Dominick got up, walked around the bed and held up the bag from the restaurant.
“Dessert, of course.”He teased.
I smiled.“What did you bring me?”
“Us, Miss Medici, us. You don’t get to have all the fun.”
“Okay, okay. What did you bring home for……us.”
“Here let me get changed and you get started.”He said as he handed me the bag and two plastic spoons that he took out of his coat pocket.
I opened the bag and then the container. It smelled amazing. It was Molten Chocolate Lava Cake and it was still warm.
“I had them make it minutes before we left. I also made them wrap it so it would still be warm when I finally got it to you. How’d I do?”
“You did good. Now come join me.”I said as I pulled back the blankets so Dominick could settle in next to me and indulge in such amazing dessert.
We both took our spoons and pierced the cake exposing the warm chocolaty center. I scooped out a small amount and fed Dominick. He did the same for me.
“This is good.”He stated.
“When it comes to dessert, stick with me, Mr. Kane.”
“When it comes to everything, I sticking with you, baby.”He grinned.
“Good answer.”I smiled and gave him a messy chocolate kiss.
We continued to slowly eat, savoring each bite. Then I thought I should at least ask how dinner went.
“Did you have a good time tonight?”I asked with slight trepidation.
“Are you asking if we all got along?”
“Yes.”
“Rain, it was fine. Stop worrying.”
“I wasn’t worried.”
He tilted his head to one side and looked at me with one raise eye brow and a crooked smoked on his lips.
“Okay, I was worried. But can you blame me? I know how you can be in stressful situations.”
“It went well, Rain. We talked out a lot of things. Anna and Joseph explained everything. Having their side of the story helped me answer many of the things that I questioned during my childhood. We’re in a better place, now. We haven’t come full circle with everything, but I think we can move forward and maybe, eventually act as a family.”
“What about Daniel? How was he during all of this?”
“Well, I can’t speak for him, but he did seem more settled on what happened now that he heard the whole story and not just the bits and pieces he had gotten when he was younger. I do have to say it’s strange to look at him and see myself looking back at me.”Dominick isn't used to being a twin just yet.
“Welcome to my world.”
We continued to eat my dessert. We discussed the babies and how excited we both were about having a boy and a girl. Dominick was really happy and I was glad he was. He was also concerned about my health. I did remind him that he was there when Dr. Phillips said that my condition was under control I didn’t remind him however, not to worry, because that was just a waste of my breath where Dominick was concerned. He worried way too much for the both of us, but he meant well.
We finished my dessert and curled up together like we always did. He stroked me my hair and then his rested his hand on my belly. Leaving it there as we drifted off to sleep.
Things were good between us, better than good. They were amazing.
Let’s just hope that the everything goes off without a hitch at the show tomorrow evening.
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CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
SHOWTIME
Anytime our company had a show or exhibition, the day of was always crazy. My phone rang off the hook. It started in the morning at 6am. It wasn’t the venue, or Tommy or even the caterers that called and woke me up this time; effectively taking me out of Dominick’s warm and familiar embrace. It was something or should I say someone far more annoying.
Raven.
My twin always had the uncanny ability to ruin a moment without even being in the room. This morning she was concerned about what to wear this evening. She had to be kidding me. At this hour of the morning she was worried about what she’s going to choose for tonight. She should have had this planned out weeks ago, but no; she had to have some sort of upheaval or drama that involved her life, so she made it about her wardrobe.
“Rain! What are you wearing tonight.”She was out of breath.
“A bikini.”I, on the other hand, was calm.
“What? What do you mean a bikini? Are you serious?”
“Well, I thought about it long and hard, and yeah, the party has a theme. You know, sun and sand and surf. So, I decided as the artist that I would get a little crazy and dress the part. Whattaya’think?”I tried not to laugh.
“I think either you’ve gone mad or your pregnancy hormones are affecting you in a weird way.”Her voice was flat and boring.
“You may be right, but I look at it this way; artists tend to be mad or even slightly crazy, so I don’t think anyone will even notice.”
“Oh, no. No one will notice. You’re right. No one will notice a tall woman with extremely black hair and a tattooed back with a baby belly in the front walking around naked.”She was about to lose it.
“I said a bikini, not naked. Although you have a good point. Maybe I should go naked. I mean there are nude beaches in Italy.”I continued to tease my sister.
“Have you lost your mind, Rain.”Her voice went flat.
Ah, the sound of defeat. I love it. My plan worked. She stopped talking about herself and her evening attire for an whole two minutes.
I giggled.“Raven, I’m just teasing you. You know that you're entirely too serious. I needed to lighten things up. It’s too early and it’s before coffee.
“You’re not even allowed to have coffee.”
“True. So think of how much worse you sound now that caffeine has been cut from my morning diet.”
She giggled this time.“Too much, huh?”She asked
“Yeah, you're way too much. You know that I love you though, right?”
“Yeah, but I love you more.”She was calm now.
“Well, there’s a lot more of me to love.”
“You look great pregnant. And you’re happy. The happiest that I think I’ve ever seen you.”
“You may be right. So what did you call me about, really?”I forget why she originally called.
“I really did call about the show and what you’re going to wear.”
“I have a short black dress with an open back that exposes my tattoo and sexy come fuck me heels.
“Wow, sounds great. I think I’ll wear my new black pantsuit. and my see-through lace body top. What do you think?”
“Lose the lawyer look for one evening. You're not in the courtroom, Raven. Wear the body top with a black leather mini-skirt and I can give you my spare part of my come fuck me boots. You’ll have Mike eating out of your hands.”
There was a pause. A long pause.
“Okay, where are the boots? At Dominick’s or Tommy’s.”
“I left them at Tommy’s.”Although I had forgotten that I left them at my old place, that was kind of an odd question for. Didn’t she think I took everything with me when I moved?
“Do you want me to have Tommy bring them tonight?”
“No, I’ll call him and run over there to get them. I want to be wearing them when I walk in. I don’t want to be scrambling at last minute.”
“Okay, I’ll see you later then.”
“Bye, Rain.”She hung up quickly.
My sister was like a tornado. She came in quickly. Did all the damage she could do and left just as fast. It’s always the aftermath from her that worried me. Thank goodness this was about clothes and had a relatively easy fix.
I laid back down. Dominick curled back around me and buried his face in the hollow of my neck. He grinned against my skin and squeezed me tight.
“What are you grinning about?”I asked him.
“You.”He replied.
“Me? Why?”
“The idea of you thinking that I wo
uld allow you to show up for your event naked or even in a bikini, Miss Medici; is not even in the realm of possibility.”
“Well first of all, Mr. Kane; you don't allow me to do anything. I do what I want to do within reason. Besides, I wouldn’t show up naked or in a bikini anyway.”
“Good.”He seemed satisfied.
“It’s winter. It’s too cold right now to do either of those things.”I smiled and began to laugh.
He chuckled and started to pinch my sides.“Very funny, baby. Very funny.” Although I don’t think he was that amused, but he left it alone.
We stayed in bed a while longer and then my phone began to buzz. Dominick opted to get up and head upstairs to his gym and workout. We agreed we’d have some breakfast in an hour.
The day moved along relatively quickly. I cleared up some loose ends. I connected with Tommy and with my dad. Tommy was picking up Maggie and my dad was going with the Conte’s, Tommy and Mike’s parents. Raven and Mike were going to take Daniel, Anna and Joseph.
Dominick rented a limo, so we could go in style.
It was 6pm when I was finally dressed and ready for the evening ahead. Dominick came downstairs in a black tux without all of the extras. No tie or cumber bun. Just a crisp white shirt, black silk handkerchief and beautiful silver cufflinks.
He was shaven and smelled amazing. He stilled on the third step from the bottom when he saw me standing there. Then he stalked down very slowly pulling on his cuffs.
When he reached me, his eyes were black as coal. His focus wasn’t on leaving for the show. It was on fucking me. I was in total agreement with Mr. Kane. We had plenty of time. Besides, I think I read somewhere it was perfectly fine if the artist was fashionably late.
I definitely intended to honor that tradition.
“Miss Medici, you can’t dress like that and expect me to leave with you, now.”His voice was dark.
“I don’t. I expect you to fuck me and then take me out.”
He growled and brought me to him.
“That’s exactly what I’m going to do.”
He took my mouth hard. I grabbed his erection and rubbed the outside of his trousers. He moaned in unison with me. He pushed my hand away and unzipped his pants revealing his hard-on.
“Rain, turn around and place your hands on the table.”He commanded.
I did just that.
He lifted my dress to expose my ass.
“Mmmm…. no panties, Miss Medici?”He stated as he rubbed his hand over my backside and then between my legs. I had to steady myself from his caress of my wet sex.
I said nothing. I was too distracted by his fingers on my clit. He kept up his sweet assault on my core. I could have come just from the attention my body was now receiving. I tilted back further to get more from his touch.
“I love how wet you get for me, baby.”
“Only you.”I whispered.
“Damn right.”His hot breath was on the nape of my neck.
“Now, Rain, I need to bury my cock inside your sweet pussy and make you mine again.”
“I’m always yours.”
“You need a reminder after saying that you would leave this house naked for your show.”
“Dominick, please. I was joking.”
“I’m dead serious.”His words sent a chill through my body.
He pressed my thighs apart and entered me from behind. It was so good. I was filled and tightened around his erection. I backed up even further. I couldn’t get close enough. He braced his hands firmly on my hips and started to move. He wasn’t harsh, but he was focused. He regarded me gently due to the pregnancy, but he had a way of letting me know how he felt with his body and how my body belonged to him. His actions were intense without being overwhelming. He knew this was the way he had to be right now. If I wasn’t pregnant he would have probably given me a punishment fuck. Knowing Dominick, he will be saving that scenario for my post pregnancies days. Little does he know, I’ll be looking forward to it.
Dominick’s thrusts were rhythmic and deliberate, but not forceful. He always took me where I needed to go. He got me to my release as he came hard inside of me.
He pulled out and revealed a pair of black lace panties in his hand and presented them to me.
“I know you, Rain. So I knew you’d try leave these at home. Not tonight. Not with all those people near you. Let me help you put them on.”This was not a request and I happily did what he wanted.
“This is a switch.”I said as I held his shoulder’s and stepped into the delicate fabric.
“What do you mean?”He seemed confused.
“You’re usually ripping my panties off. Not helping me into them.”
He grinned.“There will be plenty of time for that later, baby.
We finally left in the limo Dominick ordered and made it to the show at precisely 720pm. Twenty minutes late. Not bad. Dominick helped me out of the car and as he escorted me to the building our names were being called, as bright lights flashed from the cameras of the photographers that wanted to photograph us. That’s a change for me. Usually I’m the one with a camera in someones face. Well, actually being that I take pictures of mainly the ocean, the people on the beach barely even notice I’m there.
We headed inside and I guy came forward to great us. Mr. Kane, Miss Medici, I’m Charlie. I manage the venue and will be here to help you in any way possible this evening.
“Thank you, Charlie. As you can see, Miss Medici is pregnant. I don’t want her getting pushed around in the crowd of people examining her work. You can handle that for me, can’t you, Charlie?”I don’t think Dominick was asking as much as he was telling Charlie what to do.
“Dominick, this isn't a rock concert. It’s an art exhibition. People don’t tend to be that wild here.”I said and gave him such a look.
“Baby, I don’t care if this was a funeral parlor and everyone was dead. I’m not taking any chances with you or my babies.”
Charlie looked down not to laugh out loud and I just stood there almost dumbfounded after what he just said. He had to be joking. He couldn’t be that serious. What was I saying, this was Dominick we’re taking about.
I just walked ahead of him and shook my head.
“What? What did I say?”He asked as I strolled by him with clinched teeth. Breathe, Rain. Breathe. He meant well.
We arrived at the staircase. I stopped and stared in awe. The place looked amazing. I always hated to do exhibitions, but I had to admit, it all came together beautifully.
The photographs blown up and placed their frames completed the scene being displayed. They turned out better than I could have imagined. The fact that they were suspended from the cables really made them appear to have come to life. They were fluid. They had movement. I was extremely happy about tonight.
“Shall we greet your guests, Miss Medici?”Charlie asked.
“This is the part of the evening that I dislike the most……Mingling.”I admitted as scrunched up my nose to make a funny, disgusted face.
Charlie grinned with Dominick.
“Ready, baby?”Dominick prompted and put out his arm to escort me down the stairs.
I let out a small huff and puff.
“I’m ready as I’ll ever be.”
I took Dominick’s arm. He and I followed Charlie down the stairs to greet the crowd of art lovers, admirers, family and friends. I could see Tommy with Maggie on his arm. The Contes and my dad with Anna and Joseph. Then there was Raven, Mike and Daniel all staring at me. I scanned the room and my eyes locked on one more person that I recognized, but now my blood was boiling.
Darian Mann.
She appeared nervous at the site of me and Dominick making our way to the main floor. As well she should be. As soon as I had gotten the chance, I’ll have her thrown out on her sorry ass. I may have invited her months ago, but she over stepped and now she can back step to the exit.
Once we reached the exhibition. Many people came up to congratulate me. Some even wished Dominick and I
well on the up and coming birth of our children. News sure travels fast. After several toasts, it was time for me to give my speech. I didn’t memorize anything. I thought I’d just wing it and hit the highlights. That way I didn’t have to be speaking for too long.
“Good evening, everyone. I’m Rain Medici. Welcome to my photographic art exhibition Sun, Sand and Surf. Please feel free to look around. Should you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask me or my partner in crime Tommy Conte.”I smiled and directed their attention to Tommy across the room from me. He winked and raised his glass in a toast.
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