First Comes Love…

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Chapter 12 (Plots and Mood Swings)

Ivy paced back and forth across the living room floor. This was ridicules. She had to find someway to destroy Theresa. Beat the little wench at her own game. Maybe if she had help. But who could she possibly trust. She had to be careful so she wasn't caught or worse land up like her son Ethan in prison.

"Oh Ethan she wasn't worth it." She said sitting down, her head in her hands. What was it that Theresa possessed that made both of her sons fall in love with her? Yes she had to admit that she was an attractive young woman but she was also conniving and manipulative.

Ivy began to weep. Why? She wouldn't see her beloved son for 3 years. But she understood that he was lucky. His sentence could have been much worse. Ivy took a deep breath and smiled. Hell he could be out sooner then that if he got out on parole for good behavior.

She returned her focus on the matter of giving Theresa exactly what she deserved. No.. death would be too good for her. She would make sure that Theresa suffered and she knew just the person to help her.

Theresa was seated on her couch watching a random movie on the Lifetime channel. A remote in one hand and a tissue in the other. She burst into tears as she turned the television off. A bowl of popcorn sat beside her untouched. Fox at that moment walked through the door. Immediately he loosened his tie and set down his briefcase. Looking to Theresa he frowned.

"Theresa? What's wrong?" He asked in concern seeing that she was obviously distraught. He couldn't stand seeing her like this.

"I'm so sorry Fox." She replied in between sobs.

"Sorry for what? What's wrong Theresa?"

"I…" She began to sob even more. Fox sighed he knew that Theresa's emotions were a bit out of control with the pregnancy but he couldn't understand what she could possibly be crying about.

"What is it babe?" He asked as he sat beside her and pulled her into a hug.

"Fox… do you really love me." She asked against his chest. Fox was taken aback by this and pulled away from her.

"Theresa we talked about this yesterday. You know that I love you."

"I know it's just.. I don't want you to marry me if in the future you just become.. Content with me."

"Theresa." He said looking into her eyes. "I could never just be content with you. I love you so much. You have no idea how close I had come to losing myself when I thought that I was never going to be able to look into your eyes, never be able to see you smile.. To never be able to kiss your lips.." He said leaning down and placing a soft gentle kiss onto her lips.

Theresa gripped onto him. "I'm so sorry for being so stupid." She said.

Fox lifted her chin with a finger. "You're not stupid." He then sighed as he sat back against the couch.

"Long day?"

"Not as bad as usual but I am tired." Theresa rested her head against his chest. "Well then, we should get you to bed." He said while scooping her up into his arms.

"FOX!"

"Yes?" He said looking into her eyes his face inches away from hers. "I'm.. I'm too heavy." Theresa replied quietly as she looked into his eyes. Fox gave her one of his impish smirks. "You're light as a feather." He said as he walked with her. Carrying her up stairs he walked into their room and placed her gently on their bed.

"Now I want you to rest and dream of me."

"That doesn't sound too hard." She said with a laugh. Fox leaned over her and placed a gentle kiss on her lips. "I love you." He whispered.

"I love you too." She said tears in her eyes. Fox wiped them away before walking towards the door, gave her a small wink and left the room.

Fox sat at his desk in a small office off of the living room. Filling out some paperwork that he had brought in from work. When had it come to this? He had never had to work a hard day in his life unless you counted the few times in Paris when he wanted to do something to keep his mind off of things and a few times just for fun before he had met Theresa.

He looked up from his desk and stared out the window across from him. It was almost midnight making it hard to discern anything. Fox sighed before raking his fingers through his hair. He was under so much stress. With work, the wedding, and things just going wrong. He couldn't wait for the honeymoon where they would just be able to get away and relax.

Brining his attention back to the papers on his desk he skimmed over the words before giving up. It was late and he needed to sleep. He couldn't understand anything anymore, the words just seemed to float around in his mind making no connection he could pick up on. He placed everything in his briefcase before making his way back to Theresa's and his room.

He changed out of his business suit and decided that before he went to sleep he would take a shower. He walked into the bathroom. Jumping into the shower stall he quickly took a warm bath.

Afterward he walked back into his room. He quickly stopped and glanced at Theresa. Wiping the back of his neck with his towel, he lightly smiled. It seemed so surreal that this beautiful woman was going to be his wife and the mother of his children.

A/N: I am Really sorry for taking so long to update. I had a really bad computer virus and I had to send my computer to be fixed and I'm still kinda having problems. I lost a lot of my files so it was hard trying to remember what I had. I've also been really busy with school. I'll really try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can but I wont make any promises. Thanks for your patience.

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