Postpartum depression
Chapter 43 Postpartum Depression
LEO’S HOME, LOS ANGELES.
Trailing her long nails on his bare back, Chloe used her legs to caress Leo but he was unmoving and it bothered her that his response to her still hasn’t changed. He wouldn’t even talk to her for too long, since she arrived at his place last night. He has kept mute to himself.
“Baby.” She whispered in his ear.
Leo sighed tiredly. He had wanted to sleep in for a long while, however, Chloe kept touching and poking him and he couldn’t bring himself to respond to her touches.
“What is it?” He inquired in a gruff voice.
Chloe swallowed hard, when Leo gives responses stiffly like that it’s best to not get in his way. “Baby, I want to talk to you about something.”Original from NôvelDrama.Org.
“Isn’t it too early for that, Chloe? I barely had a goodnight rest.”
“Are you blaming me for that?”
He exhaled while turning to her. “What do you want to talk about?”
“I heard from my mom about the disagreement you had with your mom. I would hate you both fighting each other. I was thinking you should invite her out for dinner with us, we can visit one of the expensive restaurants and treat her to the best meals.”
“Why would I do that?” Leo inquired, raising a stern brow at her.
She looked taken aback. “Why won’t you?”
“Did you know what she was asking for? Why didn’t you tell your mother to agree to her want? You are the ones who owe her a five star hotel treatment not me.” He hissed getting off the bed.
Chloe scratched the back of her neck, how was she to tell Leo that her mother says Grace can go to hell. They only needed her to cajole Leo into marrying Chloe and now that their intention has been met with, what they need to do is be on best terms with Leo’s father and the rest of the family. However, Chloe didn’t feel comfortable with the decision to ignore Grace. She knows just how much Leo cherishes his mother, as his wife to be she has to maintain a good stance with her future mother-in-law.
Taking a deep breath, she got off the bed too and went after Leo in the bathroom. He had turned on the shower and stood underneath it unmoving. She wrapped her arms around him not minding that her nighty will get wet.
“What do you want, Chloe?” He asked, placing both of his hands on the wall.
“Please, Leo. Your mother is also an important part of your life and it would be wrong to make an enemy of her. My mom says it would be wrong to ignore your father and not honor him since it was your mother’s decision for us to be together. It’s only right that your father also has a pact in our relationship.”
Leo hummed as he saw reason to Chloe’s words. His father has been very supportive even though he knew what his mother had in mind by blessing the union. At the same time, he would love to take a break from Grace and keep to himself. On a second thought, it would be unfair to Chloe, spiteful mother-in-laws can be a pain in the ass and he would hate for his mother to inconvenience her.
“Alright, then. We would do that.” He replied after a long thought.
She embraced him tightly, giggling. “Thank you so much baby.”
Turning around to look at her, he wiggled his brows as his eyes went down to her wet nightly exposing her body in a sexually appealing manner. “How about you take this off for me.” He whispered in her ear.
Goosebumps settled on Chloe’s body as Leo kissed her nape while carefully taking off her cloth. His strong hand grabbed her naked butt causing her to gasp in pleasure. Lifting her up, Leo turned to the wall to rest her back while she wrapped her legs around his waist tightly. Cupping her face with his hand, he kissed her passionately and Chloe moaned into his mouth as she grabbed a fistful of his hair.
Without warning, he thrusted into her causing her to gasp loudly. Without breaking the kiss, he slide in and out of her slowly, holding onto her thighs as he increased the pace of his thrusts while throwing his head to the back with their moans syncing. He caressed her every inch of her body intensely. He pulled out of her and he grunted in pleasure while stroking himself and as he came.
Chloe’s body went limp as she breathed heavily but she didn’t fail to notice Leo’s act. She didn’t expect him to nut outside of her. She wanted to ask him the reason for his action but thought otherwise cause they just had a good time and it would be wrong to ruin it .
“Are you okay?” Leo asked as the water got in his face. They didn’t turn the shower off.
She nodded slowly. “I’m fine.” Chloe replied attempting to fix her balance.
“Let’s bathe together.” Leo offered as he pulled her to himself.
Watching her blush, Leo smiled to himself as he washed her back with soap slowly. He took his time to get the both of them cleaned before leaving the bathroom.
“I would be heading out with Aaron after work, so I would be returning quite late.” Leo told Chloe as he got dressed in the closet. “Do you need me to drop you off at home? You didn’t bring your car last night.”
Chloe hummed as she rubbed cream on her face. “No, I will drop by my godmother’s store instead. I need to pick up some new makeup kits.”
“Okay.” He chuckled.
“Why are you chuckling?” She asked, turning to look at him.
He shrugged. “It’s just surprising how close you are to your godmother. It makes me wonder sometimes.”
“Well, my mom has always been the busy bee. She was always flying back and forth. Even though my godmother also gets busy, she tries her best to find time to be with me. I heard my mom had a hard time adjusting to my birth, she plunged into postpartum depression which made her a bit distant from me. Desire had taken it upon herself to look after me, she wasn’t married then. From then on, I practically became her first child, even when I was away at boarding during high school, I could count the number of times my mother visited unlike the countless times my godmom did.” She explained.
“Wow, it must have been hard for her.”
“My mom?”
Leo nodded. “Yes, her actions towards you wasn’t intentional. And I guess the guilt stuck with her and she wouldn’t want to get in Desire’s way by showing up every time. It’s obvious Desire loves being there for you. I have always wondered why your mom hardly turns up for most of your activities, hearing this now makes me realize she is just being understanding of your closeness with Desire. You should be nicer towards your mom. At least she isn’t as manipulative as mine.”
Shaking her head at his naivety, Chloe smiled sweetly at him. “You are so sweet and considerate.”
Moving closer to her, he kissed her nose. “I’m just being factual. Let’s go when you are done.”
“Sure.” She grinned hastening up with her makeup.