Chapter 24

The person in charge offered them a welcoming smile before showing them the couch to sit. One of the girls in the room got up and offered them tea while the other brought out a registrar to take down their names.
"Good evening Mr. Baldwin, how may I help you today?" The thirty something year old man with black hair, hazel eyes and thin straight lips asked. He was wearing a designers shirt and navy blue pant, he looked professional and his clothes spoke of quality.
Raymond often come to them for his cloth to be customized so it's not a shock they know him "how is the business Bob?"
"Great, we are approaching the season" Bob smiled "so what do you want this time, the usual?"
"We want couple outfit" Felicity answered.
Bob looked at her and smiled "and this is your rumored wife, she is even more beautiful than they say" he praised with his eyes lingering on her face.
Raymond noticed that and frowned "thank you Bob, it's good that you know she is my wife" he stretched the my wife to make sure he got it.
Bob laughed "of course, who would dare to fight with Raymond Baldwin?" He signaled to one of the girls to get the couple outfit style guide "like your wife said, you want a couple outfit. This style guilds came in yesterday, so you have ninety percent chance of being the first couple to wear one of the outfits in it" he took the guide from the girl and passed it to Raymond who took it and flipped through it.
Felicity wowed at almost every style but Raymond didn't fancy any. Almost at the end of the book, Felicity saw the one that mesmerized her and she pointed at it immediately, shouting "this one."
Raymond frowned as he perused the outfit, the male was dressed in normal pant and shirt but only that the designing was different, it shirt's sleeves had little diamonds or what looked like it sparkling there. The hem of the pant had the same thing. It's captivating quite alright but he doesn't see anything so special about it but he stopped his thought when he saw the female wear. It was handless, revealing the female's shoulders, tiny diamonds cascaded down it like waterfall. And from her chest down to waist, the gown clasped on her torso, revealing the feminine curves, then from the waist down, blew up like a freshly bloomed flower, it had layers that flow like water when the female would be walking and it had tiny sparkles at the hem of each layer. He must admit, all the beauty of the outfit went to the female wear. He couldn't stop himself from imagining Felicity in the dress, damn, she will look breathtaking.
"Excellent choice ma'am. This portray the saying that women are like flowers while the male will be like the bee that can't stay away from the female's pollen. If you two wear these, you will just show the beauty of nature to everyone" Bob said.
Felicity turned to Raymond immediately "please little Ray, let's take this please."
After a while of thinking, Raymond sighed "fine."
"Great! Is there a party you will like to wear it to? Mind giving us the date so that we can know how much time we have?"
"There is no party at the moment but I won't like it to be delayed" Raymond answered.
"Sure Mr. Baldwin, we will sent it to you as soon as we are done with it. Please let's take your wife's measurement."
Felicity stood up then and one of the girls took her measurement. She frowned when the girl still told her to change her standing posture after what felt like twenty minutes. But finally, she let her go.
"The same measurement for you Mr. Baldwin?" Bob asked and Raymond nodded.
He stood up then "send the price and your account details to my assistant."
"Of course Mr. Baldwin, I will do that" Bob smiled and said goodbye to them when they left.
Felicity was as giddy as a little girl, she can't wait to wear a matching outfit with Raymond. She was really looking forward to it. Raymond somehow found amusement in her enthusiasm and he looked forward to receiving the outfits too.
They got to the amusement park as he promised and Felicity's joy knew no bounds. She got Raymond to register her for the rollercoaster but then, she suddenly grew quiet. Raymond looked at her with a raised eyebrow and asked "what's the matter?"
"Morris is not here. Who is going to ride with me?" She pouted.
Raymond groaned, how could he have forgotten? He thought about calling Morris there but he decided to let him off this time. He got two tickets and Felicity was surprised.
"Is Morris coming?"
"No."
"But the ticket is two?"
"Yes. I will ride with you."
Her eyes brightened "really?"
"Yes but don't get too happy. It's just this one time and only for this ride" he still can't believe he agreed to ride with her. No one must find out about this. He didn't ride any of these when he was a kid and now, here he was. He hates how she was changing him and getting him to do things he don't use to do. Nearly an hour ago, she got him to accept buying a couple outfit and now he is riding a rollercoaster. Just what is it with her that he can't say no to?
They got into the ride and fastened their seatbelts, it wasn't long, the ride started.
Although, Raymond promised himself he would only ride the rollercoaster with her, he ended up riding everything else she chose with her.
When it got too late, they decided to go home. Right in the car, Felicity was stuffing her mouth with ice cream, she wanted to finish it before she gets home.
Raymond watched her and chuckled lowly "take it easy."
"No, I don't want aunt Katy to see me."
Raymond shook his head slowly, he can't believe he is now her accomplice in disobeying her aunt. He sighed and rest his head on the seat as he silently drove, after a while, he looked at her again. She had almost finished the ice cream by then "Felicity" he called.
"Yes?" She looked at him.
"You remembered what I told you right? You must not tell aunty Katy about the night in your bathroom and in my room okay? So that she won't feel bad."
"I remember little Ray."
"Good. Again, don't tell anyone I joined you in your rides today okay? Especially aunt Katy and Morris, is that clear?" When she nodded, he smiled "good girl."
When they got home, Katherine was surprised at the number of bags that they came in with and she knew immediately that leaving Felicity with Raymond is not going to favor her because he was going to spoil her too much.
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A month later, they went to visit Hana and Desmond because they have been missing Felicity. Hana gave her a motherly hug when she saw her and Raymond didn't fail to notice her eyes dart to Felicity's stomach. He cursed inwardly and wondered how he forgot this would happen.
When they met Desmond inside, he greeted Felicity and his eyes darted to her stomach too. Raymond almost rolled his eyes, he should have known their reason of requesting for them to come was not only because they were missing Felicity but because they want to know if there is good news.
After the pleasantries, they all chatted lively and when Raymond didn't say what they wanted to hear, Hana decided to ask "little Ray, is there nothing yet? It's almost two months already. Surely they must be good news" her eyes went to Felicity's stomach again.
"What good news grandma?" Felicity asked.
"Little Lee, are you feeling dizzy or weak or nauseous?" Hana asked.
Felicity frowned "no grandma, should I be feeling like that?"
"Oh my dear" Hana chuckled "you see..."
"Don't worry grandma, Felicity is pregnant" Raymond blurted out when he couldn't take it anymore.
"I am?" Felicity asked shocked as she looked from the glistening eyes of Hana and Desmond to Raymond "when am I pregnant?" She demanded.