Ivy's Twisted Vine Redux Latrivia Nelson (best selling autobiographies .txt) 📖

looked beyond his macho exterior to see the type of man that he really was.

“You think that I’m out of control, don’t you?” He asked regrettably.

“No…I know that you are.” Ivy said convinced.

Sipping on his juice, Nicola sat quietly for a moment. Now would be a great time to tell her about Grey and Kit, he thought devilishly. But as he looked back up into her eyes, he knew that in order to hurt Grey, he would have to hurt her.

“I’m a pretty serious guy once you get to know me,” he said countering her cold observation.

“Oh, I know you quite well Mr. Nicola Michael Agosto.” She knew that referring to his full name would make him think of their night together. And although she knew that it was improper to do so, she loved the rush it gave her to flirt with him.

“There is always an opportunity to know me better.” Without a smile, he stared right back at her giving her a taste of her own medicine..

The thought of another night with Nicola made Ivy choke. She covered her mouth and tried to catch her breath that was leaving her with each cough. “Excuse me,” she said clearing her throat.

“You okay?” he got up out of his seat and rubbed her back gently.

“Yeah, just that damned pulp.” She had to change the subject quickly. “I’m suppose to have my first ultrasound today,” she said dappling her shiny lips with a napkin.

“Wait. You mean you’ll find out if it’s mine or Grey’s?” He thought that happened after the baby was born.

“No, I just get a first glimpse,” she said giggling. “They don’t tell you what sex the baby is until the sixth month.”

“Oh. Didn’t Grey want to be with you for this?”

“I didn’t tell him. I figured whomever’s turn it was to take me would see the baby with me.” The thought depressed her. “I wanted to be fair.”

“For what it’s worth, I’m sorry that I have a hand in this.”

“It’s okay. I’ve come to grips with it now. Besides, if I recall, I asked you for it and not the other way around.”

“You make me feel good, Ivy.” Nicola felt his stomach in his throat. “Like it would be okay for the baby to be mine.”

Ivy smiled but did not respond to his statement. What was there to say? “At first, I was worried about names and all sorts of cosmetic stuff, but now I just want the baby to come here healthy.”

“Yeah, me too.” Picking his fork back up, he smiled and looked down at his food. Now, he wondered if she thought it would be okay to have his child considering that she said nothing in reply.

**

Nicola tried to follow the doctor as she explained what Ivy could expect during her second trimester, which she had already entered a month ago. Feeling as though he was on a commercial, sitting beside Ivy liked the overjoyed husband; he looked at his watch and yawned. He had seen more than what he had bargained for during their office visit, and he was now ready to go home and take a long nap. The poking and probing and giddy nurses and pink walls and teddy bears and thermometers were making him feel as though he was the one that was pregnant.

“Well, do you want to know the results from the ultrasound?” Dr. Karkera asked smiling at Nicola, who was, of course, clueless at that point.

“I asked her to tell you herself, so that you wouldn’t think I was lying,” Ivy said clasping her hands together to suppress her excitement. Nicola had to walk down to the car to get his wallet earlier to pay for the office visit and missed the ultrasound.

“Sure,” Nicola said nervous. What could a first glimpse tell him?

“Well, you have twins. But we can’t pinpoint the sex until about the twenty-third week,” the doctor said shocked at how Ivy had gotten both men to participate in her visits. She definitely wanted to be there when Ivy found out just who was the father.

“Twins?” Nicola asked in shock. His face turned from a dark unreadable frown to a bright smile as he looked over at Ivy, who was as thrilled as he was and even more frightened although she did well to hide it. “How about that,” he said sitting up in the seat. “And they’re healthy?” Now, he knew why Ivy was not concerned with the cosmetics. The basics were so much more important.

“From what we can tell at this point,” Dr. Karkera said passing him the ultrasound picture of the twins. “This is the first picture of your new little family.”

“Can I keep this?” he asked forgetting that Ivy might want to have it.

“If it’s alright with Ivy,” the doctor said shaking her head. “They are always excited when they find out that they have twins.” Her attention now turned to Ivy. “If you all need anything please give me a call.” Standing up, she offered her hand to Nicola. “Congratulations.”

“Thanks,” Nicola said standing and shaking her hand.

“See you next month,” Ivy said shaking the doctor’s hand as well.

“Alright. Just remember to take your vitamins, and eat more protein,” the doctor said seeing them out of the office.

Helping Ivy with her new bags of baby goodies, Nicola walked out of the doctor’s office with a new perspective on life. In just a few minutes, he had totally forgotten about anything that had ever mattered to him before. All he could think of was how there was a fifty percent chance that those twins might belong to him. Opening the door of his truck for Ivy, he nearly picked her up and put her in her seat.

“Can you believe it?” Ivy asked seeing the new urgency in his intense eyes.

“Slowly.” Nicola paused. “Twins run in your family?”

“We have a couple of sets,” Ivy said thinking back. “What about you?”

“A few.” Nicola said evasively.

“Are you okay?” Ivy tried to read him.

“I’m fine,” Nicola said closing the