Chapter 17

Giovanni followed the doctor back to Ingrid's room. When she left, Giovanni grabbed Ingrid's hand and brought it to his lips to kiss it. He watched Ingrid sleeping. He traced his hand over her belly and began to whisper, "I promise to love you, always, all you have to do is permit me. I will not let any harm come to you."

An hour had past, Ingrid started to slowly open her eyes. She found Giovanni laying his head on her lap with her hand on his cheek while his eyes were shut. When she flinched, he woke up, "Oh, Ingrid, how are you feeling?" he said as he got up and moved closer to her. "I'm okay, thank you." The nurse walked in before Giovanni could say anything. She told them that it was time for Ingrid to be discharged.

Giovanni nodded and started to prepare for their leave. He told Ingrid that they would talk when they got home, "Home? But....Clover..." "You are to forget about that bastard! Ingrid, you're coming with me," he said, angrily. Ingrid understood that he was upset. She knew that he must have stayed by her bedside the whole time. He got the hospital files from the doctor and opened the door for Ingrid, he got in and started to drive.

Ingrid had been staring through the window the whole time, her brain felt very scattered, she didn't even know what she was thinking about. The drive was quiet, Giovanni glanced at her a few times but she dared not to look at him, "Did I say something off? Did I come out too tough? Maybe she doesn't even have feelings for me," he thought.

When they got to his house, he helped Ingrid out and took her to one of his spare bedrooms downstairs. Before he opened the door, Mrs. Brown came out from her bedroom and asked if everything was okay, "She's just from the hospital," Giovanni said, "I'll make her some soup right now," Mrs. Brown replied.

Ingrid waved at Mrs. Brown through her sad eyes and she waved back slowly. Giovanni led her into the bedroom and laid her down. Ingrid rolled up her sleeve and saw some Band-Aids. She felt the tiny stitches on her knees and the burning applied substance around her neck, "Did the doctor say anything?" Ingrid asked Giovanni. He looked down, "Let me see the papers," she demanded. Giovanni tried to convince to rest before looking at anything for the mean time.

She insisted that he showed her the report or else she was going to storm out of the house. Giovanni sighed and handed her the envelope. She moved papers one after the other. The information were about her blood type, drug prescriptions, tests for diseases that came out negative and descriptions of the treatments that she had been given for what she went through. Then she saw a three more papers stapled together, "They did a pregnancy test too?" she chuckled until she saw something that she did not expect.

Giovanni saw how her mouth opened and her eyes became watery. "You didn't know either huh?" he asked, "Giovanni, I'm pregnant...." Ingrid shut her eyes and held her head in her hands. "I know that the baby is mine," he started, "I just remembered, that day, I was the one that....that gave you my seed." Ingrid looked up in guilt, "I wanted to take action, I knew what had happened but I kept brushing it off, You're the only one that's ever done that to me, I can't say that I didn't see this coming. I'm such a fool."

Giovanni held her close as she started to drop tears, "Hey!hey, Don't worry, I'm right here," he whispered, "No! you're not! That's what they all say, until the baby is close, and then they just leave you! And you're not even mine!" Ingrid wept. Giovanni took her hands to reveal her face, he held her chin up and said, "There's something I've been meaning to tell you." He started by telling her that Aunt May was going to be tried tomorrow because investigations had shown that she used bribery and extortion to get Ingrid's fortune. "Great news, isn't it?" Giovanni said with a smile on his face.

Ingrid let out a little smile, "yeah, but now my cousin is more reckless than before, and now she's sleeping with my boss, but I guess their relationship started before all this...whatever." Giovanni chuckled.

"Yeah, and uhm....Ingrid...there's something more important that I need to say. Ever since the day that I met you, I saw a thousand stories of sadness in your eyes, yet they still glowed of bright lights of hope. I admit that all I had planned for was to know why someone like you would carry so much kindness. You were attractive and still are...." Giovanni started, "But, as days went by, I wanted to see you more and more each day, each night...I thought about you, Ingrid, I've fallen in love with. I just want to let you know that, I love you."

Ingrid's eyes brightened, she wiped her tears and looked up to him, "really? but, I'm a whore stripper," she said as she looked down again. Giovanni pulled her up, he kissed her lips so passionately. "Ingrid, that doesn't matter to me, all that matters is if you have faith that I can be with you always, even when our baby comes," he said. Ingrid hugged him tightly, "I love you, too, Giovanni."

*knock at the door*

"Vanni?! I've got the soup ready, do you mind opening the door?" Mrs. Brown said. Giovanni got up while still staring at Ingrid smiling. He opened the door and let her bring in the tray with the bowl of soup on it.

Matilda was parked outside of Giovanni's house with a binocular in her hands, "So, the bitch is pregnant and my honey pie is its father? Well, now that she's in a place that I can access, it won't be so hard to eliminate her out of my beloved Giovanni's life," she said, starting the engine of her car and then driving off.

***

Clover opened the door of his house violently, "That idiot! How dare he take my money making machine away from me!" he yelled. Kate came walking, holding his coat, "Well, she's not the only one with a sexy body, even I can do it," she said. Clover stopped in his tracks, "No, she was different, she had unique stance, style...a name that matched her personality and her hair; Ginger," he turned around and started heading up the stairs.

Kate heard his door shut and decided to wait a while before she began snooping around in the room that had Ingrid's belongings. She removed all of Ingrid's stuff from the hang wires to make room for herself, she picked out one lingerie and put it on. She wore a white laced thong, a white gutter belt and a laced bra, almost see-through enough to show her nipples.

She wore long white stockings and put on some black heels. She put a little lace crown over her head and sprayed some of Ingrid's perfume that was on her dressing mirror. She walked out the door and burst into Clover's bedroom, she could tell that he was thinking about the loss he thought he made, she wanted to prove to him that he already had more because of her presence."What the fuck are you doing?" he said out of shock. He noticed how Kate was dressed and that caused his jaw to drop.

She touched her hip and traced her fingers between her legs, "I'm your girlfriend and I'm willing to freely give you everything that she couldn't," Kate said. Jealousy lingered in her eyes as she came closer to Clover, thinking about all the things she left behind to be with him just to be boldly compared to someone she saw fit to be below her. Clover lay there, still in shock. She walked to his drawer and grabbed two of his ties. She pinned his hand on one side of the bed and tied it, and did the same with the other one, "What are you doing?" he asked, "Seeing just how bad you want me," she replied seductively.

She began to kiss his neck while massaging his crotch. She kissed him so much as she kept massaging until she felt that he was hard enough. She pulled his pants down and took his shaft into her mouth, the way she licked and sucked him made me groan. He called out her name softly, wondering what game she was playing. He let out words with tiny breaths between each of them, "Wh-what are... you...doing?" He began to beg her to give it to him, "Tell me, how bad do you want me?" she asked, he wriggled his pants down to his legs and pushed them off with his feet. "I want to be inside you!" he said.

She began to dry hump him while still kissing him, she teased him; she pushed her thong to the side and only massaged his shaft close to it. Kate enjoyed seeing him want her so badly. Finally, she got up and began to strip for him, she slowly took off her bra and traced it over his shaft, "It's just that I'm tied to this bed, otherwise, I'd have pinned her down by now and fucked her silly," thought Clover.

Kate got on top of him and faced the other way, giving him her back like as if to be in a reverse cowgirl position. She put his shaft into her and began to bounce on him vigorously. She moaned louder than ever, and Clover groaned more as well, his head falling back from all the pleasure he was receiving.

She twisted her waist and grinded on him as much as she could, so excited at the fact that she had someone inside her, enjoying her every warmth, it was enough to see it from Clover's reddened face. She looked back and saw the pleasure plastered on Clover's face, "Ingrid! fuck! I'm coming! Get off!" he yelled.

"Ingrid?" Kate thought. She got up quickly and watched Clover's semen spew all over his thighs and the middle of his legs. "Oh! That was amazing," he said, "untie me, now, my baby." Kate stood there, looking angry. It hurt to know that even during such an amazing moment, all he could think about was her long time competition. "What is it?" he asked. "Are you serious? You called me Ingrid just before you climaxed, you idiot!" Kate said with her arms crossed.

Clover realised what he had done, he looked away from her to try and remember when exactly he would have said such a thing. Then it clicked..."Look, baby, I'm sorry. It was an accident, Its probably because I was still thinking about losing an employee that I just got.

Otherwise, you're far much more of a better performer than she is," he said. He noticed that he wasn't winning Kate, atleast not yet, "Infact, you're so good that I'm now considering what you said earlier, how about you replace Ingrid as the dancer?" he asked.

Kate's eyes grew wide and she clapped her hands. She forgot about the pain she felt in an instant, all she wanted was to be appreciated for her beauty and the performances she always put on. Clover took a breath of relief.

Kate smashed her lips into his and began to untie him. When he was set free, he picked Kate up and pushed her against the wall and began to screw her. It was his way of reclaiming his dominance over what Kate had done to him. He was the ignorant and stubborn type, not accepting defeat.