Chris just shook her head.
"The nerve of that crazy woman…to even insinuate that you'd engage in some bizarre conjugal visit with a psychopath."
C.J. shrugged, then picked up her bottled water to drink, doing what her baby doctor told her to do. Some of the instructions were easier to follow than others but she wanted her baby to be healthy. Lowering her stress level…that might be a bit tougher. Maybe taking out Delilah with a few well-coordinated kicks would do wonders there. But then having Matt bail her pregnant ass out of jail…that would probably not make her doctor too happy.
"She's just desperate and she's helping Elizabeth with her plan," C.J. mused, "but we need to find out that silent partner who's pulling the strings. Lizzie just doesn't have enough going on upstairs to pull this off by herself."
"I don't think so either," Chris said, "I mean remember that bachelor party?"
God who could forget that episode? A harbinger of things to come when it came to the engagement of that week. It had been a little longer than a week or so right? Whirlwind romance hadn't begun to describe it. But then the Titanic had only sailed a few days before it sunk like a rock.
"She also made a killing in circulation on Houston's latest spread. I'll never figure out why Angelenos love reading about him so much."
"He's a hunk of course. Handsome, sexy, adventurous and very rich…what's not to like?"
C.J. smiled.
"I'm not arguing with you," She said, "I kind of enjoy having him around."
Chris smirked.
"About time you two got it on," she said, "Makes life in the office a lot easier without all that…tension."
C.J. arched a brow.
"What?"
Chris folded her arms.
"You know what I mean and from what I heard, lot worse when Pam worked here," she said, "In fact, she warned me all about it not that I'd pass up the salary and bennies."
Pam had teased her while employed at Houston Enterprises and it hadn't been easy because Pam had freaked out when she saw Matt leave the office all fired up and toting his granddaddy's shotgun to go after that deranged billionaire turned modern day Jack the Ripper.
Or the time she'd been at the office and saw Matt coming to on the couch as if on a bender instead of somewhere in the Bahamas looking at a spa resort with C.J.
Pam had expressed her concern to Chris that Matt might have some strange behavior until she fully learned about his investigative hobby turned profession.
"She used to tell me that if you two knocked boots, life would be a lot easier at the office."
C.J. just opened her mouth to say something and then thought better.
"I narrowly missed on the betting pool by the way…"
Betting pool?
"Only because I thought for sure when you were on the run together…"
Oh that…yeah for a moment C.J. thought something might happen between the two of them too…maybe in Hawaii after they sent the rest of their ragtag crew back to L.A. But Matt had been like business as usual once he'd gotten his life back.
Then Robert had breezed back into her life and…no need to go there again.
"Well at least you're together now, that's what counts…so when's the wedding?"
C.J. shook her head.
"We've not gotten that far and I don't really want to discuss why."
Chris nodded.
"Got you…you'll do it when the time is right."
C.J. just sighed, really not wanting to get into it right now. Matt and she were still working on the new business and adjusting to just living together. She loved the arrangement and didn't want to rock the boat.
Matt looked at Roy who had settled next to him after they'd picked up the new car from his collection. It was a Porsche that cornered like a dream…very useful in his line of work.
"You better hold onto this car a while longer," Roy said, "It's a beauty."
Matt just focused on the road.
"Might want to think of getting one with a car seat."
Matt smiled at that. He'd always been a guy who liked his muscle cars, sleek and mean and very fast. But with a baby he knew he'd need something more practical.
"I'll find one."
"I know you will even without Slim's help," he said, "I was a Company man to the marrow when Will was born. I didn't change my life like I should…left so much of it up to Flo."
Matt's aunt had died a few years ago believing her only child was dead. He couldn't imagine what that must be like.
"I'm going to raise my child…we're both going to raise him or her together…and the others as they come along."
A hint of a smile on his uncle's face.
"Planning ahead?"
Matt looked ahead on the road.
"She and I were both only children…we both want our own kids to have each other."
Matt had Will who'd been like a brother to him but C.J. faced the loss of her own parents alone. Though she'd later gotten very close with Matt's family.
"Makes sense…you can fill a household with them."
Matt turned onto a main thoroughfare.
"That's the plan. Underneath it all I think I always wanted to be a family man."
Roy shook his head, maybe because he'd known that all along. Just like he knew that Matt and C.J. had always shared something special, more so than perhaps either realized.
"You looking for a bigger house?"
Matt nodded.
"Some ranchland like we both knew when we grew up. We want our kids to enjoy the great outdoors…a lot of space…clean air and plenty of critters."
"Sounds like a plan. And going back to your roots isn't a bad thing."
Matt knew that his way of growing up had mattered a lot to him and C.J. and that city life had never really suited either one of them.
"I know…I wish my daddy had known he was going to be a grandfather."
"Oh he does…up somewhere and he's proud as punch that his son finally got it right…"
Matt had to smile at that because he supposed his father had wanted him to hook up with his best friend.
They drove the rest of the way to the office and after parking his latest pride and joy, they took the elevator up to the office suite. Matt picked up some papers to sign from the secretaries and then headed to pour himself a Scotch to take to the sofa where C.J. sat reading some documents.
"Hey there….miss me?"
She turned towards him and she kissed him softly on the mouth.
"You feeling okay?"
She tilted her face giving him a look.
"Feeling great, how about you? I'm not the one who saw my car go up in smoke."
"It was tough but there's ways you can soften that blow"
He did that waggling thing with his brows and she rolled her eyes at him.
"Houston…that'll have to wait. I've got some intellectual property papers to sign and…"
He interrupted her list of things to do with another kiss, this one lasting even longer.
"Why don't we cut this day short and head on home…maybe pick up some pizza on the way okay?"
She looked tempted but she looked down at her work.
"Maybe in a little bit…I'm not putting you off, we just still got paperwork to fill out."
He sighed a bit too dramatically but left her to finish her work just as the elevator door chimed to announce an arrival.