Falling For My Playboy Boss
Chapter 85

Collin's

POV

She is going to give me another chance. My heart is bursting, I am so happy. "Yes, I can do that baby. I have not slept with anyone since we left here the last time on the plane. I love you and only you. I don't want to be with Maddie, at all, I just want to get this whole thing behind me. I am just waiting for enough charges to accrue on her so that we, and our children, are safe for the rest of our lives. I don't want her getting out and then coming back after me, you, or our children because she is a malicious and vengeful person. I offered her 5 million dollars to just leave me alone, and she refused. She wanted you, and me, to be hurt because we couldn't be with each other. She is a terrible person and I curse the day I ever started to date her", I told Cora. I am so happy that she loves me enough to give me another chance. I am so glad that she truly loves me, or she wouldn't be doing it. I hugged Cora tightly and started to kiss her again. I realized quickly that I was going to have to stop doing that. She is naked, and I am clearly getting excited about it. I need to stop and let her get dressed. I don't want to rush her. I won't do anything that could result in me losing her. No pressure, just me holding her and loving her, and I can be patient. I will just be taking longer showers until we can be 100% together again. I will be getting together with Nicolas and Jack tonight to see where we are and when we can go forward, as I want this to be done with today.

"I will let you get dressed and I can go wait in the living room. Being this close to you, I want you so much and I know that we need to go slow, so I need to go wait in another room while you get dressed", I told her and headed to the door. "I will be out in a little bit," Cora tells me as I close the door behind me.

I smell the food as I go down the hallway and I see mom busy over the stove. She is humming to herself and is very happy. Probably because her plan worked out for her. I cannot stop smiling and when she sees me, she stops stirring and comes over to give me a hug, and then whispers in my ear, "Don't screw this up" before she stepped back, cupping my cheek, and then goes back to the stove. I go sit in the living room with dad and Thomas and notice that they are grinning at each other a lot but aren't saying anything to

me.

"What? What are you two smiling about?" I asked them.

"You cost me money, kid," Thomas tells me, and they both burst out laughing.

"He is just teasing you. We weren't betting money. Just making educated guesses", my dad tells me, and then they laugh again.

"Yes, I wasn't going to bet against Thomas on this, but your dad is the one with the winning guess. Although you got here earlier than any of us anticipated you would" my mom calls from the kitchen.

I know I am not going to like this answer, but I decide to press on by saying to them, "What do you mean by got here earlier than anticipated? I didn't even know that I was coming until I decided to tell Catherine last night that she didn't have to come in today, as I would be coming to Paris today to get you all. How could you have known?" I asked them.

"They were betting that you showed up before we were supposed to leave in the jet to come and get us. Thomas said Saturday and your dad said Friday night. You got here earlier than that, so I guess technically they were both incorrect. Your mom said that you

would be here by night so you could take me on the riverboat cruise at night to see the lights like you promised me that you would", I heard Cora say from the kitchen island.

"Would you like that? We could go tonight if you wanted to go?" I told her and I was thinking about what I could change into, as I didn't bring much as we were leaving tomorrow to go back to New York.

"I am a little sore, but it would be beautiful to see all the lights on the night cruise. I would also like to get some perfume while I am here as well. Maybe something for everyone back at home while we are there". Cora says to me.

"I would like to go as well, Alderidge. I would like to pick a few things up as well as some Macarons to take back home. We can just sit in another place on the cruise. Not by the kids, so they can have their time alone" mom called out from the kitchen. This has got to have been all part of her master plan.

"That is fine honey, we can go with them, and then we can sit somewhere else on the boat, so we don't cramp their style" my dad called back to mom with a big smile. Yea, they planned this. They knew I was coming and didn't go shopping the whole time, so we could all go together. That makes me smile and I see Cora smiling at mom too and I see she figured it out as well. My parents are kind of sneaky but seeing me and Cora together makes them so happy, I will not ruin it for them. I know mom is wanting to get something for Cora and the babies here so we will probably end up in a baby clothing store while we are there too. I know mom is planning on doing some major shopping to get things for the babies when we get back home, but I wanted to talk to them all as I wanted to buy us a home, a house for my family. I haven't decided where yet. I was going to split the difference in distance between her parents and my parents' house to make it fair, I just haven't had time to look at homes yet. Maybe Ava could do that for me when we get back. I would rather put the house in Cora's name and let her get everything set up there, so we don't have to move it later, as it would be much harder when the children get there to move everything. I will see what she says about it. I want to tread carefully with this as I don't know what her reaction will be about it. But I want a home with her and our babies, and another bedroom or two for future babies where I could experience the whole pregnancy with her, as I feel like I have missed so much of it with her and I not being together for this one.

"Well, do you want me to go with you on the shopping trip? Or have you got this?" Thomas asked Collin.

"I have it, thank you, Thomas. I appreciate you taking care of her this whole time. I couldn't physically do it myself, so I appreciate you being there for her, especially with those reporters that came into her house. I wonder if Mateo wanted to tack that onto what we have on her, we could help make it stick as she would have been tapped at that time and we could get her plotting to send them to assault Cora with that phone tap. I just want her to get enough time so that I won't have to worry about Cora, or the children if she were to ever get released", I told Thomas.

We went to sit down to eat and had a good meal together. I haven't been this relaxed in a long time. I have been sleeping badly as Maddie tries to sneak into my room. Living with that kind of stress is very hard on the body. I hope Cora takes pity on me and lets me sleep with her tonight. I am not pushing her for s*x. I just want to hold her in my arms and get some good sleep.

"Cora, when the babies start kicking tonight could you let me feel it? I would like to feel it. Even if it is tomorrow on the plane. Whenever it is, I would like to feel it. I have been reading up on when babies start doing different things and I would really love to be able to feel it when it happens", I asked Cora.

She nods in agreement and smiles at me, and I get excited in anticipation of feeling my babies kick. I am going to change into my jeans as we are going out and into a nicer shirt. That is, this is what I packed for me to wear back home tomorrow, but I will only be in them a little while to go out tonight. If I have to, I will buy another pair of jeans and a shirt while we are out shopping tonight. Cora changes into a cute little short dress, a long shirt, kind of top that hides the size of her belly, but you can still tell that she is pregnant. Mom and dad changed as well and we had the driver pick us up at 6 so we could shop first and then do the riverboat ride second before the shops closed.

Cora enjoys looking at the items, probably more than buying them. I see her eyeballing a nice pair of heels for herself, but she put them back, changing her mind about getting them. I picked them up and smiled at her and she said, "No, I am not going to get them. I won't be able to wear them for a while anyway, and it isn't practical for me to get them".

"I am going to get them for you. Who knows when we will be able to come back here? I would like you to have them. I remember when you passed up a pair just like them when we were last here. I was kicking myself for months that I didn't get them for you. I will not make that mistake again", I told her. She looked like she wanted to argue again, and mom called over to her, "Let him get them for you Cora. He really hasn't gotten you anything but the babies you are carrying with you", which caused us both to blush as everyone in the store that heard it turned to look at us. My mom sure knows how to draw attention to us. Most smiled at us and congratulated us. A few of them were checking me out and I had to arch my eyebrows and let them know from a distance not to approach me, which they already should have known as I was here with Cora and she is the mother of my children, but it doesn't stop some of them.

Mom and Cora made several purchases for family and friends, and it makes me smile that Cora always does more for others than she does for herself. My mom found two very cute outfits for the twins to wear when they got here. I have to say I am even excited to see them in them. They are going to look so cute. I stand there and daydream about if my son is going to look like me. Will my daughter look like Cora? Or vice versa, I really cannot wait to find out. As long as they are healthy, that is all that matters to me. I cannot wait to hold them. This is why I need this problem with Maddie being taken care of fast. I need to be able to propose to Cora as soon as possible, so I need Maddie to be taken care of, and gone from our lives. I want Cora to wear my ring as soon as possible so that everyone that sees her knows that she is off the market and does not even try to approach her. She is mine.

Cora again picked up a lot of bags and tissue paper and I saw her get extra for mom to have as well. I am glad that they get along so well. I can tell that mom and Cora love each other a lot. We headed to the place to get the macarons and I remember Cora getting them the last time we were there too. I also made a mental note for the driver to swing by and get the croissants for Cora to have on the trip back, and I tripled the original order as Cora likes to share and we have others on the plane as well. I know she will share with everyone. Including Adam. I will be keeping an eye out for him as I remember seeing his Instagram posts with Cora and a bunch of his friends in the pictures. I need to make sure that every one of those guys knows that she is off-limits and off the market, no matter what the gossip columns say. Cora is mine. I love her and I want to be with her. No matter what I need to do to get it done.