Emmett sent Simone a text message telling her he had to stay longer at the office because he needed to conduct an interview. He added what he wanted to do to her when he got home which caused her to blush slightly. Responding ‘I understand’ she continued to move her clothes to his bedroom when a knock comes on the door.“Tiff” Simone exclaims opening her front door and giving her best friend a hug.“What’s happened?” Tiffany asks, walking past Simone and sitting on the sofa in the living room.“A lot” Simone tells her, blushing slightly as Tiffany eyes her friend, suddenly noticing the hickeys on her neck.“Oh my god!” Tiffany exclaims sounding out every syllable; “You’ve slept with Emmett?”‘This woman doesn’t beat around the bush’ Simone murmurs in her mind. “Of course. I love him and we are married” Simone replies; trying to sound casual.Tiffany thought the heavens opened and the angels were playing harp music at Simone’s confession. “Hallelujah” she shrieks, jumping up from the s
After the interview; Emmett decided to stay around the office until the final draft was completed for his interview with Leona Simmons. ‘If I am going to put my name on the interview; I want to make sure it is done properly’ he says to himself.Even though he was only away for a few days; there was a lot of work to catch up with. Busying himself into his work while he waited; a message comes through on Emmett’s phone.Smiling at the screen, seeing the message was from Simone; he quickly hits the call button. “Are you missing me?” Emmett asks when she answers the phone.“No” her playful tone comes through the receiver. “I just wanted to know if I should cook dinner for you or not.”“I’m finishing up the final draft of the interview. I will come home once it’s done” Emmett tells her; noting to punish her for toying with him. ‘That’s twice she needs to be punished’ he grins to himself with all the different ways he was going to enjoy her punishment. “I shouldn’t be too long.”“Ok. I’m ma
Driving into the driveway, Emmet reminds himself; ‘It’s ok she has kept Leona a secret. She will tell me when she is ready or I will let her know, I know when I reveal Drake Spencer.’He climbs out of the car and walks in the front door; chuckling “Honey; I’m home” as Simone comes out of the kitchen. An apron over her jeans and floral blouse.“You’re home” she beams a smile at him as he takes his jacket off. It’s the first time she had noticed his suit was Armani. ‘How can he afford an expensive suit?’ she questions herself. Not really thinking too much about it as she figured it was something to do with Paul; she raises herself on her tippy toes to give him a peck on the cheek. “Dinner is almost ready.”“Dinner can wait” Emmett replies, pulling her back to him as he plants a kiss on her mouth.Breaking away from the kiss, Simone walks back into the kitchen; Emmett following behind her. Putting his arms around his wife; he asks “what did you get up to today?”Releasing herself for his
Simone woke up the next morning; her pelvic and abdominal muscles were sore. ‘It will get better eventually; won’t it?’ she asks herself. She is enjoying the intimacy she is sharing with Emmett. She didn’t know if the sore muscles would always be a part of the deal. ‘We did have sex twice last night. That could be why’ she states; smiling at what had happened.She rolls over to face Emmett; to find he is not in bed. Getting out of bed; she quickly goes to the bathroom and heads out to the living room to see where he disappeared to.Hearing Emmett yell “Fuck” from the kitchen; Simone heads there to investigate. Walking through the doorway; Emmett is at the kitchen counter with several pieces of burnt toast sitting next to the toaster. Moving over to him; she puts her arms around his waist.“I hope you like your toast; extra charred” he huffs, throwing another two pieces onto the pile.“What are you doing?” Simone asks, trying to hold in her laughter. ‘He’s so sweet; pretending he can c
It’s been two weeks since Emmett and Simone got married. Emmett had to pull himself away, to head back to work. Knowing how much he needed to catch up; he wasn’t looking forward to it. Once he got into the office; there was a buzz around the place from the interview with Leona Simmons.“Here’s our fearless leader” Lester announces as Drake walks out of the elevator. “Tore yourself away from the misses for a day to come spend with us common folk.”“You’re not funny” Drake snarls at him, heading into his office; Lester walking in behind him.“You really came through with your interview, Emms. Sales for the issue was phenomenal” Lester informs Drake, taking a seat on the couch in the corner of the room.“I won’t be doing it again” Drake grunts, opening the monthly reports to catch up on what he has missed.Sensing a change of topic was in order; Lester continues his rundown of what has been going on while Emmett was away. “I don’t know why I bother; but I am going to tell you anyway. The
Sitting alone in the house, while Emmett went off to work the following morning; Simone didn’t know what to do with herself. She thought through her options. ‘Leona has been neglecting her obligations. Maybe I need to catch up with some of her emails.’Moving to the spare room; she pulls out the laptop and phone before heading back out to the living area. Opening her emails; the invitation to banquet was staring her in the face. ‘Since Emmet is being sent out of town; should I go to the banquet? It’s to raise money for the children’s hospital’ Simone contemplates to herself.There was a confirm here button on the email and Simone was hesitant to hit it. “What’s wrong with me? I have never been tentative in accepting or declining an invitation before” she murmurs under her breath.She decides to give the idea some more thought before making the final decision and moves to the next email; displaying gowns for the upcoming winter collection from Lively Design Studio.As she was scrolling
Not wanting to stay a work a moment longer; Emmett heads for the elevator to go home. “My wife is a feisty vixen’ he says smiling at how that made him feel. He pulls out his phone and messages Simone he finished work early and is on his way.‘I thought he had a meeting?’ Simone says to herself, packing up her laptop to put back in the spare room. ‘It must have finished early.’Once the laptop was securely away; she looks at the time. “It’s too early to start dinner” she tells herself, reading 2.36pm on the clock. She decided to sit on the sofa and watch television. Simone wasn’t big on watching television. Her life was too busy to really take an interest in it. Without working and having Tiffany around, she was feeling bored. Normally when she got this way; she would dress up as Leona to give the press something to discuss.‘There’s a thought’ Simone says to herself. She makes a mental note for herself, that is what she was going to do tomorrow with Tiffany.Flicking channels on the t
Stepping out of the SUV; Leona looks both ways down the street before heading into the Lively Design Studio. She didn’t see the dark-haired man standing in the shadows, watching her every move. “Good; she got to the designers safely” Emmett says, moving away from the side of the building.“Emmett” Tiffany squeals; looking perplexed on what he was doing there.“Oh… Umm… Hi Tiff” Emmett manages to get out; pissed off with himself for getting caught. “Fancy meeting you here.”“Are you following Simone?” Tiffany questions, giving him a glaring look. ‘I told her she should tell him about Leona’ she screeches to herself.“I can explain” Emmett murmurs, putting his hands up in front of him showing what he was doing was innocent as Vince comes over to them. “I needed to make sure Simone goes to the banquet as Leona and not her.”Shocked he was aware Simone and Leona were the same person; Tiffany narrows her eyes at Emmett. Assuming he figured it out on his own, otherwise he would be inside wi
It’s been three years since Simone and Emmett were married. The pair had grown together over the time and the family got bigger with a new arrival six months ago; Lauren Josephine Peterson. Thankfully there was no surprises of a second baby during the delivery.“Are you ready for our special evening?” Emmett calls from the living room as Simone walks out in her bodysuit, dressed in an off the shoulder royal blue evening dress with a slit up the right side. “You always look stunning” he adds, giving her a peck on her temple.They were heading to the charity banquet for the local shelter for domestic violence. Cheryl helped establish it with the money given to her from Evelyn when she passed away. “Dad; we leaving shortly” Simone calls out as Phillip comes out of the playroom with Lauren in his arms and two three-year-olds hanging onto each leg. “Thank you for looking after them tonight” she adds.“You don’t have to thank me” Phillip beams, placing Lauren in the playpen and picking up e
The limousine pulled up out the front of the banquet hall where the fashion parade was being held. Vince steps out and opens the rear door for everyone to climb out of the back. Camera flashes were going off as Drake steps out and extends his hand to Leona with a smile before Lester does the same with Caitlyn. Followed by Jason with Rebecca, Jonathon with Matilda, Richard with Sandy and Vince helping Linda, Tiffany and Cheryl out.Simone straightens her black and green full-length dress as Emmett leans over and kisses the side of her head. “Let’s head in; the others will catch up” Emmett whispers in Simone’s ear.Simone nods, taking Emmett’s hand and beaming a smile as they were stopped for pictures momentarily.“I want to call Aunty Leslie before it starts and make sure the twins are ok” Simone says as the group find a seat to the front of the runway.“I already did” Linda voices behind her, sitting down in her seat. “They’ve been fed and are sleeping peacefully. Jakey is playing wit
It’s been three weeks since the twins decided to arrive; giving Emmett and Simone a surprise of a lifetime. Simone was let out of the hospital two days later. Stacey wanted to make sure the twins didn’t need any additional medical help. Given Linda was their nanny; she was for happy for her to take them home when she did.Tiffany had reported to Simone every evening what was going on at the agency. In Simone’s opinion it was so she could see the babies. Robert wasn’t the only model to have been offered a contract overseas. Suzie’s contract was renewed to go to Australia for their fashion week the following year and Trent will be joining her. Kimberley was given a contract to go to China, while Lewis will be heading to the Milan fashion week in Italy.The Next Fashion Designer was coming to a close and Lively Design Studio’s made the final with Giovanni Boutiques and Le Boutique. “Leslie and Barry are going to look after Jake and the twins while we head to the fashion show tonight for
Tiffany walks through the door of the birthing suite. Seeing the little bundle in Emmett’s arms, she walks over to him. “There’s my little goddaughter” she coos, taking her from Emmett.“Hmm-hmm” Simone sounds, clearing her throat for Tiffany to look at her. She glances up and sees the second baby attached to Simone’s breast. Her mouth gapes open as she glances between the two babies.“Twins? When the fuck were you going to tell us?” Tiffany whisper shouts at Simone. “And why didn’t you tell me you were in labour and heading to the hospital?”“I couldn’t tell you about this one because I didn’t know. This little man decided he wanted to stay hidden. The amnio results were taken from Isabella’s fluid sac since his was behind hers” Simone whisper shouts her explanation back to Tiffany, who starts smiling and cooing at Isabella. “As for being in labour; I didn’t get a chance to tell you. I called Emmett to let him know my waters broke and before I knew it; he was carrying me to the car.”
Emmett raced to the hospital with Simone protesting beside him to slow down. ‘I knew it wasn’t Braxton Hicks this time’ Emmett fumes in his mind. “Slow down, Emmett” she says again, pulling him out of his thoughts.He looks over to her and beams a smile in her direction; “we are going to meet our little girl” he says as another contraction hits Simone and she screams out in pain. “We are almost there” he whispers in a hushed tone.He pulls up out of the emergency department. Linda is waiting out the front with a wheel chair for them to arrive. “You called Linda?” he asks as she nods and tries to breathe through another contraction.“How far apart are the contractions?” Linda asks Emmett.He gives her a blank stare; “I was a bit preoccupied, trying to get her to the hospital; I forgot to time them. If I was to guess, they are 2-3 minutes apart” he tells her.“And her waters broke while she was on the phone to me. Let’s get her up and see how far along she is” Linda states as Emmett pus
Sitting at her desk; Simone started fidgeting as she glanced at the doorway, hoping Cheryl, Vince, Tiffany, Jonathon and Matilda would walk through. “Calm down” Emmett states, running his hands through his hair as he sat on the sofa. “You decided to let Cheryl and Tiffany go to the runway show and be pleasantly surprised at the clothes tomorrow night.” They decided not to tell Emmett the real reason behind not going to the production warehouse for the final and gave him the excuse she wanted to be pleasantly surprised. It was a good thing too, since the day at the hotel with Alexandro; she had been getting Braxton Hicks contractions every couple of days.“I know” Simone murmurs, walking out from behind her desk and taking a seat next to Emmett on the sofa. “I’m nervous because I’m not there to stop Alexandro for doing or saying anything to Jonny.”“He wouldn’t be game with Vince or Tiff there” Emmett chuckles, putting his arms around her and pecking the side of her head. Emmett pulls
Over the next few weeks; to Simone’s surprise, Alexandro stayed away from her when she went to the warehouse for the production. Holly and Quintin confirmed he hadn’t been asking questions about her or her relationship with Emmett anymore. ‘Maybe he has finally gotten the hint’ she says to herself.Emmett had made an effort to get to know Albert for the time he was in Rocky Valley and both decided to keep in touch. “I’m glad you and Al could become friends” Simone says to Emmett in the bedroom as she steps into her green maternity dress to get ready to head over to the production warehouse. “He really is a great guy.”“Ehh” Emmett voices with a shrug of his shoulders, causing Simone to giggle at his attempt to downplay his friendship with an old school colleague. “Are you and Vince taking Jonny in today?”“Yes” Simone replies, putting her watch on her wrist and looking at the time. “He should be heading up any…” she didn’t get to finish her sentence when they heard the knock on the do
Albert had left the room to head down to the lobby. He had mentioned to Adam before walking out the door to make sure the ladies were safe; one thing he was certain of, Alexandro wasn’t to be trusted with them. He had a feeling Simone’s comment to the hotel receptionist; Emmett would be notified of their whereabouts and would be there soon. He wanted to explain his involvement before it got out of hand.He barely made it out of the elevator before Emmett ran through the front door; stopping dead and folding his arms in front of him with a smirk on his face. “Why am I not surprised; he had you kidnap my wife” Emmett spits at the man in front of him.Albert’s eyes widen with Emmett’s statement before composing himself again. Leona only told him Emmett wasn’t her brother; he didn’t know any other details. “What kidnapping?” Albert states; glaring back at Emmett as two more men walk through the doorway to stand behind him. “They came freely and Leona gave you a message she was ok on the s
Caitlyn and Simone were shocked they were ushered into a waiting vehicle out the back of the supermarket. Because of this, Simone was inwardly cursing herself for leaving Sandy and Cheryl without giving them an explanation on what was happening. She was even more annoyed both of them had left their handbags in the trolleys so she couldn’t message Emmett what was going on and tell him she was ok; ‘hopefully he will see the camera footage and know they were fine’ she tells herself.“We should have bought our bags with us” Caitlyn giggles, trying to lighten the mood with a joke. She too was annoyed she didn’t think it would be more than two minutes to go out the back to talk. Seeing Simone wasn’t amused by her comment; Caitlyn turns her attention to the men in the front seat. “Al; we understand he can’t leave and everything. Why is it important for him to see us?”The chestnut brown-haired man driving, looked at the two women behind him in the rearview mirror. He didn’t say anything exce