Chapter 66 - Sixty-six

"Hi, my babies!" Isabelle came into their line of view and hugged both of them. She then kissed their foreheads as well.

"They were just gone for three days Isabelle, you could not have missed them so much." Gabrielle could not help but comment on that. She was behaving as if her newborn babies were sent to summer camp.

"Oh shush." She said. "I just couldn't wait for you to be back home." She told Angelo. "I missed you so much, did you miss me too?" She pouted a little.

"I was at my honeymoon ma," Angelo made a face while saying so. "If I missed you having sex would be weird." He grimaced.

Isabelle made a horrified face at what he had said. Gabrielle had barked out a laugh whereas Alexis seemed confused about what to feel. Should be giggle or gag? Gag seemed more appropriate at the moment.

"That's not what I meant! Idiot! Shameless!" She said as she hit him on the head. This boy!

"Alright, alright." Angelo raised his hand in surrender. "You win. Won't say shit like this again." He offered.

"Good!" She hit him again. "You have a wife now, learn how to behave!" She admonished.

"Excuse me, " Gabrielle came forward and hugged her from the side. He leaned in towards her and said, "When we married each other, did you not like my bad behaviour?" He whispered making her shy and blush.

Alexis's eyes again widened to what was being said in front of her. No that was completely crash and crude. She turned to look at her husband who was focusing everywhere else.

"I think," she leaned in as well, "you should stop them before we God forbid, see or hear about how you and your brother were made." She nodded a bit firmly and pointed to the old couple. It seemed that the possibility of that happening was increased.

"Alight, " he cleared his throat. "When is my brother coming?"

They had waited at the airport for a while for them but they had not shown up. For the were due for more than an hour, Gabrielle had asked around only to find out that the flight was delayed by hours. So, in the end, they all had left the airport.

"Are heading straight to their house then?"Alexis asked. They were all sitting in a car and Angelo was driving with Gabriele on the front and ladies in the back.

"Well, we did in my time," Isabelle told her. "But lucky for you I, I had asked Gabriele to make a separate house for our family. So, we'll be staying there and then go to the main house when needed."

"One of the best decisions of my life," Gabrielle muttered.

"It had to be since I took sex off the table."s she sassed back. Angelo and Alexis controlled their laugher.

"What's the best one, If you had to choose?" Alexis asked from the back seat.

"Never letting that women drive." He pointed to his wife sitting back.

"What? Gabriele!" She gasped. "I drive just fine."

"Answer me this, if you are driving and Angelo and I were standing in front of you, what do you hit?"

"You, obviously. Why would I hurt my baby?" Isabelle answered confidently.

"Woman! The brakes! You hit them and only them and no one else!" Gabrielle shouted at her. Alexis and Angelo laughed and giggled. She looked mortified when she noticed that her husband had asked what and not who.

"...Well, I don't like driving anyway." Embarrassed, she muttered and looked away.

******

"Why is every room of your dark-themed?" Alexis asked as soon as she entered her husband's bedroom in Italy for the first time. This looked just like the one back in States.

"No idea but if you want we can get it redone." He didn't look at her once before saying that. Alexis's heart fluttered as she heard him. He was ready to change things for her.

"Naah it's fine." She smiled. It was designed pretty well, to begin with. They must have hired a professional for it.

"Are you tired?" She asked him.

"Not really, " he answered. "I should be after travelling that much but... Maybe it's the excitement of my homeland." He shrugged.

"Ah.." She smiled. "When was the last time that you came here?"

"Three to fours years ago I guess. That's even my grandfather had his heart surgery." He answered. "The old bastard still drinks and parties like he is in his twenties. Hell, even Silvano and I were not that crazy when it came to drugs."

"Drugs?" The old man did that too?

"Yup, " Angelo replied. "He does. I am going to go for a shower. Why don't you go for tour around the house?"

"Yes, " she said rushing out.

On a quick visit, around she found that the mansion had three master bedrooms. One each belonged to Angelo and his brother and the other was occupied by his parents. Two of them had balconies and all had a fully equipped master bathroom. The house over all that she saw while coming in had a warm vibe yet displayed the richness of the family.

Angelo came back after a few minutes and saw his wife standing in front of the bed. Sneaking behind her, he hugged her waist from behind and whispered in her ears, "Do you want to Christen the bed?"

"Didn't we do it on the plane?" She whispered back, clearly aroused as well. The man certainly had great stamina.

"Yeah but you and bed is a combination that I really can't resist." He said, snuggling into her neck, making her giggle. He had started preparing kisses on her jawline.

"Fine," she smiled and turned around and pulled him into the bed with her.

*******

"Sit and let me cook. You must be tired." Alexis entered the kitchen and said when she saw her mother-in-law cook.

"No," Isabelle immediately denied. "You don't know any Italian dishes and the men like to eat Italian when they are home." She smiled at her. "So watch and learn."

Alexis sat on the stole provided next to the counter slab and looked around. "Isabelle, this kitchen is huge." She whistled.

"I know," she smiled. "I had had Silvano; my second baby and I just couldn't still, I had to just cook." She smiled at the memories. "The boys loved eating and my maternal instinct had me cooking every now and then."

"So Gabriele had it remodelled?" Alexis asked.

"Yes! The boys were always hungry so they use to run around and knock things over. I was scared that they might knock something hot off the stove, so we added space of two-room next to it." She happily told her. Gabriele usually didn't concern himself about household things but when it came to family, the kitchen was done within days.

"Where's Nikita?" She was supposed to be here as well by now.

"She is good at arranging things. So, She'll meet us there." Isabelle seemed to be proud of her daughter-in-law. She might be in the claws of the vultures by she seemed to manage it well.

"Isabelle," Alexis wanted to talk to her about Angelo's lie but in the end, she was his mother. "Angelo lied about his grandparents' intentions to me."

Isabelle sighed. Turning the stove heat to low, she let it simmer itself. "Family, honey. He doesn't want you to think any less of them." She went to sit next to her daughter in law with a cold drink in hand.

"But that's wrong!" Alexis immediately countered. "If I respect everyone and be polite out of it, people will put me down. I have had such experiences and I know when I should put my foot down or keep shut." She was enraged by the fact. This was plain stupid. He couldn't protect get by keeping her in the dark. She had to know what was going on.

"I know," her mother-in-law agreed. Keeping ber in the dark would give different ways to other people and allowing them to hurt the members of the family. "But you can't blame him for this. As a Grandson, he wants you to respect them." She sighed. "I will tell you to do as you know. Respect them all the way but never let them put you down. That's what I did." She said taking a sip of her drink.

Looking at Alexis's confused expression she knew what her daughter in law was thinking. Why would you respect them and not allow them to throw you down?

"I meant, you have to respect them. Make that a rule in your mind that you have to follow." She firmly said that. "Because no matter what, you can never be called a disrespectful person. People then create situations and spread rumours, which of course the men don't like. So you are a respectful and polite but also a badass bitch."

Alexis raised her eyebrows at that. That sounded awesome. "That's coo-"

"Isabelle!" Gabriele came in and kissed his wife's lips. "Mama called. You two are going there. The dinner is today." He smiled but his eyes held concerns which his wife could see. Julia De'alassandro had preponed the battle.. That meant that she was more confident than they had assumed.