Sorry for the delay guys, but I hope this makes you smile!

CH. 12

Dante's POV

It's been two weeks since my plan to take down Anthony had started and I'm already wishing I hadn't come up with it at all.

When we got home from getting married in Paris, I had planned on telling John and my ma what was going on with us and what we had come up with to do, but that didn't happen. The second we got home Lulu got a call from John saying the Haunted Star needed her attention so clearly she had to go to work. What I didn't expect was to feel the jealousy that hit me. There was still something inside of me that knew that John was up to something, I know that I need to trust him for what I'm about to do but I just don't.

So many times over the last two weeks I've wanted to have a serious conversation with John about his intentions for my ma but mostly his intentions and agenda for my wife. I don't know exactly what he's letting himself think but that loser has another thing coming if he thinks I'm going to give up and let him ruin the life of the woman I love more than life itself. We finally told them our plan to have John and I both have the second paternity test done and fake the results to say that he's mine. Surprisingly they both thought it was a good idea so we got started on that right away. It's now been a week since the results came back that I am in fact the father. John had made an appointment with his father to confess that he switched the results last time because he didn't want to disappoint him when he knew he didn't actually sleep with Lulu. As happy as this should make me, that everyone can now think that I'm the dad it's actually had the opposite effect on me. I'm aching for that child to be mine, I want to hold him, love him and treat him like my own but I don't know if I'll really be able to do that when the time comes.

"Dante…where are you?" Lulu asked walking into our loft.

"I'm in the bedroom, baby. What are you doing home so early?" She had said that she'd be home from work late tonight but here it was only three o'clock and she was walking in with bags of groceries.

I walked toward her and grabbed the bags from her arms and placing a soft kiss on her lips.

"John is coming over for dinner tonight so I thought I'd cut work short to make sure I had enough time to get the dinner perfect." She said as she was smiling.

"Are you kidding me Lulu?" I ask immediately becoming pissed off. She really didn't get it. She was all peppy and excited to have the man who raped her and got her pregnant on someone else's orders, over for dinner. "Lu, why is he coming over here? You know that we have to be careful with being seen with him. We're supposed to be hating him because of what he did to you, remember."

"I realize that we have to make it seem like we hate him, and you know that I'm still not happy with everything he's done but I don't see the harm in having him over for a dinner of appreciation." She's states with a twinkle in her eye. Why was she doing this? What the hell is going through her head that she can justify the reasons behind her actions lately. She's been stopping by his house every couple days to make sure they were okay, they've been going to lunch together at work, and she's been completely honest with me and told me every bit of their togetherness time without me having to ask. I just don't understand what the hell is going on. Am I losing my wife to John Zacchara?

I couldn't just sit there and watch her go crazy in the kitchen for a man that I despise and I know I shouldn't let it bother me because after all I'm the one that she's married to but I had to get out of there.

"Baby, I really don't like that you're choosing to do something that clearly bothers me. Instead of staying here and getting angry, I'm going to leave for a while." I say as I grab my jacket and open the door.

"Dante Angelo Falconeri, you will NOT leave this house. You are going to stay here and watch your beautiful pregnant wife cook this meal and you will help me if I ask for it." Did she really not care that it bugs me.

"Dante, have you even bothered to ask WHY I want to show John my appreciation or are you just going to continue to think awful things about me in that handsome head of yours?" She smiled as she walked towards me and grabs my hand in hers.

"I…I don't know Lu. The only thing we can ever thank him for is giving our son life, because as far as I'm concerned him helping us with Anthony is just payback that he owes us for this whole mess in the first place." I say as I stare into her eyes.

"For being a detective and a good one might I add, you really suck at trying to guess why your wife has been sneaking around on you." She says while smiling which of course confuses me again.

"Lulu quit these damn games and just tell me what's going on! Are you telling me that you've been cheating on me with him? Are you making fun of me for not wanting him around? What?" I am willing myself to not show much emotion but it's not working very well.

She puts her hands on my face and slowly places her lips on mine. "I love you and only you…forever. I've been spending some much time with Johnny because I've been trying to talk him into doing something for us that I feel that he owes us. I love my baby Dante, since the beginning I've loved this baby and I will forever be grateful to Johnny on some level because he is giving me a gift that I'll cherish the rest of my life. I know this kills you every time you are reminded that Johnny did this but baby, you are the one that will raise this little love with me. We'll teach him right from wrong, go to Yankees games as a family and teach him how to be a junior detective at age 5. You will be his daddy and I'll forever be grateful to you for agreeing to be that." She takes my hand and leads me to the couch.

We sit there in silence for a few minutes before I turn to her with tears in my eyes. "Lulu, what does that all mean? What is John doing for us now, what were you talking him into?"

"Johnny has agreed to give up all parental rights officially, so you can adopt our son as soon as he's born. You'll be on the birth certificate, you'll be the one with all the medical rights, and you'll be the only daddy that he'll ever know. That is, if that's still what you want." She looks at me with tears rolling down her cheeks and realizes that I have the same moisture on mine and reaches over and removes my tears with her fingers.

"Baby that's the best thing I've heard all day. I can't believe he's agreed to do that, what did you have to say to convince him of this?"

"Don't worry about it handsome, it doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is we're going to be the perfect family, just you, me and our baby boy. We'll be the newest addition to the crazy Falconeri clan and we'll have a blast together." She kisses me with so much love that I can feel it in my toes.

I put my hand behind her head to cradle it as our sweet kiss starts to heat up. I wipe my tongue across her lips asking permission to deepen the kiss. She grants me access quickly as she nestles her fingers in my hair to pull me closer.

I gently push her down to a laying position and hover over her while whispering words of love and kissing down her neck. I stop kissing her and stare at her growing stomach, knowing in eighteen weeks we'll have another life to worry about. I push her shirt up to her bust line and start kissing her belly.

"I love you little man, your daddy loves you so much and I can't wait to meet you. You're going to get so sick of me telling you how amazing you are, how awesome you are and how freaking you lucky you are to have a momma like you have." I just can't get enough of putting my face against her skin and breathing in deep like I'm sharing the same space with my son.

"He's pretty lucky to have daddy like you, my love. Now get up here and kiss me before I explode." She yanks me up to her face and kisses me hard. I reach down and slide my hand down her maternity pants and caress her stomach and slowly place my hand lower and lower until I reached my goal. I tease her entrance with my fingers for a few minutes while she starts to breathe faster just anticipating what I'm about to do to her.

"Dante, stop teasing me… please." She smiles while kissing me with all the need in the world.

I plunge my fingers in her warmth while I continue to make love to her mouth with my own. Adding another finger, I slide them in and out with a faster pace and Lulu starts to whimper.

"Ohh, that's it, right there. Dante... oh god, I'm close baby… please get inside of me. I need to feel you, please my love." She was begging for me to finish her off her favorite way. I retracted my fingers and as fast as I could slide off my gym shorts and boxer briefs and swiftly entered her.

There was no need to warm up; we both needed this so badly. After all the confusion and emotions were running high today we both needed a rough round of lovemaking. I flipped her around to where she was on all fours on the couch and I start slamming into her from behind. With every thrust she starts to yelp and moan harder.

"I love you"

"Ohhh God Lu, you feel so good"

"I'm close… aaahhh I'm so fucking close"

"Cum for me baby"

"Dante, harder….ohhh I'm gonna…"

"Let it go baby, I'm close too"

As her body tensed up and then totally relaxed after she released, I couldn't hold it anymore and I exploded into her. Her body started to milk me dry and I couldn't move.

I finally got enough energy to remove myself from her and we flipped over again to lying together on the couch. Both trying to catch our breaths and staring at each other with the most love and adoration ever thought of.

"I love you baby, so much." I say to her while starting into her amazing eyes.

"I love you more than anything in this world my husband and you better never think I'd EVER do anything as stupid as cheat on you… ever again okay!" She says as she kissed me on my forehead then said, "I'd really hate to have to kick your sexy ass."

Yep, I would've never thought I'd be excited to have John come over for dinner but in this moment I'm so pumped for him to come see what I have and what he will never be able to touch again.

Bring it on Zacchara, because I promise you…you'll lose!