Unmatched Love

by Mary Nixon

  She reminded of the pregnant Bianca I had endured living with back Monaco. The snappy temper coupled with the rolling of her eyes.

  "Never mind." I said having learned not to fight with a pregnant woman.

  How come Keira was not as bad tempered as this one? Pregnancy seemed to suit her. She was glowing and happy. Bianca on the other hand was annoyed and moody all the time.

  "I'm sorry Tony." She started. "I don't know what came over me."

  We continued our drive to the hotel in silence.

  ***

  I got home late at night the next day. I had spent the day convincing

  Coleen to reconsider the hotel partnership that Keira had ruined thanks to her bad temper. I had asked her to behave professionally but I guess when it came to women fighting for a man, there was no professionalism.

  What fascinated me is how she had shoved Coleen and burnt her with hot coffee. Keira was a little fire cracker and I bet that Jacob didn't know it. I had reprimanded her for it but I was happy she stood up for herself.

  I still thought about her pregnancy, how I had held her belly in my hands. How I had wished she would let me hold it a little longer. It brought back memories that I wished to forget.

  She was careful with herself, she was protective of her unborn child. I wish Bianca would have done the same thing two years back.

  After the scare she had today, I couldn't stop worrying about her. We had met up with Pierre and it was difficult for me to look at the man who I suspected to be the father of Bianca's baby.

  My rant about professionalism is the only thing that kept me from punching his smug face. I talked the talk now I needed to walk the walk as well.

  Keira had passed out soon after our meeting had started and Ferrer had recommended mandatory bed rest.

  I was growing dangerously fond of Keira and I had to control myself before I got carried away and fell in love with her.

  It was misplaced affection on my part. But I liked the girl.

  We were heading out to Santorini where I was meeting Jacob and Pierre for a site visit. I was building a resort and Jacob was my architect.

  Pierre had invested.

  I found Bianca wide awake waiting for me in the bedroom. She had a frown on her face and I knew what was happening.

  She was probably mad at me for coming home late... again.

  Truth is I was avoiding her. She was in a bad mood and to stop myself from lashing out at her, I just stayed away.

  I ignored her and went straight to take a cold shower. I had to get Keira out of my mind. I was thinking too much about her. She was the kind of woman I needed in my life. I needed someone who was ready to settle down.

  I kept reminding myself that she was carrying his child and I should stay away but she was so easy to love.

  I was done with my shower when I heard Bianca walking into the bathroom. She was glaring at me as I dried myself with a towel.

  Just keep cool.

  "Are you going to stand there or are you going to accuse me of something?" I asked her.

  "Do you love her?"

  "Who?" I asked as I grabbed my toothbrush and brushed my teeth.

  "That girl you are spending your whole day with."

  I rinsed my mouth and combed my hair back. I needed a hair cut.

  "She has a name Bianca." I said defensively.

  "I don't care if you're

  helping her! Your first priority is me!"

  I kept ignoring her as I grabbed a pair of sweat pants and a tee. I got dressed and put on a pair of sneakers. I grabbed my car keys and wallet before I headed for the door. I needed to get out of this place before I lost my bloody mind.

  "Tony!" She screamed.

  "What!" I yelled back.

  I was upset with her for not coming clean and telling me she was pregnant. Bianca was still hiding it from me.

  "Where are you going? You just got here!"

  "I'm going out."

  "Where?"

  "To blow off some steam. Goodnight and don't wait up for me. I'll go straight to the office in the morning."

  Bianca's POV

  Tony was mad at me.

  I don't know why but he was. I felt threatened by this new woman in his life. I had seen how he looked at her the first time I met her at a restaurant in Paris. He had that look that said he was interested.

  They were spending a lot of time together and that annoyed me even more. I didn't like that he was going out at night on his own.

  Was he falling for Keira?

  What was it about her that attracted him to her?

  I had my own problems. I was four months pregnant. Five more to go. I just needed to hang in there for five months. My belly was not as large as it was with Tony's twins because this time round it was only one baby. I was going to know whether it was a boy or a girl soon. Tony and I weren't sharing the same bed. I hated to pick fights with him but that was the only way I could keep him away from sleeping

  with me and finding out my secret.

  I didn't want to cuddle with him only for him to start asking questions. I was playing a dangerous game with him but I was not willing to lose him again. I hadn't told Pierre about the baby.

  I rubbed my belly and smiled to myself. Life had given me a second chance at being a mother and this time I would be careful.

  I was ready to be a mother.

  ***

  James Lyons's POV

  I pulled up in front of her apartment. It was past mid night and I knew I should have stayed away but I needed to see her. She had a calming effect on me. She made me sane and gave me a rare form of serenity.

  I went up to her door and knocked.

  A few seconds later she opened wearing pajama shorts and a vest that hugged her belly and molded her full breasts.

  She was holding an ice cream cup and was busy eating and closing her eyes at how delightful it tasted.

  "Tony!" She said once she had swallowed. "What are you doing here at this hour?"

  She glanced at her watch.

  "Can I come in?"I asked.

  "Of course!" She said stepping out of the way.

  I entered into her small apartment and noticed she was cooking. It was some baked potatoes and roasted chicken with some salad.

  "Have you eaten?" She asked.

  "No, may I?" I asked.

  "Please do. I'll join you once I'm done with my ice cream."

  I sat down and served some food. As I dug in, she started on a slice of pizza. She had an insane appetite.

  "Keira, slow down. Aren't you worried about your weight?"

  She smiled.

  "What's

  the point? Nothing fits anyway." She said with a laugh. "My hunger is insatiable."

  She joined me for dinner and I just watched her eating.

  "Did you cook all this?" I asked.

  "Yes, I make all my food from scratch. Its kind of therapeutic for me."

  Jacob was a lucky man to find a woman who knew how to cook and to do it properly. Bianca had no use for my fully equipped kitchen.

  "It's great food." I commended her after I was done.

  "Thank you." She said as she stood up to pick the plates.

  "It's okay I'll do that for you." I offered and she sat down.

  I got to the sink and realized she didn't have a dish washer.

  "I can do it Tony. I won't break, I'm just pregnant."

  "Let's do them in the morning." I pleaded.

  "Are you staying the night?" She asked a little puzzled.

  What was I doing? Jacob would kill me if he found out I was here and that I intended to spend the night.

  "Can I stay the night?" I asked.

  She narrowed her deep blue eyes and thought for a moment.

  "Yes you can. Are you avoiding your girlfriend?" She asked.

  "Kind of."

  "Okay, I'll get you set up in the bedroom."

  I followed her into the bedroom and saw her carrying spare sheets into the living room.


  "Keira, where will you sleep if I have the bed?"

  "On the couch."

  I could share a bed with her but I was no sure she would want to. I was not sure either but I had to ask.

  "Your bed will suffice. We can sleep together."

  She became as red as a tomato.

  "No, If Jacob finds

  out..."

  "Jacob is not here." I told her as I cupped her pretty face and pressed my forehead against hers. Her lips were so full and just an inch away.

  I could kiss her.

  I closed my eyes and took a step back.

  "I will be on my best behavior. I can't let you sleep on the couch because you're pregnant and you need comfort. I can't sleep on that couch because it's bloody small. What do you say?"

  Half an hour later we were in bed. It was strangely hot and I had taken off my tee. She was facing the wall and I was facing the opposites side.

  She had arranged pillows in between us. Probably a barrier to keep me away.

  I wanted to tease her so I removed them and inched closer to her. She didn't move even as my hand slipped through her vest and felt her belly.

  "You're five months away. Are you excited?" I asked her.

  "Kind of." She said as her hand settled on top of mine. "Sometimes I'm scared because I'm all alone. I wish Jacob was here."

  "You don't have to be alone pretty. I'm here for you if need anything. Okay?"

  She smiled and gave my hand a squeeze.

  I pushed her hair away and kissed her cheek tenderly.

  "One of these days I may pursue this attraction between us." I told her.

  "Jacob will kill you." She warned with a sweet chuckle.

  "I will kill him first if it's you we are fighting for." I told her with a chuckle. "You are worth all my affection and my attention."

  "Tony?" She called.

  "Yes pretty face."

  "Why aren't you with your girlfriend?"

  "Because she gives me constant heartache."

  "Why are you here tonight?"

  "You calm me down. I needed to calm down."

  She turned to face me and she held my cheek.

  We didn't say anything, I just gazed into her sapphire eyes that glittered in the light the moon allowed in. They were perfect... she was perfect.

  I inched closer to her and she closed her eyes her lips parting. I was ready to kiss her.

  I kissed Keira.

  Her lips were very soft. I was careful and she allowed it giving me full access into her mouth. She smelt like fresh strawberries. I took my sweet time to taste her.

  Once I broke it off, she looked curious for more and she inched closer. She sat on me and I sat up as I kissed her again. It was the sweetest moment... because it was a stolen moment... a sweet sinful moment.

  We broke apart and I pushed her hair back. I wanted to go all the way with her. I stroked her long creamy legs as I inched higher and higher until I found her core. She closed her eyes in anticipation but I couldn't do it.

  Jacob would never forgive me.

  I set her down on the bed knowing it took all I had for me not to bed her tonight.

  "Sweet dreams Keira."

  I kissed her forehead as I turned her to face away from me. I couldn't do it. Jacob would never forgive me. I just held her belly and fell asleep in her sweet presence.

  I was falling for Keira.

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  Chapter twenty seven: The confrontation.

  "Tell me the truth!" I screamed at her.

  She turned away from me. I grabbed her by the shoulder and turned her to face me. We were in Santorini and I had witnessed a fall out between Jacob and Keira as they fought about their baby. Jacob had threatened to take away his son the moment Keira gave birth. It was not a bluff; Jacob never bluffed.

  I had called Jacob's mom to speak to the reasonable of the two and that is Keira. I hoped they would resolve their issue. Now I was back in my hotel room arguing with the woman I loved about her condition.

  "Bianca, we aren't going to keep ignoring the elephant in the room."

  "Fine," she caved. "I'm pregnant Tony!"

  As much as I already knew the truth, it pained me to hear it straight from her lips. The pain was sharper than a stub to the heart.

  I didn't have a come back so I decided to let things cool down first before I become the reason she will lose the baby.

  "I need some air," I informed her. "I'll see you later."

  I grabbed my car keys and she followed me clinging to my arm as I opened the door.

  "Please Tony don't leave me. It's going to be okay I promise."

  How could it possibly be okay? She was in a relationship with me while carrying another man's baby?

  There was nothing okay about that.

  "You can be her father."

  Her?

  "You're having a daughter?" I asked her.

  "Yes. We are having a daughter Tony."

  What

  was wrong with her? Couldn't she understand that this was not my baby?

  "We? She's not mine Bianca!" I spoke sternly.

  I had had enough and when I stepped out she blocked me and fell to her knees.

  "Please Tony. Please just accept my daughter as your own. I want her to have a father. Please!"

  People stared so I pulled her up and led her back into the hotel room. I rubbed my temples recalling what Simon had said.

  'She wants you to love her enough to accept her child as your own.'

  Did I love Bianca that much?

  I had to think carefully about it.

  Here I was willing to fall for Keira and even accept Jacob's baby as my own but why couldn't I accept Bianca's daughter?

  "Tony please say something... anything at all."

  "Bianca I..."

  She kissed me out of the blue and I knew what she was trying to do.

  I grabbed her by the jaw and broke the kiss.

  "Don't do that."

  She ignored me and did it again.

  It felt good.

  I gave in and sometime later she was lying on her belly as I made love to her. I was so engrossed into it that I barely noticed Keira watching us. Thank goodness I was holding Bianca's head down. Keira looked curious. Our eyes met and I could see the passion in her eyes.

  For a moment I imagined her in Bianca's place.

  Last night she would have had her long creamy sexy legs wrapped around my waist if I had allowed it.

  She felt uncomfortable and decided

  to walk away. I hurried to my release so that I could catch up with her before she left. Once I was almost, I quickened my pace.

  She tightened her grip on me and the next minute she hit her climax and I followed soon after. Her limp body collapsed on the bed as I got out of bed.

  "I need a shower." She told me and I watched as my pregnant girlfriend went into the bathroom.

  I wore my sweatpants only and went to see if Keira was still around. She was sipping a glass of water in the living room. I walked up to her and grabbed myself a bottle of water.

  She was still not looking at me. She was a shy flower.

  I cornered her and decided to tease her about her staring. She denied it profusely. I wanted to kiss her but my actions would have hurt both Bianca and Jacob.

  She demanded Jacob's room number and I gave it to her. I winked at her on her way out and she blushed.

  Bianca joined me a moment later and the reality sank in when I spotted her baby bump. She was now not hiding it anymore. She had a glow on her face.

  "Love, can you give me time to think about what you asked me?"

  "Yes you can but I am running out of time. She is growing every day. Soon, my pregnancy will start to show and people will start talking. I don't want to lose her."

  "Who would you lose her to?" I asked. "You're her mother and I certainly can't ask you to give her up."

  She rubbed her temples and a frown occupied her face.

  "Her fat
her."

  "Who

  is he?"

  I knew the answer but I wanted to hear it from her.

  "Pierre Deveraux."

  I clenched my jaw.

  "Bianca, why not tell him the truth? He deserves to know."

  I wanted her to tell Pierre because it was the right thing to do.

  "Tony I am carrying royalty inside me. He won't let me raise her and worse still, he is engaged to marry. He will take my daughter from me if you don't step up and claim her. Please Tony I know this is too much to ask of you but I have no way out here."

  I just stared at her as she began crying. I held her in my arms.

  "Give me until tomorrow love. Let me think it through."

  She was asking me to accept and raise another man's daughter as my own. It meant that the little girl will always be a constant reminder of Bianca sleeping with Pierre.

  "Let's go dancing tonight." I told her in an effort to change the topic.

  She agreed and we went to a an open air club where people were dancing on the beach.

  Bianca looked gorgeous in her red dress and she carried her heels in her hands. We enjoyed some music and drinks. She stuck to juices while I downed the hard stuff. I was halfway done with my drink when my phone buzzed. It was my P.I.

  "Excuse me love."

  I stepped away from the table to receive the call. I had asked him to look into my sister's whereabouts before her return to London. I wanted to know who David's father was.

  "Hello."

  "Good evening sir. I have the information you needed. Where can we meet?"

  "Let me text you the address."

  I left Bianca on her own and made my way to a more enclosed restaurant.

  I met him there.

  "What did you find out?" I asked as I bought him a drink.

  "She was country hopping while she was away for the first few months. When your father cut her off she was grounded in France. While she was there she worked at a club."

  "What club?" I asked.

  "A popular one with high rollers such as yourself for clients."

  "What did she do at the club?" I asked although I feared the answer.

  "A stripper at first sir. Soon after she became an escort for any rich man who asked it and had the money to pay for her pleasures."

  My heart constricted but coming from Cheryl I was not shocked. No wonder she behaved so loosely. She was used to such behavior.

  "Then what?"