned back towards the window and watched the water again waiting for Carmen to arrive to our forever home.
The door cracked open slowly, like it was scared to interrupt something because she didn’t know what to expect.
Carmen stepped in, looking all the way gone in her head.
The driver stayed by the ride, and the security just faded out and kept it moving to where they needed to post making sure all angles were covered but right now, she didn’t even peep them because her mind was somewhere else.
The sunlight came blasting in, taking up the whole foyer.
The marble on the floor was tan with some wild lines running through it, the ceilings were way up above us, and the whole back wall was straight glass with the ocean sparkling behind it.
The mansion still had that new paint smell too.
She stopped for a second just standing there.
Her gym bag slid off her shoulder and hit the floor soft, causing a light thud.
I didn’t even have to tell her this was hers because it’s like she just knew.
She put her hand over her mouth in disbelief like she was trying to stop something from slipping out of her mouth.
Her eyes got wide as saucers at first and then that was replaced with a softness.
She stepped up slow allowing her fingers to slide across the marble table and down the wall touching the door frame like she had to feel it to believe it was real.
The sun caught her sideway view lighting up her cheekbones, those little curls by her edges, that gold chain on her neck. Her belly poked out under the jacket she wore over her crop top. I just watched her soak everything up before she said anything. After some time, she finally turned to me.
“This…” she said above a whisper. “Dom…” The tears were already falling and those were tears of relief and she couldn’t hide them.
I knew deep down inside she was concerned that all this shit was just because of her pregnancy but this was how I really felt.
I didn’t have time to pacify no bitch about my feelings nor play with one, but Carmen was deeper than that.
Years ago, she would’ve swallowed those tears before they could drop but this time, she didn’t swallow them back like she used to.
Carmen had enough money to afford whatever she wanted but even if she wanted to move out of her penthouse, she wouldn’t have just because it wasn’t on my call, that’s how loyal she was.
She came right up to me, pressing her forehead against my hard chest, with her arms wrapping around me tight.
I slid my hands down to her lower back pulling her in close and steady before placing one hand on her stomach.
Her shoulders shook a little as she cried and not like she was falling apart.
It was just letting go of everything she’d been carrying.
“I never had somewhere that was just… mine,” she said with her face still in my chest. Her voice was small and strong at the same time, like she was speaking from somewhere old and tender inside herself.
Like it was deeper than this. “Not growing up, not in college, not even my condo. I always had to be ready to move, to protect myself, just in case I had to rebuild.” She leaned back so she could look up at me.
Her eyes were red and wet and that shit broke my heart although it was happy tears. I didn’t like to see her cry.
“But this,” she said using her hand to cup it on my jaw with her voice trembling, “this feels like I can finally breathe.”
I brushed my thumb across her cheek one time and told her straight up, “You deserve that, and more.”
She let out this shaky breath, like a weight had finally been lifted from her chest and gave me this slow nod but it said everything that words couldn’t.
Then she snatched up my hand and pulled me with her, leading us through the living room over them shiny-ass floors till we were right up on that glass wall, staring at the ocean like it was all ours.
The water was moving all chill and smooth with that sound I liked.
She squeezed my hand tighter like she was making sure this was real for real.
“This is our home,” she whispered.
I nodded my head. “Yeah wifey, this our home,” I repeated.
She laughed and finally wiped her eyes getting back to Carmen because she didn’t like being emotional but maybe the pregnancy had her hormones allowing her to feel shit, she was trying to suppress at one point too.
Then she turned to me and placed my hand on her belly again letting me feel the tiny kick since she was five months now.
It wasn’t hard kicks but just enough to feel the flutters and that did something to me that I couldn’t explain, something I didn’t have words for, and she saw it because she noticed everything about me.
“Thank you,” she said, and I knew that came from a deeper place, that was a woman thanking her man because she knew what it took to be him.
I leaned in and kissed her nice and slow like she liked it feeling my dick jump. Ever since the doctor told us it was cool to have sex, I’d been tearing that pussy up. When we pulled back, she looked around again with her eyes still wet.
“So, where’s the master suite?” she asked, “I can’t wait to see it.”
I smirked and nodded toward the curved staircase. “You’ll see. Ain’t no furniture up there either so you gotta make it happen. Use the black card and make it a home for our family. I did have one request though.”
“What was that?” She asked with her eyebrow slightly raised.
“Upon entry, I need a big ass gold ‘R’ on the gates.”
She smiled and checked the time on her watch. “I like that, King.”
“I’m glad we on the same page wifey,” I winked at her ready to eat that pussy out the frame. “How much time you got?” I asked with my head slightly cocked.
One look at me and she knew why I was asking. She checked her apple watch for the time. “Can you get it done in twenty minutes?” She teased.
I looked around and used one hand to unbuckle the buckle on my Fendi belt. “Shit, all I need is ten.” I told her, looking around at the shadows. “Hey, ya’ll step out for a minute. We good in here. Cover the mansion.”
They nodded their heads and walked outside giving me and my wifey some privacy.
She didn’t move yet. She stayed right there with me in the quietness until they were gone and when it was clear, I playfully lifted her in my arms like a baby and walked her to the kitchen before placing her on the island where she laughed.
She looked me dead in the eyes as she removed her gun from the small of her back.
I removed mine too sitting our his and hers on the counter.
“You’re down to nine minutes now.” She teased.
“Say less, I’ma have you cummin in five.” I did just that too, tore her ass up having her begging for more.