chapter twenty two

Chapter twenty-two

Regan kissed her goodbye after apologizing for not being able to make it to Lucy's house with her. She called Lucy to tell her that she was coming over. She retired to her room and had a shower and the main battle began. What to wear. She rummaged through every piece of clothing she had and couldn't find anything so simple and suitable for the occasion. She considered wearing her regular home clothes but crashed the idea. It was too overly simple. She smiled as a light bulb came on in her head. She skipped over to Regan's room and picked out a plain, grey T-shirt. She matched it with the set of deep blue, ripped pants and it was perfect. She let her hair down and applied a little pink on her lips. She picked her keys and headed out of the house after letting Maxwell know that she was going out. She picked the black Audi Q7 to drive just in case Regan couldn't make it to pick her up.

Lucy was brimming with happiness as she saw Elena alight the car. She bounced over and gave her a very big hug. Elena was amazed at the manor house that Regan had gotten his sister and her husband. It was beautiful and big. She could see the workers walking around to make sure that the compound exterior was in perfect shape.

"Your place is super nice." She complimented.

"What can I say, I have good taste especially in brothers." Lucy replied with a smile which broadened further at the sight of her husband who was trekking down the alameda to greet Elena.

Zeke walked over and kissed his wife like they had not just been together a couple of minutes ago in the house. He wrapped Elena in a light hug and kissed her cheeks. "You didn't say you were coming El."

"No baby, you weren't just listening. I told you but you just too focused on getting me undressed." She mumbled the last part as her cheeks gave off a little bit of rouge.

Zeke beamed at her and returned to the guest, "Forgive me, come in."

Elena had to admit that even though she was with Regan, Zeke was very good looking and handsome. His caramel skin shone in the sunlight and the tank top he had on did justice to that Adonis body of his. A cloud of silky dirty brown mass danced perfectly on his head. His face, sharp and tight housed a duo of beautiful black pools that hung above his stubby nose. His lips were pale and thin just like Regan's.

Lucy whipped Elena into the kitchen the moment they were in the house. They met a woman who was occupied with cleaning the kitchen which smelled of fresh food.

"Wow!" the kitchen was just like hers in the Leroy mansion just that Lucy's had everything in white save for the silver hue of the pots, kettles and pans. Elena was in awe. She smiled at the thought that the kitchen in the mansion was hers.

"It's beautiful I know. Meet Mariah, my personal assistant in the kitchen and my house-keeper." Lucy chimed.

The woman named Mariah smiled at Elena. "Good afternoon. You must be Elena." The crinkles at the corners of her eyes gave away her fifties look.

"Yes," she replied with a smile. "Good afternoon, Mariah."

The chubby, elderly woman gave her a teasing look and said, "The young man who owns that shirt has very good hygiene, it smells really good." She winked.

Elena felt her face catch fire. She smiled at the compliment. "Thank you."

She replied with a smile. "Lucy dear, I made you cookies. And there's milk in the fridge, you need lots of it if you are going to have a baby. I will prepare fruit salad for dessert."

"Thank you, Mariah." Lucy said as she grabbed the tray of cookies after keeping some for the elderly house-keeper. She shoved the jug of milk and two glasses into Elena's hands and dragged her to her boudoir.

The baby blue room sparkled with the rays of sunlight that beamed through the big window whose curtains were drawn back.

"I had this placed decorated personally." Lucy prided her work.

The cot had a tiny bed wrapped in blue sheets in it. A set of moon toys hung on a circular beam from the top of the cot. A big cardboard box filled with toys sat in the corner.

"Isn't supposed to be your boudoir?" Elena asked as she moved around to make herself familiar with the room. The baby's things were neatly stacked in the wardrobe and Elena doubted that she wasn't pregnant yet. Even the baby's bed was dressed.

"You think I would let my baby stay in a room without me? This is my boudoir/ nursery. When the baby comes, I'll move in completely." She was beaming with too much energy.

Elena raised a suspicious brow and moved to the wardrobe to check out the clothes in the boxes. "It's really nice and blue."

Lucy bounced over to the wardrobe and poured out every piece of clothing onto the king sized bed. "Check these out. I got everything in blue and pink. I want a boy first but just in case a girl comes first, she'll get the pink." She proudly showed Elena all the baby clothes she had gotten.