I'll Break Down That Wall

by BrittLovesSan

Santana Lopez runs a very successful clothing line but with the company rapidly growing, she needs to add another member to her team. That member comes in the name of Accounting Graduate, Brittany Pierce. However, things aren't so simple for the strict businesswoman when the new employee challenges her and doesn't bow down to her like other employees. Implied G!P for future purpose

76. Happily In Love

Chapter 76: Happily In Love

Santana's POV

Wednesday 28th May 2025*

Brittany and I are currently at work while the children are at daycare. My wife and I haven't really spoken much or even seen one another all that much because we've been so busy concentrating on our own things. However, things are about to change because I am going to find Brittany because I want to see if she wants to grab lunch together and see one another for half an hour. As soon as I walk into the accounting department to find Brittany, the whole area goes silent and everyone looks at me.

"Brittany, do you have a second?" I say.

"I do" Brittany nods as everyone around her breathes a sigh of relief, knowing I didn't need to speak to them and they're not in trouble with me.

"Back to work now everyone" I say and then Brittany and I leave.

"So, what's going on?" my wife asks curiously as we head back to our office.

"Nothing serious, I just thought we could get lunch together" I shrug.

"Yeah, we can totally do that" Brittany smiles at me.

"What do you feel like eating?" I ask my wife.

"I'm not sure, what about you?" Brittany replies.

"I haven't been eating the best foods lately so I'm thinking something healthy is the way to go" I point out.

"Ok, healthy it is then. I'll go and get us some salads or something" Brittany smiles.

"Ok" I smile back.

"I won't be long" Brittany says before leaving the office.

I amuse myself by doing some work while Brittany is getting us lunch but once she returns, we sit down together and eat. We then catch up with each other for a little bit because we haven't really spoken much at all today. We're now getting ourselves ready to get back to work and do what we need to do.

"I need to go to a meeting so you probably won't see me for the next half an hour to an hour" Brittany tells me.

"That's ok, I've got a lot of stuff to catch up on anyway" I smile.

"Ok, cool. I will grab what I need for the meeting and then I'll go" Brittany smiles back as she collects the things she needs from her desk.

"By the way, we really need to get the air conditioning fixed in here, I am so hot" I complain as I open a window.

"It's not the air con that makes you hot, you're just hot in general" Brittany smirks at me.

"Thanks" I smile, appreciating the compliment.

"On a serious note, I do agree though about the air con because it's not fair on us or the other members of staff having to work in hot conditions like this" Brittany says.

"Exactly" I agree.

"Anyway, I should go to this meeting now but I'll see you soon" Brittany tells me.

"Ok" I nod and then Brittany leaves the office.

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"Hey" Brittany smiles as she walks back into the office 20 minutes later.

"Is your meeting done?" I ask surprised.

"Yeah" Brittany nods.

"Wow, that was quick" I point out.

"Yeah, we had a lot of the same thoughts so we came to an agreement really quickly so there wasn't much need to hang around for much longer if we didn't have much else to talk about" Brittany explains.

"That's true" I smile.

"So, how are you?" Brittany asks as she sits down at my desk.

"Still as hot as hell" I state.

"Yeah, that's right" Brittany smirks at me.

"I meant because we have no air conditioning to cool me down" I laugh.

"Yeah, I know. I just thought I would compliment you anyway" Brittany smiles.

"Thank you" I smile back.

"Speaking of the issue, do you think we should give the staff members a little bonus or some sort of incentive as like compensation for having to work like this. I mean technically in a legal sense they should not have to work in conditions like this but they're doing this for us" Brittany says.

"My first thought would be hell no but I guess you do have a point" I admit.

"Yeah, legally they could probably leave at any point for health and safety reasons but they're not going home, they're powering through and working" Brittany replies.

"I guess I can have a look at something and see what I could give them as a thank you" I say.

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Saturday 31st May 2025*

My children are spending the day with my parents because they wanted to spend some quality time with their grandchildren so I am looking forward to spending some couple's time with my wife for a while. I am just returning home now after dropping my children off at my parent's place. The minute I pull my car up outside of the house, my good mood quickly disappears. Right outside at the front of my house, I see my wife's motorbike. Honestly, I can't stand the fucking thing and it's made me so annoyed.

"What are you doing?" I ask annoyed as I walk over to my wife.

"Uh…" Brittany laughs as she looks at the sponge in her hand and then the bucket of water. "I'm cleaning my motorbike, isn't it obvious?" she asks.

"Yeah, but why are you cleaning it?" I ask annoyed.

"Because it's dirty" Brittany laughs.

"Why are you laughing?" I ask.

"Because you're asking me some questions that I assumed would be obvious. What other reason would I have for cleaning my bike if it wasn't dirty?" Brittany replies.

"I was just making sure you weren't cleaning it to get it ready to ride" I explain. "On that note, you better not be planning on riding it today" I state.

"I'm not going to ride it today, don't worry" Brittany assures me.

"Good" I nod.

"I know we've got some time to ourselves today with the kids being away for a few hours so I'm not about to waste those hours by getting you mad and riding my motorbike" Brittany says.

"Correct answer" I say.

"I'm probably only going to be another 10 minutes and then I'm all yours" Brittany tells me.

"I could help you finish cleaning the bike if it means you'll be done quicker" I suggest.

"You hate cleaning and you hate my motorbike so why would you want to help me?" Brittany chuckles.

"Because as I say, it might mean the task is done quicker therefor you're all mine quicker" I point out.

"Ok, I'd love your help" Brittany smiles at me.

"Where shall I start?" I ask.

"I'll get you another sponge and you can help me wash this side of it" Brittany says as she walks towards the garage to get some more cleaning materials.

"Ok, what am I doing?" I ask as Brittany hands me the spare sponge.

"Ok, well honey see the sponge I have given you; you dip it into the bucket of water and then you take it out and then you press it against the bike and move your hand around. It's called cleaning, my love" Brittany says smirking at me.

"Ok, smartass" I laugh. "I know how to do that, I was just wondering if you need to spray it with anything first or if you're just using the soap and water" I add.

"Yeah, it's literally just soap and water because I don't want to use anything with too many chemicals that could harm the paintwork or metal" Brittany replies.

"Ok, this should be easy then" I say as I start cleaning the bike.

"It looks clean enough so now we need to hose it down before it leaves smudges" Brittany says as she takes the hose and starts hosing the bike down.

"Shall I start cleaning the other side now?" I ask as my wife puts the garden hose down.

"Yeah" Brittany smiles at me.

Once we finish cleaning the other side, I get the hose and hose the bike down. We then move onto the front of the bike and clean that and hose it down. We're now just finishing off cleaning the back of the bike but we've had to stop because Brittany isn't happy with the way I've cleaned the mudguard or whatever it's called. Apparently, I have left a smear of soap on it so she's scrubbing it for dear life to remove the mark before we can hose it down again.

"Hey Britt?" I say to get my wife's attention.

"Yeah?" Brittany replies as she looks up from where she's kneeling.

I don't verbally say anything in response, instead I turn the hose on her and soak her.

"Are you serious right now?" Brittany laughs in shock.

"You're looking a little wet there, babe" I tease.

"You think?" Brittany says as the water drips all over the place, from her hair and clothes.

"You kinda look cute all wet" I smirk.

"This water fight is so on; I'm going to soak you good and proper" Brittany laughs as she walks towards me.

"I'm the one with the hose so I doubt you'll get me as good as I got you" I laugh.

"Oh yeah?" Brittany challenges.

"Yeah" I shrug.

"We'll see about that, just you wait because I'll get you when you least expect it" she says as she flicks water at me before going back to what she was doing.

"Whatever you say" I shrug again, not believing her.

"Ok, I need to hose this area again" Brittany says as she holds her hand out to me for the hose.

"Ok" I nod as I hold her hand in mine.

"Very funny, give me the hose" Brittany laughs.

"Nah, I ain't falling for that. You'll take the hose from me and then soak me. I'm not that silly so I will hose the bike off" I say as I let go of her hand.

"Fine, on you go" Brittany shrugs. I then start hosing the bike.

"Does it look ok now?" I ask as I turn the hose off.

"Stand over there until the check. I'm not coming closer to you otherwise you'll turn the hose on me again" Brittany laughs.

"Fine" I say as I move towards the side of the bike to let Brittany inspect my work.

"Yeah, it looks good" Brittany says. "I just want to quickly wipe this little bit" she says as she bends down to the bucket of water.

"Ok" I shrug. There doesn't look like anything needs wiped to me but it's her bike so whatever she wants.

"Could you just start tidying up a little bit for me because we should be done now once I wipe this area" Brittany says.

"Sure" I smile and then start tidying up. I'm just squeezing out the sponges when Brittany runs over to me.

"Take this" Brittany says as she throws the bucket of water completely over me.

"Oh, you bitch" I laugh as I stand there completely drenched in water. "That was a whole bucket of water babe, that's mean" I add.

"You soaked me first" Brittany laughs.

"Yeah, with the hose so the water wasn't hitting you hard. There was more impact with a full bucket of water being thrown on you than there is with a trickle of water from the hose" I explain.

"I told you I would get you back when you least expected it" Brittany smirks at me.

"I know but I didn't expect a whole bucket of water thrown at me" I laugh.

"Are you ok?" Brittany asks me as I wring out the water from my hair.

"Do you care?" I ask.

"Not really" Brittany laughs. "I mean I do care about you but in this instance, I'm not as bothered because you did soak me first without a care in the world" she adds.

"Fair enough" I laugh. "Shall I soak you again?" I ask as I pick the hose back up.

"Don't you dare" Brittany laughs as she runs away from me.

"It's only right I get you a second time because you got me worse" I smirk as I follow her with the hose.

"Please don't" Brittany says as she tries to move out of my way.

"It's only fair, babe" I say as I turn the hose on.

"Please" Brittany laughs as she tries to fight me to take the hose from my hands.

"Let go" I laugh.

"No, you let go" Brittany laughs.

"I'll let go when you let go" I say.

"Yeah, I'm not going to fall for that" Brittany says amused.

"If you really love me, you'll let go" I reply.

"If you really love me, you would let go" Brittany laughs.

"Come on, let go" I say and before I know it, she's managed to get the hose from my hands.

"Look who's in control now" Brittany says gleefully.

"Do not use that Brittany, I beg you" I plead with my wife.

"I love it when you beg" Brittany smiles as she puts the hose down and pulls me towards her, wrapping her arms around me.

"Well, I love you" I smile.

"I love you too" Brittany says as she leans in to peck my lips.

"We should tidy all of this up now because the sooner we do, the sooner we can hang out together or whatever" I point out.

"Yeah, we should" Brittany agrees.

We start tidying the materials away and Brittany winds the hose back up. We then put everything back into the garage and Brittany safely puts her motorbike away. It's been a nice day so it's dried very quickly in the sun so it's ready to be stored away under the covers again.

"We should go inside now and get ourselves cleaned up" I say.

"Yeah, I agree. I think the shower is first on my list" Brittany replies.

"Mine too because I need to wash all of this soap out of my hair" I tell my wife.

We go inside and lock the door behind us before proceeding upstairs to our bedroom. We both get our wet clothes off and throw them into the laundry hamper ready to wash later once we've got ourselves cleaned up.

"I am soaked right through to my underwear" Brittany chuckles.

"Me too" I reply.

"Uh…where are you going?" Brittany laughs as I follow her into the master bathroom.

"To the shower" I shrug.

"I'm using this one babe hence the reason I'm almost undressed" Brittany tells me.

"I know you're using that one and so am I. There is no law out there that suggests I can't shower in the same one as you or at the same time" I smirk.

"Oh…we're showering together, that'll be interesting" Brittany smirks back.

"We're home alone and have the time so why shouldn't we get a little naughty" I smirk again.

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Saturday 7th June 2025*

I've just got the kids settled for their morning nap so now I'm going to find my wife. I'm not too sure what she is up to right now because she went to take a phone call a while ago and I haven't really seen her since. I've just been spending time with the children that I didn't really have the chance to see what she was up to.

After checking in a few rooms and not being able to locate my wife, I realise she must be outside. As soon as I walk towards the front door, I see her through the window standing outside. There's also a strange man with a motorbike not too far away from her that I have never seen before in my life.

"Who's the hairy biker?" I ask my wife as I walk outside and stand next to her.

"John, I think his name is" Brittany replies.

"I'm going to need more than 'John' considering he's standing on my front lawn. A few more details please" I state.

"I've only just met him in person today but he's a potential buyer" Brittany says.

"Potential buyer of what?" I ask confused.

"He's buying my motorbike" Brittany shrugs.

"I'm sorry…what?" I ask shocked.

"It's ok, you don't need to apologise" Brittany assures me.

"I'm not. It was an expression to convey my shock" I tell her.

"Oh, well anyway, I'm selling my motorbike" Brittany smiles.

"Why?" I ask confused.

"It's just time for it to go because I barely ride on it anymore so it's taking up space in our garage for no reason" Brittany shrugs.

"This all seems so sudden" I state.

"Not really. I took some photographs of the bike, put them on the website and then some people got in touch about buying it because they liked what they saw" Brittany replies.

"Ok fair enough but you didn't talk to me about this before. I didn't know you were doing anything like this. What if I didn't want to sell the motorbike?" I ask.

"Technically it's not your decision. I mean it's my motorbike so it's up to me what I do with it" Brittany shrugs.

"I know that but I'm your wife, you could still run something like this by me like mentioning what you're doing even if I have no say in the matter" I say.

"I thought you would be happy about it being gone" Brittany says confused.

"I mean I've never liked the thing and that's been no secret. It doesn't mean I want you to do something just to make me happy. Of course, I love it when you do things for me but I don't want you to do them if you don't actually want to do them" I explain.

"Honestly, I'm cool about this. The motorbike doesn't really excite me anymore so I'm good with selling it" Brittany shrugs.

"If you're sure" I say.

"Honestly, I am so don't sweat it" Brittany smiles at me.

"Wait, is this why you were putting so much effort into cleaning it last week?" I ask.

"Yeah, I wanted it looking good for the pictures I put on the selling website so it would be looking in good condition to potential buyers" Brittany replies.

"I guess that makes sense" I nod.

"I've had a few people interested in it so far but I think I'm going to sell to this guy because he's offered me the most money. He wanted to check the bike out first before buying it which is fair enough because I wouldn't buy something before I had seen it, you know" Brittany says.

"Yeah, that is fair enough" I agree.

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The kids are all asleep in bed now so Brittany and I are in our bedroom getting changed. We decided to get ourselves changed into something comfortable so we could hang out and spend some time together on our own. We'll probably watch some TV or a movie downstairs lounging on the couch together.

"Ok, I know my motorbike is gone now but my tight sexy leather pants aren't" Brittany says as she leaves the closet in her motorbike pants.

"They do make you look sexy" I smirk.

"I still have the helmet too if you want me to put it on" Brittany smirks back.

"No, please don't" I chuckle.

"Are you saying I look ugly wearing the helmet?" Brittany asks amused.

"It's not that, I'd just rather see your face and be able to kiss you whereas with the helmet I wouldn't be able to do either" I point out.

"That makes sense" Brittany smiles.

"Come here" I smile as I pull my wife closer to me and kiss her.

"Shall we forget about the movie and just hang out here" Brittany smiles at me.

"Yeah, I really need to take advantage of you in the leather, it's so sexy" I smirk.

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Monday 9th June 2025*

Brittany and I are at work at the moment while the children are at daycare as they usually are when we're working. I'm just sitting at my desk doing some of my own work while Brittany is doing the same at her desk. We're both working away quietly until Brittany breaks the silence that fills the room around us.

"Hey, Santana?" Brittany says getting my attention.

"Yeah?" I smile at her.

"You like lingerie, don't you?" she asks.

"Yeah, I do like dressing in some sexy lingerie from time to time but if you're thinking of us getting up to anything right now then we can't, we're working" I reply.

"I wasn't asking because I wanted you to put some on right now" Brittany laughs. "I mean where would you get any right now when we're at work anyway" she adds.

"Why were you asking then?" I ask confused.

"Because I was just thinking, you should design a lingerie line" Brittany says.

"I don't think a children's lingerie line is very appropriate, Brittany" I reply teasingly.

"I meant an adult line of lingerie" Brittany laughs.

"I got that" I laugh.

"Seriously though, I think you should do that. I mean you practically sell everything else so we could branch into lingerie. I know you started off with children's fashion and you have a good clientele from that but you cater for an even bigger population now and you do have an adult customer base too" Brittany points out.

"I mean it is something to think about" I nod.

"No pressure obviously, it was just a thought. We might end up realising it isn't for us but it's worth thinking about" Brittany smiles.

"If I did decide to do it, will you model some of the lingerie?" I tease.

"Certainly not" Brittany frowns at me.

"Why not?" I ask.

"It's one thing to dress sexy for you at home but it's another showing the public so that's where I draw the line. No one wants to see me dressed in lingerie nor do I want them to see me" Brittany states.

"I think you would look great" I say.

"I mean could you imagine the comments I'd get?" Brittany shakes her head.

"Hot, sexy, attractive, beautiful…"

"I wouldn't get those kinds of comments, let's be serious" Brittany says rolling her eyes. "Let's be real, I'm not the typical girl so I don't want to subject myself to trolls and the like" she adds.

"That's fair enough, I am sure we can hire people to model. To be honest I'd probably want to keep all the sexy photos of you in lingerie for myself anyway" I smile.

"Ok" Brittany smiles.

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Thursday 19th June 2025*

Brittany and I have been at work for some time already today while the kids are at daycare. I'm just in the middle of looking over a new design in my office while Brittany is at a meeting for her fashion line.

"We've got a problem, Santana" Brittany says seriously as she walks into our office.

"Oh god, what?" I groan.

"The air conditioning is not working again so we're all going to be boiling hot" Brittany sighs.

"You're kidding" I say annoyed. We just had the damn thing fixed not so long ago.

"We're going to have to send everyone home because we can't do this to everyone again. We made them work through the heat before and it was unfair. They shouldn't have to put up with this" Brittany points out.

I know" I agree.

"Let's just split up and each go to different departments and update everyone on what is going on" Brittany says.

"They'll probably be happy to go home and get the rest of the day off" I sigh.

"Most probably but what else can we do" Brittany shrugs.

"I know, so let's just do it" I say as we leave the office.

I'm just at the reception desk right now, having just finished talking to my receptionists and sending them home due to the heat. I'm just looking for a few files on the computer when Brittany walks over to me, having just been in another department sending them home.

"Jessica is going to take the kids back to our place and look after them there while we stay here and sort things out. I have given her my key to the house" Brittany tells me.

"That's good, the kids will be better off at home than here in this heat" I reply.

"Ok, since we're here I'm going to sort a few things out in the office" my wife says.

"That's fine, I will see you there in a second. I just need to do a couple of last-minute things here" I tell my wife.

"Ok" Brittany smiles and then walks away.

I'm just finishing off what I am doing when two men enter the area. I have never seen them in my life before so I have no idea what they're doing here. They look like some sort of trades people with the toolboxes they're carrying. I'm just about to contact my security team and give them a telling off for letting them just walk in here when the two men walk over to me.

"May I help you?" I questioningly ask them.

"I'm looking for Brittany Pierce" one of the men reply.

"Oh, are you indeed?" I ask in a tone mixed between intrigue and annoyance. Why does this random want to see my wife?

"Yeah, we were told to ask for her. I'm assuming you're not her" the man replies.

"I'm not" I shake my head.

"Can we speak to her please. We're here to look at the air conditioning system to see what the problem is" the man replies.

"Oh, ok" I say relieved. I did get pissed for a hot second because I don't like the thought of some strange man wanting to talk to my wife.

"Is she here?" the man asks as a silence falls between us.

"Uh, yeah" I snap out of my thoughts. "You don't need to speak to her though, I can deal with it" I add.

"But we were specifically told to ask for Brittany" the man states.

"That doesn't matter, this is my company so I can deal with this. I'll show you to where the system is located" I say as I leave the reception desk. "Follow me" I say sharply as they don't move.

"Uh…ok" they say taken aback by my tone.

"I didn't realise you were coming so quickly today; we were told it could be up to 48 hours for someone to attend" I point out.

"Our last call was cancelled so visits got moved around" one of the men reply.

"That doesn't actually speak highly of the company you work for if customers can afford to make cancellations. You'd think they'd want the matter fixed urgently so for them to cancel must mean they don't have faith in your company and have used a competitor" I state.

"Uh…"

"Can I just ask why this was not fixed properly in the first place. This is the second time in 3 weeks where we have had to call you out to fix it" I say seriously.

"I'm not sure because it wasn't one of us. It would have been our colleague that was here the last time because we've never been to this location before" one of the men reply.

"Surely you're all trained in the same way so why wasn't it fixed" I ask.

"Like I say, I'm not sure" the man states.

"Well let's make sure it's fixed this time, shall we?" I state intimidatingly.

"Yeah" the men nod.

"Ok, this is where the system is usually accessed from" I say as we arrive at the maintenance area.

"Ok" the men reply just as Brittany walks over to us.

"Hey I just got your message that they were here. I didn't expect them so quickly so I'm sorry for leaving you with this" Brittany tells me as she rushes over.

"It's ok" I smile at my wife.

"Hi, I'm Brittany Pierce. I made the call earlier today" Brittany says to the men as she shakes their hands.

"They're just about to take a look" I inform Brittany.

"Ok, well can I get either of you a coffee while you work?" Brittany offers as she looks at the workmen.

"They're fine, they don't need a drink. They just need to do their job" I say before either of the men can reply.

"Uh…ok" Brittany says looking at me and frowning. "Is there anything else you need from us before you take a look at the system?" she asks the men.

"Do you have a copy of the report from the last visit from us that we could take a look at?" one of the men reply.

"Don't you guys have that already. I would have hoped you checked it out before you got here so you knew what you were coming for" I say.

"I don't physically have it because it wasn't us that were here last time" the second man replies.

"You keep saying it wasn't you that was here the first time but surely as a company you log all of these things on your computer system so everyone should be able to access the relevant information they need" I reply.

"Santana, it's fine. I will grab a copy of the report" Brittany says as she accesses her tablet for it.

"Fine" I state.

"This is it here" Brittany says as she shows the workmen the report.

"That's great thank you" the man replies as he reads it.

"We'll leave you to get to work and come back soon to check in" Brittany says as she ushers me out of the room and along the hallway.

"What kind of workforce doesn't communicate with each other or even keep digital records of clients and things like that. Surely, they would log each visit on their system about the work carried out etc. and each person has access to it" I say.

"I mean you would think they would but it was a handwritten report we got back from them the last time so maybe they didn't have time to log their copy onto their computer" Brittany shrugs.

"We had time to log it on our computer" I state.

"That's true" Brittany nods. "Anyway, let's go back to our office for the moment and give them some time to work on the issue" she says.

"Ok" I state.

"Hey, you were slightly rude to those guys babe" Brittany says softly as we reach our office.

"I know but we got off on the wrong foot right from the start so I just couldn't get my head back into nice mode" I admit with a shrug.

"What do you mean?" Brittany asks curiously.

"They turned up asking to speak to you and considering I didn't expect anyone to come today to fix the air con, I immediately got my back up wondering who the hell wants to see my wife especially when I have no clue who they are" I explain.

"Oh, ok" Brittany nods understanding.

"Then the more the conversation went on, the more I just didn't like them. I mean they say their last visit was cancelled so what does that say about the company. To be honest it makes me wonder what kind of professionals they are especially when they didn't fix the problem 3 weeks ago when they should have" I state.

"I know what you're saying babe but let's give them a chance since they're here and we need this fixed as soon as possible" Brittany points out.

"Ok" I nod.

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"Hey, how are things going?" Brittany asks the workmen as we go to check on the progress.

"We've found the problem so we're just fixing it now" one of the men reply.

"Oh, that's good" Brittany smiles.

"Hey buddy, the air con system is that way so stop looking at her" I say seriously to the other man.

"I…"

"Don't deny it, I saw you checking her out so if you ever want to get paid for this job then do the job and quit staring at my wife" I tell him.

"Wait…you're married to her?" the guy asks Brittany surprised as he points at me.

"We are married, yes" I state.

"Yeah, and please stop pointing at my wife, it's rude to point" Brittany adds seriously.

"Sorry, I'm just really surprised. I wouldn't have put you two together because you have completely different personalities" the man replies.

"Even if we do, that is no concern of yours. You're the engineer we have hired to fix our air conditioning system so that's all you need to focus on" I tell him.

The two men get back to fixing the system while Brittany and I go over to the side and talk through a few business things. It's really hard for me to focus though because those guys have pissed me off, plus the heat in here isn't comfortable either.

"Everything has been fixed now" one of the men tell Brittany.

"Ok, thank you" Brittany replies.

"We have switched it on but it might take a little time for it to get running through the whole building so some areas will still feel quite hot right now until the air starts circulating" the other man replies.

"That's fine, as long as it's fixed" Brittany nods.

"If you could just send us the invoice and be on your way, that'd be great" I state.

"Our office will send you the invoice electronically so you can get in touch with our admin team to pay" one of the men says.

"We will do that, thank you" Brittany says. "I'll show you to the exit" she adds.

I head back to our office while Brittany shows the workmen where to leave. If it wasn't for them fixing our issues today, I wouldn't have let them stay as long as they did. Honestly, they really annoyed me today and I probably wasn't as professional as I could be but they weren't exactly very professional either.

"You ok?" Brittany asks me as she walks back into the office.

"Fine" I state.

"You don't sound fine" Brittany tells me.

"I feel like that guy was hitting on you and it pissed me off. I think he was doing it to deliberately annoy me in the end because I had been rude to him at the start" I point out.

"I think he was trying to get a rise out of you because the flirting wasn't subtle at all nor was it good. I don't even think he liked me in that way" Brittany replies.

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Monday 30th June 2025*

Today is such an exciting day because my best friend has finally given birth to her first child. I know I say it's exciting every time our friends and family have a baby, which is true, but today is extra special because Quinn has been through such a hard time. She was told she might never get pregnant so then we did the surrogacy which turned out not to be a surrogacy because I was already pregnant with my baby. Then she was back to square one never knowing what might happen so it was a worrying time. Then when she did get pregnant, she was terrified every step of the way that it wouldn't work out so for the baby to finally be here today, is just so amazing.

"Hey" Brittany says as she walks into our bedroom where I currently am.

"Hi" I say quietly.

"Are you ok?" Brittany asks me confused.

"Yeah, just ignore me. I'm having a moment" I say as I wipe the tears away from my face.

"Why are you upset?" my wife asks in concern.

"It's happy tears, not sad ones" I assure her. "I'm just so grateful my best friend finally has what she dreamed of. She wanted a baby so badly and it was really tough to get here but she has her perfect little family now" I add.

"Yeah, I am so happy for her" Brittany smiles.

"So, are the kids ready?" I ask.

"Yeah, they're all ready to go. We're all so excited to see the new baby" Brittany says.

"Let's go then" I smile.

We get the kids and head downstairs. Once we're all into the car, I drive us off to the hospital. Some of our other friends are already there with Quinn and James so we head straight to Quinn's room. The minute we walk inside, Xavier and Jaxon immediately scream hello wanting everyone to know that we're here.

"I really hope the baby wasn't just sleeping" I say worriedly.

"It's ok, she wasn't" Quinn smiles at me.

"Ok, good" I say in relief.

"Mercedes is just cradling her right now and then you and Brittany can see her" Quinn tells us.

"Sounds good" I smile.

"So, how is everyone?" Brittany asks as she gets the boys settled on a chair to sit together.

"We're doing good" Mercedes smiles.

"Yeah, as are we. We're just trying to navigate this new parenting thing" Tina smiles.

"That's all to come for you now Quinn" I smile at my best friend.

"I know. You'll now all need to give James and I tips since we're the last ones to be parents" Quinn smiles.

"Well, we can try but I still don't know if Santana and I have the parenting thing down despite the fact we're parents of three now" Brittany laughs.

"It's true" I laugh.

"Ok, who is the baby going to now" Mercedes smiles.

"Santana can go first" Brittany smiles at me.

"Ok" Mercedes says as she gently places the baby in my arms once I get sat down next to Quinn.

"I am so happy for you Quinn, honestly" I say smiling from ear to ear.

"Thank you" Quinn smiles back.