Tsk, tsk, tsk. If you're wondering, I'm tsking at myself. I know I told you all that I would try to update more quickly, but then as soon as I go to write this chapter, guess what... I get writer's block. And if you noticed, I had it for a very long time. Also, school has been a hassle. So thanks to anyone who hasn't got frustrated with my slow updating. And here we go!

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(One week later)

Jeanette had just finished her work for the day and emailed everything to her boss. She wrote for television shows and had decided to start working from home after David was born. This way, she wouldn't have to stop doing what she loved and she didn't have to leave David for half the day. Fortunately, everything was working out just fine. She only had to go in the office if it was completely necessary.

Suddenly, she heard something fall over across the room, followed shortly by crying. She turned to see that David had knocked over his tower of blocks she had made for him, and she guessed that the fall had startled him. She got up from her desk and went over to him.

"Aw, honey, it's alright," she said softly as she got down on the floor with him and lifted him in her arms.

David calmed down a bit, but not completely.

Jeanette simply rubbed his back as she held him close. "It's ok; you're all right," she said softly.

Gradually, David quieted down, and he sat there playing with her shirt.

She smiled down at him. "Are you feeling better?" she asked him.

David looked up at her, and after a moment he laughed happily.

Jeanette laughed. "I'm glad. I can't have my baby sad," she said before kissing his cheek. She then put him down on the floor and picked up some blocks. "Want to build your own?" she asked him as he held them out to him.

David grabbed them from her and held them in his hands for a moment. Then suddenly, he threw them and then started laughing.

Jeanette laughed. "Good job. You're off to a wonderful start."

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Meanwhile, Alvin had just gotten home. He left work early because of an incident that just left him in a bad mood. He didn't want that to affect his work so he had to come home. Jeanette and David always calmed him down, so this would probably help his mood.

He went in the house and headed upstairs to put his things down. After doing so, he went back downstairs to find his wife and child. He ended up finding them in a back room where Jeanette did her work. He smiled a bit at seeing them playing on the floor as he stood at the doorway. He noticed David was playing with his blocks as Jeanette supervised.

'Damn beautiful image,' he thought to himself.

He finally walked further into the room and couldn't help but chuckle at seeing David launch a block at the small building Jeanette was building, knocking it down just as she was about to put add a block. "Well I can see what his job is going to be when he gets older," he commented.

Jeanette looked up a bit surprised. "Alvin? What are you doing home?" she asked with a slight smile.

He smiled. "Just had to come home to see my babies," he said before he got on the floor and kissed her softly. Once they separated, he leaned down and kissed the top of David's head.

David looked up at him with a laugh.

Alvin smiled a bit and ruffled his hair a bit before looking up at Jeanette. "What have you been up to today?"

Jeanette watched him for a moment before smiling. "I just finished working actually. And now I'm trying to help David with his…construction," she said with a laugh.

Alvin laughed. "Construction? More like destruction," he said.

Jeanette nodded in agreement. "Right." She then stood. "So are you hungry? I was just about to make lunch," she said as she stood.

He watched her. "Uh yeah, sure."

Jeanette stared at him for a moment before heading to the kitchen. She just found it a bit strange that he was back so early. Even his days when he didn't have much of a work load, he still wouldn't be home for a couple more hours. But of course, she wasn't upset that he was home…just confused.

Back in the other room, Alvin sat next to David thinking. What happened earlier at work was still floating around in his mind…

He was sitting at his desk doing paperwork, something that he almost always did this time of the day. He had a lot, so he knew he wouldn't be going home any time soon.

There was a knock on his door.

"Come on in," he called.

The door opened and the secretary of his partner, Byanca, stepped inside. "Mr. Seville, Mr. Astier wanted me to drop this off to you," she said, holding a folder in her hand.

He finally looked up from his desk and up at her. At seeing her, his breath hitched in his throat momentarily. She was so…hot. He had seen her before, of course, but he had never really paid attention; he never really noticed until now.

She was young and perky (in all the right places). She had long, dirty blonde hair that fell over her shoulders in layers. She was wearing a small, V-neck blouse that clung to her perfectly, highlighting her bust. She also wore a short business skirt that stopped a several inches shy of her knees; showing off her long, smooth legs. Her stiletto heels accented them, making them seem even longer.

It took him a moment to realize that he was checking her out while she was waiting for him to say something. He finally snapped his eyes up to her face and motioned for her to bring it to him. "Thanks."

She walked over and held the folder out to him as she stood in front of his desk.

He grabbed the folder. "Before you go," he said just as she started to turn around, "could you take this back to him?"

She nodded. "Sure."

He smiled a bit before looking down at the papers he was just working on. "You might want to come around here. There are some specific things I need him to do," he said to her.

She walked around and stood next to him, leaning down slightly to see what exactly she needed to tell Chauncey, his partner, to do.

As she leaned beside him, Alvin could clearly smell her sweet, feminine perfume, and it made his senses come alive. Realizing that he had paused what he was doing, he cleared his throat and proceeded to tell her the specific directions to tell Chauncey. Every now and again he would glance at her to make sure she was getting everything, and he could clearly see her cleavage. His body was tingling. 'Goddamn it…' he thought to himself.

He finally finished giving his directions and gathered up the papers and held them out to her. "Alright, there you go. Just tell him to call me if he gets confused."

She smiled and nodded. "Sure thing." She then headed out of the office.

Alvin watched her until she was out the door, so badly wanting to see her outside the office. It wasn't until a few moments later that he realized what just happened. He let out a breath as he ran his fingers through his hair.

He then gathered up the rest of the paperwork on his desk and put it a folder before putting the folder in his desk. He then stood, grabbed his things, and headed out the office. He needed to clear his head.

Once he left his office, Katherine looked up from her desk. "Done already?" she asked in slight alarm.

He shook his head. "No. But I gotta go. If I get any calls, just connect them to Chauncey for me, ok? Thanks," he said before walking away, not giving her a chance to question him…

He sighed as he thought about it. That had never happened before. But he had been starting to do all these new things in the past few months. It just didn't make much sense. Of course, he was a man and he found other women sexy, but he hadn't been focused on it as much as he had today. And what got him the most was that he had a feeling that this wouldn't be the last time he had thoughts as intense as the ones he had earlier about Byanca.

He shook his head, suddenly feeling the need to be alone. He stood and then picked up David. "Alright, little man, let's go hang out with Mommy," he said to him as he headed to the kitchen.

Jeanette was just about finished once they walked in. She turned around at hearing them. "Oh perfect timing. I'm almost done," she said.

Alvin sat David in his chair and kissed his head before heading out. "Well you two enjoy yourselves," he said.

Jeanette looked over at him. "Wait, where are you going? I thought you said you were hungry," she called after him.

"Not anymore," he called back.

She furrowed her eye brows. 'What changed between now and a few minutes ago?' she thought to herself before walking after him. She stopped at the doorway of the kitchen as she didn't want to leave David, but she could still see him heading up the stairs. "Are you alright?" she asked him.

"I'm fine, Netta," he said simply as he continued to go up the stairs.

"Are you sure? Because you just don't seem…"

Alvin huffed in slight irritation and stopped and turned around to face her. "Jeanette, just let it go!" he snapped.

She stared at him in shock for a moment. "Fine," she then said before turning and going back into the kitchen.

Alvin released a breath before continuing up the stairs.

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And that's that. What's up with Alvin's new behavior, eh? That would've been me, me and him would be having some problems lol. JK. So what did you think? Please let me know.

Jade