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Chapter 10

I stood there looking at Carlos. I wanted to say yes with all my heart but I didn't want to be the next Rachel. I want him to marry me because he wants to not because I am carrying his child. I was chewing my bottom lip trying to figure out if I wanted to listen to my heart or my head.

Carlos must have seen my inner debate. "Babe, please realize I am not asking you because I feel obligated to. I love you with all my heart. I have had this ring for years, trying to work up the nerve to ask you. You hold the key to my heart, only you. This is nothing like when I married Rachel; I never loved her. I thought I was doing the right thing at the time. You are the air I breathe; you are the light of my life. I want nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with you by my side. Please Stephanie be my wife." I looked in to his eyes which showed so much love and emotion. His eyes glistened with unshed tears.

I knew what my answer was while I looked in his eyes. I had tears rolling down my face, trying to find my voice which was caught in my throat. "Carlos, I love you with every ounce of my being. I would love nothing more than to be your wife for the rest of our days. Yes, I will marry you. You are the love of my life." Now I was sobbing with happiness.

Carlos swept me up in his arms and gave me a bone melting kiss. He carried me off to the bedroom where we celebrated our engagement after he placed the ring on my finger.

"Carlos you said you had the ring for a while, when did you get it?" Curiosity was getting the best of me; I had to ask.

"Since Con Stiva. I thought I lost you that night. So the next day I went to the jeweler and designed this ring," he said as he ran his thumb over the ring, "and the wedding bands. I have been holding on to them waiting for the time to propose."

"It is the prettiest ring I have ever seen." I said smiling.

"It is a 2 caret diamond set in platinum. Those are blue diamond around the band; the wedding band has the blue diamonds all the way around too." He had his 200 watt smile as he told me.

"Who do we tell first?" I asked.

"How about we throw a party and invite everyone, we could tell them that we are having twins and that we are getting married. I can set it up for tomorrow afternoon." He said.

"That seems rather quick to have a party together. Is that enough time?" I asked, already knowing the answer. Of course that is enough time for Batman.

"Babe, just be ready at 1 and I will do the rest." He said as he leaned down and told me to get some sleep. "I'll be back soon." with that he was gone to plan a party. I slipped in to a deep sleep within minutes.

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The next morning I woke feeling very refreshed. Carlos wasn't in bed; he was either in the gym or planning a party. I still can't believe we are getting married and having twins. Maybe I should pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.

I slowly got out of bed and made my way to the bathroom to take care of nature's call. I took a shower to get ready for my morning. I dressed in yoga pants and one of Carlos's t-shirts. I padded out to the kitchen in search of food. I dropped a grape in Rex's cage and told him about the twins and ring. He didn't seem to care all too much. Carlos walked in about that time followed by Ella with our breakfast. Carlos wasn't dressed in workout clothes so I guess he was planning.

"Morning Babe. Did you sleep good?" He asked as he kissed me.

"Yes, wonderfully." I said smiling.

"Stephanie, let me be the first to congratulate you. I couldn't be happier. Now sit so you both can eat." Ella said as she hugged me tightly.

"Thank you. How did you find out?" My stomach let itself self be known. "I guess it is time to eat." I said bashfully.

"Babe, I told Ella because she is helping me with the food for the party." Carlos said chuckling, "Now let's feed the beast."

"Ok, I must go so I can have all the food ready by 2 so everyone can eat." With that Ella was gone.

"Can I help with anything?" I asked as I dug into my food. Mmm so good, I wonder if Ella will adopt me.

"Just relax today Babe. Everyone will be here at 1:30. I will come up at 1 to get you." Carlos said.

"OK." I told him. We finished our breakfast and cleaned up. Carlos left to put finishing touches on the party. It was nice not having to worry about anything. I decided that I will do some research on pregnancy with twins. I found that yoga helps with labor and watching how much weight I gained also would help. I was researching for a little over and hour.

I picked up my cell and pressed 1 on the speed dial.

"Yo"

"Yo, yourself," I replied.

"Babe did you need something?" I could hear him smiling.

"Well yes I do. Think I could go get an ice cream cone?" I asked. I wanted one in the worst way.

"Babe." I could hear him laugh thinking how we just ate breakfast not that long ago. "How about I send one of my guys to get one for you?"

"It will melt." I said.

"I can promise it won't." He said back still chuckling.

"Well ok, But it has to be a medium twist cone from Dairy Queen." No other cone will do.

"Ok babe, give me 10 minutes." He said then hung up. We really have to work on his phone manners.

RPOV

I was looking at what the designer had done so far, thinking how my Babe would love it. It was warm and welcoming, the perfect setting for our two big announcements. I had a party room on 2 along with two conference rooms. I have never used this room before; it was a large ballroom that would hold 300 people comfortably. I had a few changes for the designer since I wanted to make the room perfect for my Babe.

My phone rang and when I went to answer I saw it was my Babe. She was wanting an ice cream cone. I couldn't help but laugh; I had a feeling this call would be coming. I promised her I would have one of the guys go and get it for her without letting it melting.

"Brown." He was just the man to head up this mission.

"I need you and Woody to go to Dairy Queen and get Stephanie a medium twist cone. You have about 10 minute to get it and bring it back here without letting it melt."

"Boss it is 9:30 in the morning are they even open?"

"Figure it out or you will have to deal with a pissed off Stephanie." With that I hung up knowing he would get it done. I think our babies have their mornings and nights confused.

SPOV

Ok my 10 minutes is almost up and I still don't have a cone in my hand. Where are they? I want that cone now! There was a knock on the door. I open it to Bobby holding out a beautiful cone to me.

"Oh my god! Thank you so much." I took the cone and shut the door and began to enjoy the creamy goodness of my cone.

Once I finished the cone it was almost 10. I went back to look at deliveries of twins. I should not have done that, now I am more scared than ever. That looks like it hurts like hell. Holy crap! I can't do that!

Breaking myself away from the computer, I decided I would set the alarm and take a short nap so I could enjoy myself more at the party.

I woke up 45 minutes later feeling great. I went into the bathroom and took care of nature's call then freshened up. I did my makeup lightly; my hair was falling perfectly today so I left it. I went in the dressing room to find some new clothes I didn't buy; Ella must be going shopping again. I found a beautiful aqua colored dress. It had a scoop neck which wasn't too low, long sleeves, an empire waist which flowed loose over my belly; and the dress landed just above my knees. I found a pair of matching 2 inch shoes to wear with it. I was ready to go by 12:53.

Right at 1 Carlos walked in looking like he stepped off the pages of GQ. He had a charcoal grey Armani suit on. He looked very yummy. I licked my lips.

"Babe you look gorgeous! If we don't go down now we won't make it to our own party." He said and then gave me a bone melting kiss that made me wish there was no party. "Come on Babe. We will pick this up later." Giving me his wolf grin.

We got in the elevator, took it to 2 and then walked down the hallway to double doors. Carlos opened both doors and guided me into the room. What I saw took my breathe away. The room was beautiful. It was done in warm cream colors with twinkling little lights everywhere that gave the room plenty of warm light. The tables were round and in the center of each one was an arrangement of flowers; they were low so someone sitting at the table could easily see over them. I noticed in the center of the room a platform maybe two inches off the floor, there was a table centered on it. The table had 8 chairs around it with a similar flower arrangement in the center it. It was all so beautiful and done very simply which only added to the beauty of the room.

"Carlos this is perfect. How did you do all this?" I asked still taking in the room.

"Only perfection for you my Love." He said holding me close. "Our guest will be arriving soon. I invited our families and our friends. They should start showing up any minute. We will make our announcements then eat around 2." He said then gentle kissed me.

The first to arrive were both of our parents and grandmothers. They were escorted by Lester and Booby who were dressed in dark suits. Those boys clean up nice, they looked extremely handsome. Soon the room was full of family and friends. Everyone commented on how beautiful the room was.

Carlos and I stood next to our seats; even though we were in the middle of the room all the tables were in front of us. Carlos clinked his glass, a hush fell over everyone and they turned to look at us. I was starting to get very nervous seeing all the people, I didn't know if everyone knew yet or not about the pregnancy. Carlos had a hold of my left hand; he was holding it tight to give me courage.

"Thank you all so much for coming on such short notice and in the middle of the day. If you all could please take your seats." He waited till everyone was seated. "Some of you may not know but Stephanie is pregnant." That got some cheers from some. "We found out yesterday that we are expecting twins!" He had a huge smile on his face and the room was on their feet cheering. Carlos clinked his glass again and everyone settled down and took their seats again. "We have one more announcement. I asked the love of my life to marry me and she said YES!" He said excitedly as he held my hand up for all to see. He leaned down and kissed me. The room was out of control at that announcement.

I looked at our moms who had huge smiles and tears streaming down their faces. Our fathers both looked very proud and both of our wise grandmother looked like they knew this was coming with smiles on their faces. We got hugs from our parents and grandmothers.

Ella came in the room and asked everyone to please be seated as lunch was ready. Everyone sat down still talking excitedly. Ella had fixed a wonderful family style lunch that was more like the dinners I couldn't eat. It warmed my heart to be around so many people who loved us. We all dug in to our meals talking of the future.