Chapter 21 Cheese and rice!

Half an hour later Gabriel entered his house and found Diane in the kitchen eating a sandwich, she couldn't help gawking at him as he walks over to her wearing the blue shirt she had gotten him even though she had bought him four more since then but he absolutely loves that shirt. He was wearing it slightly open at the top with a black designer jacket and black jeans and one of his black army boots with silver buckles.

"Good Lord he looks good she thought biting her lips as he wraps his arms around her stomach. "Hi, baby." She greeted him resting her head on his shoulder. "Hi beautiful; are you alright?" "We're fine baby boy; your aunt is waiting for you in the study." "Where're your sisters?" "They're in the washroom." She answers taking another bite of her sandwich.

He smiles and bends down in front of her. "Can I have a piece of that?" He asks seductively. She held up the sandwich for him to take a bite but he shakes his head no. "Not that one." He whispers leaning down to kiss her, he then wraps his fingers in her braids holding her in place as he deepens the kiss, and using his tongue he transfers a piece of sandwich from her mouth to his. "Hmm, delicious." He moaned against her lips as he continues kissing her.

"Have I told you today how much I love you?" He asks softly. "Yes, but I'll never get tired of hearing it." She said against his lips. "And I'll never get tired of saying it. I love you, my sweet beautiful wife." "I love you more my wonderful husband." "I'm going to go talk to my aunt for a while okay." " Okay baby boy." She said turning her attention back to her sandwich. "I love it when you call me that." He whispers kissing her neck then her throat, then bending down he kissed her stomach. "I miss your little ones. Daddy loves you very much." Standing up he took another piece of sandwich from her mouth before leaving the kitchen.

"OMG that was so erotic; she thought biting her lips as she watches him walk from the kitchen. He was in a good mood, considering he was coming from Alex's house. Was he coming from Alex's house? Or somewhere else? No, she wasn't going to think that way, not after the way he just kissed her. There's no way he was kissing someone else like that, no way and she was going to have to make sure he never kiss anyone else like that. He was hers and only hers and it was time she stands her grounds against all those who dare to make a move on her man. "He's mine so you all better watch out." She said with a smirk. "Talking to your self sis? You know that's the first sign of madness." Diana said and they both burst out laughing.

His aunt was on the computer when he walked into his study. "Hi, Aunty.' "Oh great; you're home; come over here and give me a big hug; I know we video chat all the time but it's good to see you in person." He gave his aunt a big bear hug and sat in the chair next to her. "So do you have everything you need for the staff meeting?" He asks. "Yes I do; we covered everything last night on video chat remember; I just have these papers I need you to read through and sign." He took the papers from her and read through them quickly; nods then got his pen and sign them.

"I'm very glad you're my partner, its good to work with people you can trust." He said smiling at her. "I agree, we do make a good team; don't we?" His Aunt asks smiling. "Oh yes we do; so when are you leaving?" He asks. "I'm leaving on Thursday; I wanted to attend Sister Mitchell's funeral but I don't think I'll be back on time. I also bought three gifts for your friend's engagement party because I'll be missing that as well but I hope everything works out okay."

"It will don't worry; I know it will be big but I think we can handle it." "That's good to hear, look over these and sign your approval or disapproval." Gabriel took the papers and after a few minutes sign where he needs to and hand them back to her. "Okay now these are copies of the checks; the first one is what the hotel makes for the month of October after utilities, expenses, and salaries are drawn out. The second is your check which is in this envelope." She said handing it to him and the third is mine."

Gabriel look at the check that she said was his and his eyes widen in surprise. "Cheese and rice! That's a lot of zeros, this triple the amount you gave me last month." "I know; the manager said that a few celebrities stop by this month, so you can thank them." She giggled. "I do; I do." He said still smiling. "Wow, I'm glad I have you on board." He comments. "And I'm very happy to be working alongside my only nephew, speaking of which; Diane is very active for someone who is almost seven months pregnant."

Leaning back in his chair he bites his bottom lips seductively. "She is active alright, in more ways than one; nothing seems to slow that girl down. She won't overdo it though; she's very careful when it comes to the babies." "It warms my heart to see how happy you are." She said pulling his ear. "Well, I have you to thank for that." He chuckled softly.

"I would love to take credit for your happiness but I can't; you see if it wasn't for Alex you wouldn't have come to church that night and if you didn't open your heart to God and got baptized you wouldn't have met Diane and if you didn't dedicate your life to serving God and obeying his word you wouldn't have gotten married, so you see; all you had to do was open your heart to God and he'll put everything in its right place." His Aunt smiles contentedly. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God right? God is good aunty and I thank him every day for saving a wretch like me, by the way; would you like some lunch?" "Yes thank you." She said putting the papers back in the big envelope. "Okay then let's go."

On Thursday Gabriel took Diane to her doctor's appointment. She was in good health and the babies were fine but she needed to rest more to relieve the swelling in her ankles. The doctor told them that it was still a possibility that she would give birth in a few weeks. After they left the hospital he took her for a quiet lunch at a Japanese restaurant because she had a craving for seafood; she orders garlic shrimp and so did he.

He had taken her to lunch today because he wanted to talk to her about what Alex had said to him on Tuesday, about the fact that she didn't know how rich he was. He didn't want to keep any secrets from her but he didn't want her feeling awkward around him because of his money either.

The waiter brought their lunch and she began eating right away. "Oh this's delicious baby, I'm so hungry." She said looking at her husband and immediately realizes that something was wrong. "What's troubling you, baby boy?" She asks gently touching his hands. "It's something Alex said to me on Tuesday. He said that if anything should happen to me you'll have to take over my business; so to speak, he was also worried that the amount of money I have will prevent me from getting to heaven." He stops and took a deep breath.

"He also points out the fact that you don't know just how rich I am; which worries me because I don't want any secrets between us." He said softly. "We don't have any secrets between us Gabriel; I mean I know that if God forbid anything should happen to you I would do everything I could to keep all your business and charities going; just like you're doing now and we both know that if you worship your money it can keep you from entering heaven but that doesn't go for you because you don't worship your money; you use your money to help other people and he was wrong when he said that I don't know how rich you are; because I do."

The food he was about to put in his mouth stopped at his lips and his hand automatically return to his plate. "You do?" He asks in surprise. "Yes I do, why does that surprise you?" "Well because you have never shown any interest in my money that's why." "That doesn't mean I don't know it exists; I saw that check your aunt gave you two months ago and I saw the one she gave you this week. And I know about your overseas accounts; I just don't spend all my time thinking about it."

"Fair enough, as long as it's not an issue between us; that's all I care about." "So; how is Alex?" She asks. He smiled at the funny face she made when she asks the question. "He's okay I guess." "It's nice to see both of you getting along again. He's blessed to have a friend like you." "I wish he had realized that before he destroyed our friendship; because no matter how well we're getting along now; I don't think I'll ever be able to trust him again." He said sadly.

At nine pm Gabriel went into the bathroom and after placing the bowl of warm chocolate and strawberries on the side of the Jacuzzi then turned the Jacuzzi on; he then took five scented candles from the draw and after placing them around the tub he lit them, he then chooses a CD of love songs and places it in the stereo.

Diane enters the bathroom as a song by Celine Deion begins playing and gasps in awe. "Wow, how romantic; when I told you I was going to relax for a while; I wasn't expecting all this. Thank you, baby." "Anything for you beautiful." He whispers against her lips while undressing her. "Is Jasmine sleeping?" He asked. "Yes; she is, I'm all yours."

He groans and smiles seductively. "I love the sound of that." He chuckles as he helps her into the tub. Then after undressing himself he got behind her. She sat in his lap and leaned back against him, as soon as she was comfortable enough he slowly buried himself inside her while gently massaging her stomach. She dips a strawberry into the chocolate, puts it into her mouth then turning to the side gives it to him.

"Do you think you'll be able to handle the party on Saturday?" He asks softly. "Yeah I think so but I think I'll skip the funeral if that's okay with you?" "I've no problem with that but you know what just came to my mind?" "No; what?" "I was thinking that we should really enjoy these quiet moments while we still can because it's going to be chaos when the twins arrive." He chuckles. "You got that right but we're a good team, we can handle it."

She put another strawberry in his mouth and leaned back against his shoulder while he put one in hers. She moans seductively as she moved against him. "Hmm, this feels so good baby boy." "Then we should do it more often." He whispers in her ear.

Food for thought

When we put our cares in God's hands

He puts his peace in our hearts.

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