148. Lunch
Dee had no idea what to expect when Rockford told them that they were to attend lunch at his future employer’s house. Well, looking at the driveway she knew that it was more of a mansion than a house.Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.
She could feel Rocco was getting tense beside her, and when her eyes caught Rockford’s through the rearview mirror she knew that he was getting nervous about Rocco being there too. Dee realized that Rockford wanted this badly. She didn’t know about his past, but knowing that he used to be the VP of a biker club she could already imagine the years that he had spent as security staff at Babes. Must be boring as hell.
Dee wanted to feel sorry for their man, but she knew that he wouldn’t want her to. So she stayed silent and for the time being, all she could do was to support him and make sure that Rocco wouldn’t make a fool of himself by being the sweet man who loved their boyfriend and cared for his safety.
With his trauma Dee didn’t want to push Rocco, she didn’t know how his mind works exactly. But she was sure as hell didn’t want Rocco getting his nightmare back. She loves him too much to watch him have a setback because of his insecurities.
“Dee?” Her thoughts were interrupted when Rocco put his hand on hers, telling her silently that they’d arrived. She smiled when Rockford was to her side of the back passenger door and waited for her to exit the car. Rocco joined them on her other side as they walked up the stellar veranda leading up to the doors that were guarded by men in black suits.
But then the tense atmosphere was disrupted when two toddlers ran out with the most beautiful blonde-haired woman running after them. “Ivan, I swear I’ll have Max move you to surveillance! I told you not to give them more chocolates! Hell, you’re on baby duties for the rest of the day! Oh… fuu… phht…” She halted her steps when she saw Rockford with Dee and Rocco. She stopped the little devils and took one to her hip while the other one decided to hide behind her long expensive-looking sundress.
“Oh hello there, you must be the new boss for logistics. Max told me about you.” She held out her hand to Rockford. Not caring that her toddler was messy with chocolate and already staining her impeccable look. “And you must be Dee and Rocco. Please come in. Don’t mind the kids, they’re all Max’s so they always do as they please. A mother can only do so much.” She sighed exaggeratedly, but Dee was feeling her abundant love for her children. Her eyes gave her feelings away.
Dee was instantly feeling better about the scary mob boss.
“Thank you for having us.” Rockford shook her hand, he even greeted her little toddler, taking in their names and not minding to shake their chocolate-covered hands with his clean one.
Dee gave him a tissue from her purse after she greeted the little family. Rocco did the same and she knew that he was feeling better the moment he stepped into the foyer and saw how cluttered the room was with children’s toys of all ages.
“Emelie, I’m sorry about these two scoundrels.” Ivan appeared with a toddler hanging by his feet calling him daddy. He took Max’s kids to his arms and carried them like they were a sack of potatoes and the two boys were giggling in his arms.
“Please… follow me. You know sometimes I don’t know if it’s easier to branch out to daycare instead of managing this household. At least I will have more help. You know? But now, Ivan, Luka, and Nikolai are having more kids and I’m… oh fuck, I hope I’m not scaring you with the baby horror? Trust me, our kids are the best-behaved ones.” Emelie was babbling as she introduced us to Nikolai, Luka, and their spouses as well as their kids.
The names got blundered and at some stage, it was easier for them to just nod and smile. Yes. Rockford was feeling smug about this lunch. Dee could see that the ex-VP was getting more and more confident about joining Max’s family and she could see that Rocco was relaxing with the Mimosa that Emilie managed to shove in his hand.
Rockford took the beer from Nikolai and he was talking with Luka when Emelie ushered Dee and Rocco to where the spouses were conversing. Their children were in the other room, playing and watching television with more nannies than Dee had ever seen settling into one room.
“We don’t usually do nannies, but desperate calls for desperate measures,” Emelie explained when she saw Dee peeking into the living area where the kids gathered.
“Yep, we have nannies for date nights, and times like this. Ugh… I miss having Ivan in me.” It was Angelica, Ivan’s wife. Dee remembered because Emelie warned her that she was not as angelic as her name conveyed.
“No wonder, he looked so grumpy back at the Villa.” Dee decided to jump into their conversation feeling at ease already.
“Oh, I know right?! It helps that I kept on sending him nudes. We’re trying for another one.” She giggled with no shame at all with Rocco beside me listening to her confession.
“So tell me, the three of you. How does that work?” Olga, Luka’s wife, asked. The woman was grinning from ear to ear and Dee couldn’t help but laugh.
“Um…” Rocco looked nervous and that just made the women giggle louder. They were like sorority girls ready to tackle the sweet blushing Rocco. Her man was overwhelmed and Dee decided to ground him by putting her hand on his thigh, which silenced the women as they let out a simultaneous dreamy sigh.
“That’s it! We are living vicariously through both of you. Tell us. We need Intel.” Angelica was the first to let her tongue lose and Emelie was laughing telling her that she should go out to a sex club.
“Really? Ooohhh… I haven’t done that in years. We should go, as a group. I’m sure Max owned a sex club with a dungeon somewhere in the city. You know he never brings the wives to visit.” Angelica squinted her eyes at Emelie. “Tell me you haven’t been into one and not telling me about it.”
“I haven’t been into one and not telling you about it.” Emelie retorted and they all laughed, even Rocco let out a whole rumbly one since the whole gunshot incident. Dee missed hearing him laugh. Okay, maybe it was because Emelie was making sure that his glass was refilled every time it was empty. But still, Dee entwined their hands as the women talked and he was feeling better surrounded by the wives.
“Oh… oh… Luka told me that you both worked at Babes! Back then, I used to wait for Luka and sometimes I went there with my bestie Megan and watched you girls dancing on the poles. You know I’ve always wanted to do that, give my man a show. Do you think you can teach me?”
“And me!”
“Oh… oh… me too!”
“And Rocco, I’m putting you in charge of the drinks. I know you’re the bartender. You can help us name the sexy drinks to serve our men, preferably one that can make them extra horny.” Angelica was on fire and Rocco was laughing so hard he had tears in his eyes.
Dee laughed and Rocco shook his head. At the same time, Dee looked at Rockford who was watching them and he winked, then their man smiled at both of them before he was back to talking to the group of men in the other corner of the room.
Yeah… the lunch was off to a good start. Dee could already feel that by the end of the day, Rocco would say yes. She knew that he would support their man knowing these strong women did it easily with many children behind them. Dee sees a family unit. She knew everything would be okay… so okay that she was even considering following the women’s trail of having one of the little scoundrels when one of Olga’s toddlers was cozying up on Rocco’s lap. They had finished their lunch and were lounging by the poolside watching the kids in the kiddie pool while their moms were sitting on their husbands’ laps, enjoying the afternoon breeze.
Dee was on Rockford’s lap while he was still talking to Max. But her hand was caressing the little girl on Rocco’s lap as they both watched the kid take her nap.
Could this be their future? Dee could only hope because she wanted it. She wanted it with her men.