Casanova: Marriage of convenience, or is it?
Astra groaned as she clutched her spine, it was throbbing like crazy. She was nine months pregnant and due to go into labour at any given time, it was only a matter of waiting.
She sighed as she lay back against the pillows of hers and Giacomo's bed. She was bed ridden until she had the baby. The Doctor insisted seeing as this was her first pregnancy and she was only eighteen, still so young.
Giacomo kept her company by lying on his side of the bed gently caressing her large and rounded stomach as she read the Twelfth night; yet again the wondrous and inspiring work of William Shakespeare.
Giacomo sighed content as he felt his son or daughter kick against his hand as he caressed Astra's stomach. Astra groaned when the baby kicked again.
Giacomo commented "he or she sure is active tonight. If only he or she could be active in the sense that he or she was ready to grace us with his or her presence already,"
An hour later Giacomo had fallen a sleep. He was abruptly woken with someone desperately shaking him. He opened his eyes groggily. He was met with the sight of his terrified wife, who had a pained expression on her face.
She gasped "Giac I think its time." Giacomo froze before quickly nodding and scrambled off the bed and went to summon a maid. Ten minutes later Giacomo informed the maid to keep and eye on his wife whilst he summoned the Doctor and the rest of the family.
Giacomo quickly found the senior Grimani in his study. He looked up when Giacomo entered. He asked "is everything alright, are Astra and the baby ok?"
Giacomo replied "I need for you to send for the Doctor. Astra is experiencing some pain. We need the Doctor to confirm weather she has gone into labour or not."
The Senior Grimani's eyes widened before he nodded and went about summoning for the family Doctor. Giacomo then went and looked for his asshole brother in law and his sister in law who puts up with said asshole as a husband.
He found Henriette in the nursery attending to the twins. Giacomo asked her "Henriette will you please go and inform your asshole of a husband that his sister might be in labour and could he possibly find the time to stay on the estate grounds?"
Henriette cringed at the edge to Giacomo's voice. She knew Giacomo was going to eternally detest her husband. Not that she could blame him, seeing as he did make an art out of pushing Giacomo's buttons.
Half an hour later the Doctor arrived and Giacomo was made to wait outside his bed chamber along with Henriette and the two Grimani men and the well needed company and support of Rocco.
Grimani noticed how unnaturally calm his brother in law was being he could not help but push Giacomo's buttons, hopping to get a raise of a different kind out of his brother in law.
"You're being awfully calm Casanova" Grimani drawled in his usual annoying and grating tone. He continued on "I'd go as far as to say unnaturally so."
He added "or are you just in capable of showing any other emotions besides lust? Or is just that you could care less that your wife could possibly be in labour with the first of the new Casanova bloodline?"
Giacomo clenched his teeth and took a deep breath mentally willing him self not to lose it. Just because he was not going to lose it, did not mean he could not get in a dig of his own, always one to enjoy getting one over the smug Grimani junior.
Giacomo commented archly without even turning to face his smug looking brother in law. "Oh do grow up Grimani and go and shove your head back up your arse, where it's been hibernating ever since I've known you."
He added dryly "you really are a tedious pain in the arse do you know this Grimani? Of course you do. Why else would you insist upon being an arrogant and pompous knob?"
He went on with a slight edge of steel and a clear warning entering his voice "what good would I be to either my wife or our unborn child if I were to panic and lose it. I remaining calm, it is for the best, doing other wise isn't going to change a damned thing."
He finally concluded with a noticeable icy edge to his voice "word of advice Grimani. I highly suggest you mind your own business and keep you're overly large aristocratic nose out of my business and take care of your own and your wife and children."
Grimani spluttered "how dare you? She is my youngest and only sister. Who the hell are you to tell me what is and is not my business Casanova?" Grimani looked livid.
Giacomo finally turned on his heel, his blue eyes flashed dangerously with a glint in them that made Grimani nervous. Giacomo replied, his voice a deadly calm drawl, which was even more dangerous and terrifying then if he lost his temper and raised his voice.
"She is my wife and soon to be the mother of my child. I have more say as her husband and the father of her child then you do Grimani. So I'll tell you again, mind your fucking god damned business and allow me to do my duty and you can do your own."
And with one last cold and hard glance at his gob smacked but clearly seething brother in law, he turned back around and stood straight a head.
Rocco thought with amusement and more then a little pride that Giacomo was his employer but above else his best friend. 'One Casanova and Nil Grimani'