Chapter 159 - French Macarons

It was a beautiful day for Andrea; she felt her babies move for the first time. It almost made her cry. Today, they would go to the hospital for an ultrasound and Lu Fang was equally excited. 

Before that, they would meet Alfred and Gabriel for breakfast at the Oriental Hotel. Lu Jie, Lu Wei, and Christina will be joining them as well. 

Andrea came closer to Lu Fang's side and hugged him from behind. "Babe, wake up."

"Babe, let's get more sleep. Yanmei will take over today, we can slumber until seven in the morning."

She thought about it but it just way too late. She was already hungry and wanted some fruits before heading out to meet Alfred. She convinced him in another way, "Babe, the babies moved."

"What?"

"The babies moved. They said they wanted some pears," said Andrea as she leaned closer to his ear. 

This made the man chuckle. His wife had become more and more cunning nowadays so to get what she wants, even using the babies.

He slid down the bed and faced her stomach, giving it a kiss and a rub. "Good morning girls, Daddy's excited to see you."

This made Andrea's heart melt. There was no doubt about it, her husband was looking forward to this day. However, he had been expecting girls, and she did not want the babies to feel unwanted should they turn out to be boys. She protested, "or boys! or boys, babe."

She sat up, also touching her belly and declared, "We love you regardless. Boys or girls, we look forward to both of you completing our family - ooh! You felt that, babe? They just moved."

The man frowned, he felt nothing. "That might have been spasm."

"Well, in any case, they want some pears!"

"Hmmmm.... Okay. let's get ready then. You can have pears on the way."

Hanxi and Gao Rou were also eager to see the babies, they agreed to join the couple's itinerary. Hanxi took the wheels while the couple sat at the back.

After finishing the slices of pears, Andrea took a power nap on her husband's lap. 

"She's always sleeping," complained Hanxi. 

"I know," replied Lu Fang as he caresses Andrea's cheeks. "Even at the office. She works in the morning and sleeps in the afternoon… waking up only to grab some snacks."

"At least you've been getting a decent sleep too."

"Hmmmm, true."

Han-joon stayed behind. He opted to improve their practice area while they were out for the day. 

The couple arrived before everyone else at the hotel restaurant and because she was hungry; she ordered ahead. She was already munching when Lu Fang's side of the family showed up. 

Gabriel found it stunning how much Christina looked similar to Alfred. After some introduction, he immediately felt Christina was indeed family. She was so welcoming, so much better than his mother. 

While everybody got settled down, Lu Fang received a call from Harold Smith. He excused himself to take the call but before leaving, he made sure that Andrea was sitting nowhere close to Gabriel, even reminding Hanxi and Gao Rou to occupy the opposite chairs next to his wife. 

Walking steadily towards the restaurant entrance, the man bumped into a Russian blond who's clothing was made to fit her body. Too well, that the man immediately thought she was a seductress. 

His reflex made him hold her by the shoulders but after seeing her boobs almost popping out, he let her go immediately. 

"Thank you," said the blond while giving admiring stares at him. 

The man simply waved and continued to walk away, not bothering to respond. 

Taya Ivanov smirked at the tall and handsome man who just ignored her desirable body. As she beamed, she began to admire his striking looks. She found his well-shaped jaws incredibly sexy. 

"Who is that?"

She turned to her left to find Nancy Davies. Abruptly changing her expression, she replied, "nobody Mom… I saw Gabe and Dad come inside  -"

"Then let's go. Let us see who they are meeting this early."

The two sat a few tables away from where their objective was and agreed to observe momentarily. There, they saw Gabriel stand up to sit next to Andrea making Taya's blood boil. 

Normally, the Lu's preferred a private room when dining out, but the Oriental Hotel did not have small dining rooms that could accommodate all of them. They settled for a long table furthest from the crowd. 

Gabriel sat on Lu Fang's chair beside Andrea while the man was away. He had some gifts for her and also for Christina. 

"Andy, I know you like these very much so I dropped by your favorite pastry shop the other day." He handed her two boxes of French macarons and one large box of mix chocolate truffles. 

Her eyes immediately twinkled in excitement and her smiles did more showing than expected, "Thank you, Gabe. I love them."

"I also bought some pregnancy help but was rather too big to carry. So, I will give that to you later on." He turned to Christina and also extended a box to her, "This is for you, Aunt."

Seeing her ex-fiance look at Andrea with admiration made Taya lose control. She could not stand it any longer that she stormed at their table. 

Nancy tried to hold her back, but she was too quick to leave. 

Everyone was just delighted with the companionship that they failed to notice that ranging female coming towards them. The moment Gabriel saw Taya, it was too late. He immediately stood up behind Andrea at the same time received a slap on his face. 

"How dare you Gabe? How dare you?"

She looked past Gabriel to find Andrea who had nothing but an astonished look on her face while still holding on to her French macarons. 

Taya immediately threw multiple slaps on Gabriel's chest making him step back. Out of nowhere, she managed to grab on to one of Andrea's gift boxes and practically used it as a stick, hitting her Gabriel multiple times. 

Those from Lu Fang's side weren't sure how to react and the same could be said with Hanxi. 

Andrea's face turned red, her anger went up to her head as Taya continued to scream, now directing her anger towards her. 

"You are a slut! You stole my fiance from me and got yourself pregnant!"

Nancy also came rushing from behind supporting Taya and added," Andy, you stay away from my son right this instant! You just ruined their happy relationship!"

In a split second, Andrea took a knife from the table, pointed it directly to Taya and Nancy. "Bitches! I don't care what you say to me, but of all the things you could do, you simply had to ruin my precious French macarons who flew all the way from Britain!"

"Give it here or you will regret breathing next to me in a matter of minutes!"

Seeing the murderous look on her daughter-in-law's face, Christina Lu stood up and shouted, "give back the damn macarons to the pregnant woman now!"

Hearing the commotion from inside, Lu Fang rushed to grab the box of macarons and handed it back to his wife. He turned back to Taya and grabbed her by the wrist with a warning, "Don't you ever, ever take my wife's snacks!"