"I can't believe Diane sometimes," Dana said as they drove home. "She has a wonderful husband and all she can do is complains all the time." She snorts. "I know what you mean, she can be really annoying but what I think is that if she doesn't get a grip on her insecurities she is going to end up losing him and we can't make that happen," Diana said with a sigh.
"Got that right, that man has done so much for us and now he's giving us ten grand per week just to help her out not to mention all the other perks of just been there; there's no way we are going to allow her to mess this up, no way," Dana said with a huff. "Alright new mission; while we are there we'll keep her in line and if she messes up we can always help to smooth things out," Diana said.
"Alright sounds like a plan because she's a loose cannon that needs to be reign in; she has even gone as far as trying to control him like telling him what to wear and I know for a fact that he doesn't like it but he puts up with her because he loves her; the poor guy she can really be a hand full." Dana snorts again.
"Oh, you mean like making him wear only a T-shirt and jeans to Price Smart, damn that backfired on her big time." Diana laughs and hits the steering wheel. "A man as sexy as Gabriel should never wear only a T-shirt and jeans; that only turned him into more of an eye candy for the ladies and man were they drooling," Diana said still laughing.
"Including us but Christ his butt looked amazing in those jeans." Dana sighs dreamily. "Looked? You mean looks amazing in whatever he has on right?" "Damn straight that is one sexy man."Dana sighs again. "And we have to do everything we can to keep him in this family yes?" "Oh yes." Dana agreed.
Gabriel pulled into the parking lot of the Four Seasons restaurant and help Diane from the Escalade. Earlier he had taken her to her doctor's appointment; she was now five months and three weeks. The doctor said the babies were growing beautifully and apart from back pains, swollen ankles, and a slightly elevated blood pressure she was in perfect health; after they leave the hospital, he decides to take her out to lunch before taking her home; he took her to a poolside table and helps her into the chair.
He had called the restaurant while he waited for her to finish getting dressed and order a velvet chair with soft cushions and it was there when he arrived. They order their lunch and enjoyed the view while they wait. She was deep in thoughts as she looks across the table at her husband, his hair was pulled back and held with a hairband, the dark glass he wore earlier was now in the front pocket of his black Gucci jacket, and as usual, he looks like a movie star. He had a powerful air about him and when he speaks people move, everyone seems very eager to please him, why was that? She wondered.
He bites his lips and smiles as he too studied his wife, she was just sitting there staring at him as if she was trying to figure him out, he watched as her eyes roam over him; she was studying him like an artist would a painting. What was she thinking about? And why was she looking at him like that? The water sparkled in her eyes, and the reflection of the sun on the water made her skin glow.
The babies really agreed with her, it scared and amazes him how much he loves this girl, he didn't believe he could ever feel this way about anyone but he did; he loves everything about her; the color of her skin, her eyes, her smile, her sense of humor, not to mention the love and warmth she had for everyone, but most of all he loves the fact that when his wife glowed, she glowed from the inside out, and she had the power to send his body into sexual overdrive, especially when she was looking at him so intently.
Sliding his hand across the table he covered her hand with his pulling her from her thoughts. "Are you okay baby?" He asks her softly. "Um…yeah….I…I was just wondering why you do things like this?" "Things like what?" He asks confused. "Like buying me expensive gifts and flowers, taking me to an expensive restaurant, and showering me with all this attention?" She said trying to pull her hand away but he wouldn't let her and his brow arch in surprise that was certainly not what he was expecting. "I do all of this because I love you, baby girl."
"Really? Is it just because you love me Gabriel or are you trying really hard to hide some thing?" At that, he did let go of her hand and leaned back in his chair and for a few minutes, he just stares at her. After taking a few deep breaths he spoke in a deep calm voice. "I have nothing to hide Diane but what is it exactly do you think I'm trying to hide?" The arrival of the waiter stops her from answering his question, she waits until the waiter places their lunch on the table and pours their none alcoholic champagne then left them to have their lunch in private.
Once the waiter was at a safe distance from them she fixed her dark brown eyes on him again. "I don't know, maybe the fact that you're cheating on me." She said sadly. Gabriel seems shocked because for a good while he just sat there staring at her; folding his hands across his chest he closes his eyes and took a deep shuddering breath then opening them slowly he asks in a calm but direct tone to indicate to her that she had just hurt his feelings.
"So let me get this straight, you believe that the only reason I'm doing all this is because I'm cheating on you?" Diane could hear the hurt in his voice so she hung her head to avoid looking at him. "Well you are aren't you?" Even though he took another deep breath before speaking again the pain in his voice was even more obvious than before.
"You're pregnant Diane, our precious babies are growing inside of you, how…..how could you even think that I could do something like that to the mother of my children? Baby girl, I treat you this way because this is the way a man is supposed to treat his wife. The Bible says that husbands are supposed to love their wives as God loves the church. I treat you this way because you, Jasmine, and these babies are the most precious things to me in this entire world."
Her head remains down as she fiddles with the strap of her dress. "Diane." He called softly. "Yes." "Look at me." She slowly lifts her head and looks at him. "You don't trust me at all do you, baby girl?" He asks in a shaky tone. "Yes I do, but I know that I can no longer satisfy you sexually and I thought that maybe you were getting it somewhere else." He ran his hands over his hair and took another deep breath. "You're trying really hard to raise my blood pressure aren't you woman?"
She shakes her head slowly from side to side. "You know how you're always telling me that you didn't marry me for my money?" "I didn't." She said softly biting the inside of her mouth. "I know you didn't and just for the record I didn't marry you for the sex, sex with you is amazing Diane but I marry you because I'm in love with you. I. Love.You. Woman. With everything that is in me and I'm going to tell you again for the hundred times, I'll never hurt you, do you understand that?" He asks firmly.
"Yes I do, I'm sorry for accusing you, please forgive me." She said as tears ran down her cheeks. He got up and kneels down in front of her and kissed her stomach then slipping his hand around her neck he pulls her lips close to his and kiss her until she was breathless. "I love you my beautiful wife and I'm going to spend the rest of my life showering you with unconditional love. You best believe dat." He said trying to sound like Marlon which made her laugh as he wipes her tears away. "I'm so sorry baby boy; you took me to this beautiful restaurant to have lunch and I ruined it by accusing you." She said with a sniffle.
"You didn't ruin it, you're just a little insecure that's all, but you have nothing to be insecure about because I'll never hurt you, and cheating on you would be hurting you so please stop worrying." Diane let out a long loud sigh. "Okay but you have to promise me that no matter how hectic our lives get you'll always be faithful to me." She pleads. "I thought I already did that on our wedding day? Remember the; for better or worst part?" He asks with a soft chuckle.
"I remember, I guess I'm just afraid that I'm going to lose you." "Well fret not thyself my beautiful wife because that will never happen; so are you ready to have lunch?" "Yes, let's eat because my babies are beginning to wonder why their mother is taking so long to feed them."
It was nine am Saturday morning and Gabriel was lying beside his wife caressing her stomach while showering her with soft kisses. "I'm a hundred percent sure that what we just did was definitely a sin." He whispers against her lips. Diane chuckled softly against his lips as he nibbles on hers. "If you mean sinfully intense then yes it was." She answers moving seductively against him and he moans deeply. "Hmm…. I love the way my entire body comes alive whenever you touch me, baby girl."
He was in the middle of giving her another passionate French kiss when he heard the gate buzzer. "Are your sisters coming today?" He asks softly. "No, they said that they were going to town today." He gently pulls away from her and getting off the bed he walks to the intercom next to his closet, leaving Diane to admire his beautiful naked body as he walks across the floor, his body was so perfectly sculpted, it was sinful.
"Who is it?" He asks. "It's Justin." He presses the button and opens the gate; he then went into his closet and puts on grey sweat pants, a white marina, and a pair of black slippers. Diane got off the bed and walks towards him naked, she slipped her hands around his neck and kiss him again. "I love you, baby." She whispers. "I love you more; I'm going to holler at Justin for a few minutes okay." "Okay, I'll go take a shower and then check on Jasmine."
Justin was standing next to his car when Gabriel steps outside. Gabriel walks over to him and greets him with the handshake and shoulder bump they usually do. "What's up prince?" "A minute ago I was in bed with my beautiful naked wife, so I think you can guess what's up; otherwise from that things are okay but I couldn't help wondering why you have been avoiding me for the past couple of weeks." "Because I messed up," Justin answered looking embarrassed. "What happened?" Gabriel asks with concern. "What do you want first, the good news or the bad news?" Justin asks nervously and Gabriel ran his fingers through his hair.
"That bad huh?" Gabriel asks. "I'm afraid it is," Justin mumbled. "Okay; well let's go sit by the pool and you can tell me all about it but give me a minute first." Gabriel ran towards the pool and taking off his slippers he dived into the water. He swam to the far end and back to where Justin was sitting, getting out he smooth his hair back from his face and went and sit beside Justin who was now looking at him like he had grown an extra head.
"Are you crazy, prince? That water is ice cold." "I know but I didn't want to have this conversation with a hard-on." He said taking off his marina and wringing it out then putting it back on. "A hard-on? Whoa, did I interrupt something when I buzzed your gate?" "What part of me been in bed with my naked wife didn't you get, but don't sweat it, it was time to check on Jasmine anyway but just being around Diane gives me a hard-on; so what's your good news?" He asks squeezing water from his sweat pants and Justin took a deep breath before answering.
"Well, the good news is that Claudette and I are engaged." "Hallelujah brother! Now that's what I call good news; so I guess I'll be planning a triple engagement party instead of a double. So what's the bad news?" Justin scratched his head but didn't say anything. "There no easy way to deliver bad news man so you may as well spit it out," Gabriel said as he watched him struggle to find the right words. Justin mumbles something under his breath but Gabriel couldn't hear what he said. "I didn't quite catch that Justin," Gabriel said pulling his ear and moving his head closer to Justin's mouth. "Claudette is two months pregnant," Justin said while trying to avoid looking at his friend. "What! Couldn't you keep it in your pants until you say I do?"
Justin got up and walk to the railing surrounding the pool. "It's not like I didn't try; I tried real hard but the fact that my wife-to-be is two months pregnant right now is all your fault prince." Gabriel folds his hands across his chest and raises an eyebrow at Justin. "How exactly am I responsible for you getting your fiancée pregnant Justin?" He asks with a scowl. "How are you responsible? I'll tell you how; because you let it seems so easy to touch and caress and massage your girl and both of you got your release and everything was fine. Well, I touched and I caressed and I massaged and now my girl is pregnant."
"Wait! Hold on a second; I never said that was easy." "Well you sure made it seems that way and now she is worried about what her family is going to say and I'm dreading the fact that I'm going to have to stand in front of the pastor and tell him what I've done and on top of all that we're both worried that our child will be born with HIV." "Why didn't you use a condom?" Gabriel asks. "We are both HIV positive so what the point?" "Not getting her pregnant. That's the point." Gabriel said running his hands over his hair again. "What the hell were you thinking?" He asks slapping Justin in the back of his head. "Ouch man, I wasn't thinking alright, okay maybe I was but I'm sure it wasn't with my head, not to mention all the young people in the church thinks that heavy petting before marriage is cool because you did it."
"What the hell Justin, you told them!" "No, I didn't. I kind of mentioned it to Claudette and well she told one other person and well the rest is history." Justin mumbles again. "For crying out loud Justin that information was never supposed to go public, you know how judgemental some of the members can be? And not because we choose to engage in heavy petting before marriage means that it's right, we're still going to have to answer to God for that, but come on."
"I'm sorry," Justin said sitting down and putting his head in his hands. "This is such a mess prince, what am I going to do?" Gabriel groans and lets out a long sigh. "Well, first thing you have to do is confess to God that you've sinned and asks for his forgiveness." "We already did that," Justin mumbled through his fingers. "Okay, then the next thing is to talk to her family and let them know they have nothing to worry about because you're going to take very good care of her and the other thing is talking to the pastor, you can do that tomorrow," Gabriel said running his hands over his face.
"And of course you're going to feel like a twelve-year-old in the principal's office but you'll get over it because I'll be there to support you and after you're finished helping me plan your engagement party you can take that beautiful girl as your wife, as for the child being born with the disease; medicine has come a far way since we first heard of HIV so I wouldn't worry too much about that, just put it in God's hands he will handle it."
Justin slowly slides his hands down his face and looks at his friend with annoyance. "You know; you have a very sickening way of making everything look so damn easy, I've been agonizing over this for weeks and you take what? All of ten seconds to figure it out; God- I just want to punch you some times." Justin said narrowing his eyes at Gabriel.
"I like helping people sort out their problems but don't forget that it took me fourteen years and my wife's help to grieve my family's death, and it's not that you didn't know what to do; you just didn't think you had the courage to do it. So what do you have planned for today?" "Well, I was going to spend the day at home kicking myself for messing up." Justin snorts.
"Well I have a better idea; I've to take the girls to Mega Mart. Jasmine wants to go shopping for her puppy and Diane wants to do some shopping for the babies so I could really use an extra pair of hands; do you think you can help me out?" Gabriel asks as they walk towards the front door. "Sounds a lot better than what I had planned; so yeah; I can roll with you."
Food for thought
When you think of all that Christ has done for you
You'll want to do your best for him.
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