Chapter 91

Ella walked slowly down the stairs and out the door. She loaded up her car before going into the kitchen where Roman was sitting at the table. She kissed him and then stole his cup of coffee.
He grinned at her.
"Morning." He said softly.
"Hey." She muttered.
"Now how come you can be in a bad mood when it's my coffee that has been stolen?" he asked.
She glared at him.
"Got to drive to the city for the Calvin Klein thing. Then have to drive home." She muttered. "And your daughter has been telling me that apparently I have to get the models autograph for her because he is hot but I'm not allowed to let Geoff know and on pain of death I also have to keep it from Aden."
He looked at her.
"Well it's a hard life. I have to go to the Diner and work with Colleen and Irene for a few hours then I might hang on the beach a while."
She glared at him and said something in a foreign language which although he didn't understand he crossed his legs anyway.
She handed him the empty cup and looked at him.
"I'll go play with the really hot fit tanned model then. Did I mention that it was an underwear shoot?" she asked on her way out of the door.
She heard a muttered swearword and laughed.

Roman laughed at Colleen trying to find out the sex of Nicole's baby from him.
"No I really don't know. Nic and Geoff think it's a boy but we all want to be surprised." He told her.
"Well that is no good." She told him. "I would have thought these days the young mums wanted to find out so they could decorate the nursery."
Roman chuckled.
"And I could do without you reminding me I'm going to be a granddad every five minutes too." He grumbled good-naturedly. "It's bad enough it's only 3 months away now."
Colleen chuckled.
"How is Ella?" she asked after a moment.
Roman stopped what he was doing and looked at Colleen.
"She's doing ok actually." He said to her.
Colleen nodded at him and patted his arm.
He smiled at the older woman.
"My Lancie was a miracle you know. I never thought I would have him. We had ever such a lot of trouble but he came to us like a special gift." She said softly. "I'm not saying that things will work out for you I'm just saying that maybe you shouldn't give up hope."
Roman looked at her and bent his head to give her a kiss on the cheek.
She looked up at him all flustered.
"Yes Well.." she said.
He grinned at her.
"Colleen you are wonderful." He said.
"Get away with you young man." She said and disappeared to go clean down a few tables.
Irene wandered into the kitchen and looked at him.
"What just happened?" she asked him.
Roman grinned.
"Just a miracle." He said. "I'm about done here I'm going to go hit the beach for a bit."
"Ok Darl." Irene grinned at him and watched him go.

"Yannis." Ella said again.
"Well I can't help it he's gorgeous." Yannis said softly to her.
"Flirt on your own time because I'm trying really hard here not to get x rated shots."
Yannis turned and looked at the model and grinned again.
"He does fill those boxers well doesn't he." Yannis said after a moment.
"Great." She muttered. "It's going to break Nic's heart to find out he's gay let alone that my assistant is dating him."
"I am so not." He muttered.
"Do you have any idea of how gay you sound right now?" she grinned.
"Liz before you went all boring you would have flirted a little, admit it."
"To get the shots I wanted yes, maybe depending on the situation but I never dated." She paused and raised an eyebrow at him. "Or swapped phone numbers."
He blushed.
"Now go hose him down with cold water loverboy, I need to go home and have sex with my husband." She told him with a grin and fanned herself with a hand.
Yannis laughed.
They continued the shoot for the rest of the afternoon.

"Hey." Miles called to Roman.
"Hey yourself." He said.
"You have a thing for these sand dunes don't you." Miles grinned at him.
Roman tried to ignore the stain of colour on his face.
"It is my favourite spot on the beach." He confessed. "And don't say it." he added referring to the time he and Ella had, well, explored the Dunes.
Miles chuckled as he sat next to him.
"So what are you thinking about today?" he asked.
Roman looked out at the sea watching the waves hit the beach.
"Babies." He turned and looked at Miles.
"Tough one." Miles said softly.
"I look at the way she is with Nic and I'm so impressed with her strength Miles." Roman told him. "I don't know how she can do it."
Miles smiled slowly.
"Women are the stronger sex and no I'll never admit that in front of Kirsty or El."
Roman chuckled.
"What would you say if I said there was a chance we could have a baby?"
Miles looked at him.
"I'd say it would have to call me Daddy and you mummy."
Roman took a minute then looked at Miles.
"I actually meant me and El." He said to him huffily.
Miles chuckled.
"Would it be worth the risk?" he asked.
Roman shook his head.
"Not to me but I'm wondering if I'm being selfish."
"Maybe you should talk about it."
Roman shook his head.
"Not the time maybe in a while after Nic's baby is here."
"So what are you doing here brooding?" Miles asked him.
"Hey." Roman muttered. "I'm not brooding, I'm contemplating."
Miles laughed.

Roman walked into the house and found Ella sitting at the table with her laptop. He pressed a kiss to her mouth and looked over her shoulder.
"Good day?" he asked her quickly
She grinned.
"It went ok."
"I can see that." He muttered. "My god is that…." He stopped and looked at her.
She blushed and was about to tell him that the model was gay when he lifted her from the chair.
He kissed her hard on the lips running his hands all over her body. She moaned against his hard mouth and wound her arms around his neck.
He placed her on the table and put his hand between her legs rubbing her to erotic heights. She moaned and yanked at his T-shirt to get him as hot as he was getting her. Her cool hands caressing him made him moan and he pushed her skirt up and pulled her legs apart.
She undid the fastening on his jeans and tugged them down.
"Is it safe?" he asked tearing his lips away from hers long enough to ask.
She nodded and felt him grin.
She decided not to tell him the model was gay after all.

She rolled over and yawned.
He looked at her.
"I'm sorry." He said.
She grinned.
"Why are you sorry?" she asked stretching.
"Because I ravished you."
She nodded.
"A lot." She told him and saw him grin. "Might explain why we are naked in bed and it is only 7pm."
He yawned.
"By the way." She said sleepily. "The model is gay. I think he may start dating Yannis."
He chuckled.
"I need sleep." She moaned.
He laughed.
"I thought you were going to say pizza for a minute."
She nodded.
"That too. Wake me when it gets here." She sighed and snuggled up to him.
He breathed out slowly wrapping her in his arms and fell asleep.