Hi! Here's a little update to my little fic. Let's see if you can understand why Jessica put these stipulations in the agreement. Hopefully I put my BS in Business Management to good use here. Ha! Please R&R. Thank you to everyone who reads and those who review and those who even look. I so appreciate it.
Mr. and Mrs. Specter: New Ventures
Chapter 13
Donna woke up at the sound of the doorbell. She perked up raising her head and looking at the time on the clock next to her bed. She was always the one that woke everybody up for the day. After all she was mommy and wife.
"Oh, Julia, the kids!" Donna exclaimed lightly hitting Harvey's arms which had snaked around her when they finally went to sleep sweetly spooned together.
"Harvey, honey," Donna exclaimed quietly without startling him. They had had quite a lovely night. The bedroom door was not locked
"Wha...?" Harvey answered snuggling closer to her and loving the feeling of her in his arms. "What is it?"
"It's the kids. We overslept!"
"So what, Julia has them. They are ok," Harvey said kissing the back of her head. His mind still had not registered what she said.
"Mommy!" Amanda said running to her mom and jumping on their bed. Then quickly followed by her brother who leaped onto their daddy.
"Oomph!" Harvey sighed as he had been awakened in a rush.
"Gordon!" Harvey sighed as if Gordon's leap into his arms took all the air out of him.
"Oh boy, you two, did you forget you had children? I'll just put Kenzie down in her crib. She fell asleep on the way over," Julia, Donna's younger sister, said as she walked in with a giggle carrying Mackenzie.
"Good thing you gave me a ke-e-ey!" Julia sang from the nursery.
"Mommy! Daddy! " Amanda and Gordon talked at once jumping on the bed.
"We went to a big play park inside and we saw movies and..."
Donna and Harvey sat up in bed. Donna held the sheet to her breasts and Harvey tried to gather it around her at the same time he tried to gather it around his lower regions. Neither had anticipated that they would sleep past when Julia would arrive with the children.
"Ok, guys, can you go with Aunt Julia into the living room? Please? Daddy and Mommy need to get dressed," Harvey asked as he quieted his two rambunctious offspring.
"Go in your room and find the other things that we got you two," Donna said. Harvey looked over at her curiously. He did not know his wife had gotten their children any presents.
"Julia, do you mind?" Donna asked.
Julia who was also tall and redheaded who looked like a younger version of Donna said, "Of course not. By the way, they were good as gold. Mackenzie slept through the night and then she ate her head off. So you'd better have some formula here or start pumping."
Donna noticed the sheet was wet and that she had leaked milk in the middle of the night. She looked over at Harvey and he licked his lips and said, "Good stuff".
Julia stifled a laugh and said, "C'mon kids give mommy and daddy a chance to get up. They are being pretty lazy, don't you think?"
Mandy and Gordon shook their heads. "No, they do this all the time," Amanda said. "It's probably why we have a new baby."
"Mandy!" Donna and Harvey exclaimed together.
"We learned it in school," Mandy said and then followed her Aunt Julia and brother sliding the door close behind her.
"She's your kid all right, Harvey," Donna said whipping the sheet off and choosing her underwear headed for the master bathroom.
"Really, Donna? You're the one who was oversexed last night if I do say so myself," Harvey said as he wiggled his eyebrows at the memories of the previous night.
"It was also you who arranged last night," Harvey remarked as he whipped the sheets off his side of the bed and found his clothes and headed for the master bathroom as well.
Donna laughed. "She's her father's daughter. Precocious and apparently is too curious for her own good.
"Sounds more like her mother to me," Harvey smiled back and tapped his wife on her nose. They stood in the doorway to the master bathroom.
"Hey do you think we could do it one more time in the shower? You think we have enough time?" Harvey asked squeezing Donna's butt cheek as he said it.
"I don't think so. I'm leaking again and I really need to pump if I am to feed our daughter. I'm glad to see you didn't drink all my milk," Donna said walking into the bathroom before her husband.
"Daddy!" Gordon Specter cried from the other side of the bedroom door. He continually knocked on the door like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory. Knock-knock-knock...daddy! Knock-knock-knock...daddy!
"I think that answered your question. Let me take a shower and then you can come back in here, ok?" Donna asked.
"Deal," Harvey took two steps into the bathroom and then took Donna into his arms.
"Can I just say that last night was wonderful. You are the most amazing woman I ever met. I am so glad your sister was able to take them all night. You are still quite the seductress," Harvey said and kissed her.
Donna put her arms around him and said, "Thank you. You're not so bad yourself, Mister. I was itching to get you all to myself last night when I saw you at the office in your dark blue suit. You do know that's the one that makes me unable to keep my hands off you."
"I'll have to wear it more often, then," Harvey said kissing her again.
She kissed him back not wanting the little time to themselves to end but anxious to hear how the kids had fared with her sister.
After the kiss, they put their foreheads together.
"Donna, I love you always."
"Harvey, I will always love you, too. Now you'd better get out there and see to Gordy."
They kissed one more time and then Harvey released his wife, got dressed, and then went to play with his kids.
Later in the day after Julia left, Donna held MacKenzie in her arms and cooed to her.
"You were a good little girl for Aunt Julia weren't you? Yes, my little pumpkin," Donna said to her in a singsong voice to which little MacKenzie rewarded her mother with a real smile. Donna smiled back and called for Harvey. It was the first time this little one had actually smiled back in reaction to her mother's voice. Donna stroked the baby's thick red locks away from her forehead.
Harvey heavily plodded into the living room with one child clasped to each leg.
"What is it?" Harvey asked kind of breathless.
"Kenzie smiled at me. Really smiled for the first time."
"Really? Your baby sister smiled at mommy," Harvey said to his children who had not let go of their daddy's legs. Harvey 's legs were a little weak with all the lovemaking last night so he was a little tired at this rate.
"So? Come on, daddy, we're not done our game yet," Mandy complained and Gordon just hung on.
"Not done? Ok.." Harvey growled and then still carrying each child on one leg stomped back into their bedroom where they could continue the games they had started earlier.
Harvey was hoping to get a little Kenzie time as well a little later and see if he could see her smile firsthand. He could remember clearly when his other two smiled for the first time. He felt like the biggest man on the planet when his children smiled at him or now gave him affection. There was nothing more important to Harvey than family and the one he created with Donna had now taken over his life in ways he had never expected.
Eventually after dinner was cooked, eaten, and dishes in the dishwasher, Donna prepared the baths for Amanda and Gordon which gave Harvey time to feed Kenzie a bottle. He carried her into the nursery or the part of his study which served as a nursery ever since they brought Mandy home six years ago.
She gurgled up at him and started to fuss a tiny bit because she was hungry and it was past her bedtime. Harvey looked at his watch and noticed it was almost eight and Donna always put her to bed by seven. So, she was a little past her time.
"It's ok Ms. Kenzie, daddy's here," He rubbed the nipple over Kenzie's baby lips and she latched on pretty quickly and started to suck noisily. He had a cloth diaper over his shoulder preparing to burp her if she had a gas bubble. Formula made Kenzie gassy and breastmilk was always soothing to her, so he hoped this was breastmilk.
"Do you want daddy to sing that little song we know?' Harvey smiled at Kenzie and she rewarded him back with a giant grin which loosened the nipple in her mouth. Harvey started to sing some inane song he had heard Donna sing to her and Kenzie waved her little arms and gurgled. She seemed to like daddy singing to her.
"That's my baby pumpkin. Daddy loves his little pumpkin," Harvey grinned and giggled a little himself thinking that if any of his clients saw the fierce Harvey Specter singing "I Love You" and speaking in a high voice to his baby they would realize that Harvey's bark was worse than his bite.
After all three children were asleep which was about 9 pm, Donna found her husband at his desk in the bedroom reading the hand corrected partners' agreement that Donna had to approve or make adjustments by Monday morning.
She padded over to him in her barefeet and put her arms around him from behind. She had her lips in his hair and enjoyed the feel and scent of him. Still bathing in the afterglow of last night, she kissed the back of his head and glanced at the paperwork he held in the light of the desk lamp.
"They're asleep now?" Harvey asked acknowledging Donna's presence by stroking her crossed arms around his shoulders.
"Yes, I made the mistake of letting Mandy read and she got her brother all riled up because she kept saying the words wrong. They were both laughing so hard I didn't think I would ever get them to calm down. I'm glad they didn't wake Kenzie. She is out, too. I checked on her and she is just dreaming away. I think she was dreaming of eating. Her little lips were sucking."
After a minute, Harvey turned his office desk chair around and looked up at Donna. He had put his reading glasses on so when Donna saw him she smiled.
"You know you always look so scholarly when you wear your glasses. You're so adorable," Donna laughed and kissed his forehead.
"I'm not scholarly but I know I'm adorable. Well, do you want to know what I think of the changes that Jessica put in your agreement?"
"I read them already on the way home yesterday afternoon. I want your opinion, though."
Harvey took off his glasses and picked up the voluminous pack of paper and said, "Let's go in the other room and pour ourselves some Scotch."
"That bad?" Donna asked.
"Well, I do think we should discuss these changes. Because you're not a lawyer, Jessica has statements worded that are more applicable to the business side of the partnership."
"I got that from reading it. What specifically did you pick up?" Donna wondered. She was as keen as Harvey in noticing differences having been his legal secretary for a lifetime.
"Here's the first difference on page 2," Harvey began. "Basically, of course, it says you would have a vote but you would not attend partner meetings when any proposals or changes are due to the would be afforded a copy before or after the partners' meeting and then you would have a vote. But you know as a secret partner, this would be normal procedure."
"Harvey, I realized that. I think I know what part you're aiming for," Donna said rising from where she sat across from him on the couch in the living room. He sat on one of the leather chairs next to the lamp. He took a swig of his Scotch.
Donna came over to his chair and started to leaf through the agreement. "Here!" She pointed when she found the paragraph she was seeking.
"Page 20, it states that I must withdraw my partnership in the firm if I take a job in another firm. As a COO that makes me an officer of the company. I have a right to have my partnership bought since I put equity in just like all the other partners. I am not understanding why Jessica is making this stipulation," Donna wondered standing straight up with her hand on Harvey's chair.
Harvey removed his glasses and placed them on the coffee table separating the couch and the chairs.
"It's like a non-compete clause that is in all the regular partner's agreements. Since you're not a lawyer she has to maintain security if ever you decide to go to another firm or go back to your own business."
"Well, I'm not going back to my business. I am selling it to Amelia as soon as everything is rebuilt."
Harvey looked back up at his wife. "Are you sure? You did enjoy it. I know you did."
Donna swallowed hard and walked away from him. Harvey put down the agreement. He made a little side smile with his mouth and turned Donna to face him. He embraced her and hugged her.
"You are sure about this?" Harvey said muffled by his face sitting in the space between Donna's long neck and freckled shoulder.
Donna rubbed Harvey's back in circles and laid her head against his chest since she fit so well right underneath his chin since she was barefoot.
"Believe it or not, I miss being there and knowing what's happening. Especially with you," Donna said as she looked back up into her husband's face.
Harvey smiled and kissed her nose.
"I miss you not being there, too."
After a minute of just standing there nuzzling and holding each other, Harvey, needed to tell Donna some additional things he had discovered about the agreement. He looked down at her.
"There is another thing that you may not like that I came across. I am not sure if you read it or not," Harvey said as he pulled back.
"Your partnership would not change if managing partners do change from someone other than myself or Jessica but any other managing partner has the right to vote to remove you from your position. This would only happen if it was a drastic case like a merger.
Donna was furious now and stomped off to retrieve the parchment.
"Where is that? What paragraph? How did I miss that?" Donna wondered angrily and frantically rifling through the agreement.
"Ok, I don't understand that one at all," Donna vehemently began. "Ok, I understand the security with the pseudo non-compete clause, but why does a managing partner get to remove me unless they fire me for insubordination. I get a vote after a nomination so why does a new managing partner get to remove me from my position. I don't understand." Donna waved the papers in front of Harvey as if he could answer with one fell swoop.
"Donna. I don't understand that one either but we can protest it and strike it from the final copy.."
"Unless, Jessica has a good reason why, correct?" Donna finished for him.
"She's not going to have a good one," Harvey said vehemently. He was questioning that. Jessica knew she was stepping down and leaving the manager partner position to a fight between and and Louis. Louis may protest but he seemed to like the fact that Donna would be a COO. Harvey also knew Louis had not been very keen with making Donna a partner in the first place.
"Does Jessica not think I'm capable? Is this it? She wants me to prove myself over and over for any managing partner that isn't her or you? I don't understand." Donna swung herself back onto the couch. Harvey sighed and took the agreement from her.
Harvey walked to the coffee table and retrieved his glasses and placed them back on his face. He sat back next to his wife and paged through to where he had stopped.
"Harvey, we don't have to go through that right now. I know you're tired. The kids really must have worn you out earlier," Donna said scooting over to him. Despite Harvey following all the doctor's orders, she knew with all the exertion last night and then with the kids this afternoon he needed his rest. She removed his glasses from his face and placed them back on the coffee table very carefully and then she took the agreement and placed that on the coffee table as well. She then kissed Harvey and pushed him down on the couch and lay on top of him. He put his arms around her and sighed deeply.
"Let's just lie here together and absorb the quietness and the darkness. Are you good with that?" Donna whispered laying a kiss on Harvey's shirt covered chest to which she had undone the first few buttons to expose his skin. She lie there on top of him and kissed his chest. As she lie there, she could hear his heartbeat. She was always happy when she heard it. She knew he had had a couple of close calls this year, so it was good to feel him solid beneath her and his heartbeating strong and regular. She heard a deep rumbling noise and felt Harvey's arms go a little slack around her. She looked up and him and smiled.
Harvey was gently snoring as he lay on his back and his arms around Donna.