Chapter Fourteen

Little China Doll

"Look how pretty you look!" Amber Sweet gushed at her niece. Amber decided she wanted to buy Gia new clothes for the opera. She wanted the "Littlest Largo", as Amber had grown accustomed to calling Gia, to look stunning. The opera was in the next day and Amber was showering her in new clothes. Gia now had a midnight blue long sleeved dress that had an appropriately sized princess style skirting that went down to her knees. Amber had stockings and a pair of little heels matched to the dress and Gia tried those on with it. Gia really actually enjoyed this. Amber was sober and nice, completely new as usual. Plumper lips, light brown hair, and higher cheekbones. She wore a long elaborate pink satin gown and high heels, she referred to this as her "Casual wear"

"Do you love it?" Amber asked eagerly, smiling brightly at Gia. Gia nodded. She did like nice clothes. Not that her own clothes weren't nice, they were very nice. She could however appreciate a nice new dress. She was excited and nervous about the opera tomorrow night. She really did not like the new air headed singer, Alexis. She was spending a lot of time with her father and often he would try and make Gia interact with Alexis and Gia detested it. Pavi's attentions on the young new girl did not go unnoticed by Desiree who seemed to be saddened by the lack of attention. She was always the center of his romantic affections other than genterns who he only used for sex and faces. Desiree seemed very down in the dumps and Gia didn't like it. She had become very moody and had begun to wear very loose clothing, a huge difference from the usual skin tight clothing she wore.

Gia now had many new clothes, shoes and necklaces and rings and all the accessories she could imagine.

"I always wanted a little sister to do this with," Amber said, she then looked at Gia and smiled brightly, "Now I have you! Not to mention Desiree is preg-," Amber cut off awkwardly. Gia didn't know what to say. Desiree is pregnant? Amber had her new bodyguards take the heavy boxes of clothes and other things into Gia's rooms.

"Gia, you'll have to excuse me. I have some business to take care of," Amber said, looking at her golden, diamond studded watch.

"Okay. Thank very much for all of this," she thanked her aunt. Amber turned around as she was walking away and gave her a wink. Gia went back into the room and slipped out of the dress and and back into her own clothes and then went back in the direction of her own room. She stopped for a moment, hearing giggles. She peered from around the corner and saw Pavi with Alexis leaving his room. Alexis in a short, silky, red robe and being kissed by Pavi. She bid him farewell and left in the opposite direction.

"You can't do that!"

Pavi turned around to see Gia stomping towards him, an angry look on her own face.

"You can't be with her, you're with Desiree!" Gia pleaded, her face turning as red as her shirt. Pavi tried to say something but Gia was on a rant and at this point there was no interrupting.

"I don't understand how anyone could like anyone as annoying as Alexis! Desiree is nice and beautiful and caring and smart. Not to mention that she's pregnant!" Gia finished, her heart racing and face flushing. With that, which she instantly regretted bringing up, she stomped past him and ran into her room slamming the door. Pavi was shocked. For one, no one ever really spoke to him like that. He was a Largo, you showed respect to the Largos. Secondly, Desiree...

"Pavi?" Desiree approached. He did notice she wasn't wearing the clothes she wore which was skit tight and skimpy, but she wore a long flowing black dress instead. Her face still adorned with her usual make up styling of eyeliner.

"Ciao, Bella. How're you?"

"I'm fine thank you," she said. He walked over to her and grabbed her by the waist gently and pulled her to him. He placed his hand on her stomach revealing a bulge. She looked afraid, as if she were almost about to cry.

"I'm so sorry, I know-" she whimpered.

"Do not-a cry Desiree. You did not-a do anything-a wrong," he comforted.

"You don't want this," she cried. "You've never wanted children. Gia was something unexpected and," again, she was cut off.

"Never mind mind-a what I said in-a the past," he said. He did always love Desiree as much as someone like him could love a woman. She was better than any woman he had before and he always knew that. She might not have known that.

"Do not-a cry, amore. This is-a different," he comforted. Her crying had ceased and she was calming herself now. He kissed her on the forehead and they walked off, Pavi explaining what had just happened.

Later on that evening Desiree had a talk with Gia on why she should control her tempter a little more. Though she was happy to have the weight off of her shoulders.

"How much longer will it be until the baby is born?"

"Four months,"

"I see. Are you excited?"

"I am," Desiree smiled, placing a hand on her belly, which grew so rapidly in the past month. Gia and her spoke for awhile. About an hour later, Desiree left, kissing Gia on the cheek goodnight. Getting ready for bed she head sounds outside through her open door leading onto her balcony. She walked out expecting Lucas but saw nothing. She heard the sounds again and nothing. She couldn't help but feel she was being watched. She ran back into her rooms and locked the door and made sure all her windows were shut tightly and then curled up with Duke and fell asleep.

Author's Note

Short chapter I know! I just wanted to update this before I leave for Spring Break. I won't have my laptop so I won't be writing. I don't know, I feel this chapter Is rushed but I wanted it up and I have a huge plot in this coming up, so the next chapter will be great! I hope to come home to lots of reviews! :)