Chapter 8
Valentina’s pov
I had managed to make it to Friday night without having to see Derek again, and I was looking forward to my friends coming over for a catch-up tonight. I may have not heard from Derek, but his mum Ashley had called me.
I had always gotten along well with Ashley. She actually knew who my parents were and kept it a secret for me. She had faith that her son would prove himself worthy, but she had seen the bad side of relationships with her parents and understood why I was doing it.
She also knew I had planned on telling him at Christmas, we had both been sure if he was one thing it was faithful, he knows how his mum feels and what she had been through as a child, we were both really wrong about that.
Her call was just to see how I was doing and because she felt I should know the latest thing that had happened. It looks like Derek is not as infertile as he thought he was, and Candice added a little va va voom to his daily diet so she could get pregnant.
Ashley was really worried about me and didn’t want me to hurt more from hearing about it through gossip or bumping into them together. I wasn’t in the least bit upset by it. In fact, I found it really rather amusing that he was stuck with her, it serves him right.
Ashley can not stand her, and neither can Derek if he is to be believed. His dad Derek snr says it is his Karma and that he should do the right thing. He wants nothing to do with Candice either, but he wants a relationship with his grandchildren if it is proven through dna.
I hope for the sake of that child they can have a happy relationship as it is innocent and doesn’t deserve to suffer because it’s parent are lying, cheating manipulative a.ssholes. At least he or she will have good grandparents to show them how to act like a decent human being.
Suzie and Willow were the first to arrive with wine and munchies, then ten minutes later, Craig and Kevin turned up with enough food to feed an army. We ate in silence enjoying our food, but as soon as we finished, Willow broke it as she topped up all our wine glasses.
“So spill the tea then, why are you living here? And why is Derek desperate to get in touch with you?” She asks me, looking at me, worried.
“I caught Derek fu.cking his work colleague in our bed, so I gave him back the ring and went and had a lovely Christmas with my family” I reply, shrugging.
“That bas.tasd, I knew it had to be bad when he called so much we had to block him, and then he turned up at both our houses. He doesn’t know about this place at least because he would have been straight here if he had” Suzie says furiously.
“No he just waited outside my office all day until I went home and cornered me” I say to them.
I go on to tell them exactly what they were saying about me when I caught them and how he admitted he only slept with her to get promotions. Willow is doing something on her phone as I talk, she turns the phone over once I am finished.
“Seriously is this her? Why would anyone who has prime steak at home slum it with that skanky wh.ore” Willow says, making me laugh.
“Oh you haven’t heard the best bit yet” I say amused and go on to tell them what Ashley told me.
“That is amazing, he deserves that bi.tch and now he will be stuck with her for life even if they split up, that child keeps him tied to her forever” Suzie says amused clapping her hands in deligh.
“Although it is amusing to hear about all this, I want to know about the sexy Italian” Craig says, wiggling his eyebrows.
“Me too. We want details babe” Kevin adds as the girls look at us, surprised.
“Well when I went to the ski resort, I decided to have my own room to surprise the family in the morning, and decided I deserved a few drinks” I start saying.
“Yeah bla bla bla, get to the juicy bit” Craig complains.
“So we were both at the bar for about an hour before he sat down beside me, and we continued to drink and laugh and found ourselves in my room”
“What did he look like?” Willow asks.
“The very definition of tall dark and handsome, he has flawless warm olive skin, intense grey eyes, and his body looked like it had been carved in stone, he was around 6ft 3, and he was so big I felt like a born again virgin when we finally slept together” I say as they look engrossed in my description.
“What do you mean finally slept with him?” Suzie asked.
“Well for the first hour he worshiped my body with his hands and mouth, I never knew foreplay could be so good but damn that man is tallented” I say fanning my face as if I am hot.
“I need a man like that around now. All my latest hookups don’t seem to know what foreplay is” Willow admits laughing.
“Now get on to the s*x is he so good at foreplay because he is a one minute wonder or one and done?” Craig asks me.
“Oh he most definitely wasn’t, he scr.ewed me six ways from Sunday for over four hours until I collapsed with exhaustion” I admit.
“Damn girl, does this god have a name, and when are you seeing him again” Suzie asks.
“I am sure he does have a name, but we never got around to asking that. It is for the best the last thing I need is a man right now, and it was just to blow off some steam, he probably lives somewhere far from here anyway” I say to their disappointed faces.
“And there goes me living my life vicariously through yours. Hell, if I had met that man, I would have cuffed him to a bed, with s*x like that he has probably ruined you for everything other man” Willow says, disappointed.
“I am sure there will be other men out there who are as equally good in bed out there when I am ready to meet them, I prefer to just look at this as a nice little memory and nothing more” I tell them.
They drop the subject after that and fill me in on what has been going on with them lately. Willow has us in tears as she tells us about one of the guys she met who wanted her to spank him while telling him what a bad boy he is. She got out there pretty quickly.
We ate too, much, drank too much, and had an amazing time as we laughed all night it was just what I was needing, it had been too long since the last time we did this. Derek always wanted to be there, and it dampened the discussion every time.
They were all too drunk to leave, so Craig and Kevin took one of the spare rooms, and the girls just crashed in my bed with me.
I woke up in the morning with Willow lying sideways her legs over the two of us and Suzie hugging me so tightly as if I was her favourite teddy bear. I should know by now never to sleep in the middle of these two.
We all felt like hell, but the smell of a greasy fried breakfast tempted us out of the warm bed. Craig had painkillers and a cold glass of water for each of us and then handed over strong cups of coffee afterwards. Kevin was making the food, and we gratefully thanked him when he placed the food in front of us.
Although Kevin was a model, he loved to cook and loved to eat even more. He rigorously worked out to keep himself in shape. He works more on the talent scouting side of it now and enjoyed not having to lead quite as disciplined a lifestyle, but he still looked good.
They all ended up staying for the entire day, Keven kept on feeding us, and we just lounged about watching whatever cr.ap was on the television and talking about everything and anything.
Suzie finally agreed to be my personal assistant. She had been trying out different things for a while and decided it was what she wanted to do. I had been hoping for that, as I knew how efficient she was, and I also knew I could trust her with anything.
I really needed her as Craig was taking his to the modelling agency with him. He knew she was trustworthy, and they worked really well together. It is hard to find good staff nowadays, and I wanted him to have a good support system there.
It meant he could easily run my company without my input, and he was even more invested in it after I made him a minority partner with a healthy amount of shares. He deserved it after helping so much with my new company.