Waking up the following morning; Simone felt a large arm wrapped around her torso. Turning to face the perpetrator; she sees Emmett sleeping with a grin on his face. “You can stop pretending you are asleep” she states, trying to remove his arm from around her waist.“Nope” Emmett replies; keeping his eyes shut. “You are staying right here.”Needing to use the bathroom; “You can clean up the mess if I can’t go to the toilet” Simone huffs, trying to remove his arm again. Emmett gives her a peck on the cheek before releasing his arms and she quickly races to the bathroom. “What are you doing here?” she calls out to him.Emmett waited for her to come out of the bathroom before he answered. When she did, she stood next to him; tapping her foot. “I couldn’t sleep. I messaged Tiff after I got your message yesterday. She told me where the spare key was and what room you were sleeping in” he explains grabbing her around the waist and pulling her back into bed. “I held out as long as I could” h
Drake was standing patiently near the alter, where the ceremony was being held. There were several policemen standing around the barricade the park officials had put up as Sonia wanders in nervously with Todd and Ashleigh, one of her journalists when she spots Drake and gives him a wave. Todd heads over to take their photo; while they wait for Leona to arrive.As the guests start to arrive; Sonia and Ashleigh head out to conduct interviews and take photos as the four ushers they hired showed everyone to their seats; checking off names on their list. One of the ushers runs up to Drake; “There’s a man and a woman not on the list by the name of Paul and Sylvia Peterson asking to be seated. They are claiming to be your parents” the young usher says.Richard makes a grunt as Drake narrows his eyes at the couple holding up the line. “I’ll handle this” he smiles at the young man. Walking to the front of the line; “Only invited guests are allowed past this point. The last news report didn’t h
All the guests headed to the Plaza Hotel as Drake, Leona and the rest of the wedding party were taken to a separate part of the park to have their photos taken by Todd. “Why not use his services, since we employ him” Lester laughs as the limousine pulls up at the other side of the park.“I already have your father, Mr and Mrs Walker and Mr and Mrs Whitehouse here for photos” Todd states, as the party step out of the limousine and see their family members standing around waiting for them. “The park officials have closed off the area for us.”“Whose photo do you want first?” Emmett asks, looking around at the group of people.“Can I have the bride and her father to begin with” Todd says; placing them into a few different poses and taking numerous shots of the pair.“Now I know how you feel in front of a camera” Phil laughs as Todd calls Emmett over to be in a picture with them. “And don’t worry. I had a good chat with Barry before you kids got here. We have sorted out our differences.”
Emmett decided he wanted to go to Simone’s first antenatal appointment; even though she didn’t think it was necessary. “Regardless; I don’t want to be one of these fathers that aren’t involved in their child’s life” Emmett states as the pair get out of the car at the hospital. “It’s still my child, even though it’s in your body.” “From what I’m told; nothing interesting is being done” Simone says as they walk up to the reception desk. “Doesn’t matter; it’s still our baby” he argues as the nurse behind the desk asks them to sit in the waiting area. “And I don’t want to call the baby an it. I want to call it a he or her.” “You want to find out the sex?” Simone asks, astonished by his comment. “I thought you wanted to wait until the baby was born to find out the sex.” “Mrs Peterson?” A nurse calls out at the doorway of the waiting room. “No” he whispers as they walk into an examination room. “I want to be prepared.” “Mr and Mrs Peterson” Dr Stacey Gray says, coming into the examinat
Emmett drops Simone home after having the amniocentesis done as the doctor told her to rest for a few days to lower the risk of miscarriage. They will find out the results within two weeks. The up side; they got to see their baby on the big screen when they did the ultrasound for the amnio.Walking into the office; Lester barges in behind him. “What took you so long?” Lester shouts, taking his usual seat on the sofa. “Barry has been up here looking for you three times and I have a dilemma.”“Is everything going ok on the third floor?” Emmett asks; starting to head out the door again. “I can’t have Simone stressed for the next few days.”“Yeah, yeah, it’s fine. He wanted to say hi or something” Lester frowns at him.“And what’s your dilemma?” Emmett asks, trying not to laugh at him. Lester’s previous idea of a dilemma is who he was going to have lunch with. ‘God, I hope it’s not that’ Emmett says to himself; thinking of Caitlyn.“Caitlyn’s gone overseas for two months. What am I going
Later that afternoon; Richard was sitting in his office. He didn’t have time to visit the Lester Drake Media building to see how the first day of construction went. After his phone calls to the previous clients, explaining the fraudulent behaviour of his father. He got calls from some of the clients who pulled out of their contracts when Emmett’s interview was published.He had back-to-back meetings all day; hoping he could secure the contracts again. Finishing the last meeting, Richard turned on his computer to begin drawing up some floor plans in his CAD program when Paul barges through the doorway “What the fuck are you and Emmett trying to pull?” Paul screams at Richard, his face going red.“I don’t know what you are talking about?” Richard says calmly, pushing the button under his desk for Tyrone to come into the office. Emmett was adamant he got the button installed for his own safety.“Don’t give me that” Paul snarls, raising his hand to hit his son. Before he could strike, he
“Let me get this straight. You want me to give up my bodyguard and let him be Les’ bodyguard and personal assistant?” Simone asks Emmett two days later in their living room.“Yes” Emmett replies instantly. Even though Lester was keeping himself busy with work and planning a gender reveal for Simone and Emmett; he was still wandering around the office, feeling sorry for himself. Jason and Emmett were at their wits end. “He has had interviews; all women. Do you want him to employ another woman while Caitlyn isn’t around? It’s a recipe for disaster.”“Doesn’t Jason have anyone he can recommend? He recommended Tyrone for Ricky” Simone injects into the argument.“He did; they didn’t work out” Emmett responds; letting out a long breath. “She was qualified as a bodyguard and I don’t like to discriminate because she was a woman. When it comes to Lester and females, it’s not a road we need to go down, even if she is a lesbian.”Simone contemplates what Emmett just said; “a female bodyguard?” s
The following morning; Emmett and Simone head into the office after seeing Stacey at the hospital. She wanted to double check; Simone didn’t have any side effects from the amniocentesis. The baby’s heartbeat still sounded strong and Simone didn’t have bleeding or cramping that could occur.There was another reason for her appointment. There were early results given to Stacey. They will still have to wait for the official results; however, Stacey gave them an envelope, containing the sex of the baby which could be determined in the first 2-3 days of the amniocentesis.Emmett wanted to open the envelope right there and then. Simone took it before he could. Because she was heading to the office building to meet Katrina, she thought she would give it to Lester at the same time. She found out that morning; Katrina was Jason’s sister. Vince was going to meet them at the office; deciding he will see how he goes with being a personal assistant.“Hide this” Simone says, coming into Lester’s of
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