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Harmony
They spent Saturday packing up her apartment, though it wasn’t just her and Garrett, he’d organised a team of packers and movers. There were four other people in her city apartment,
and he’d told her he’d organised cleaners to come and clean the place on Monday morning as
well.
Harmony had stared at him a lot today. He was very used to getting everything he wanted,
directing those around him to his liking, and not once did any of the packers and movers say
no to him at all; they all just stated ‘Yes boss.
That had made her question him about who they were, and he’d smiled at her: “Employees of
Owens Corporation, I have my own packers and moving company.”
“Why?” she’d asked right back.
“Because only approved people are allowed inside the community, so anyone moving into or
out of the community is done by my own company workers,” he’d told her simply.
“Is there anything else I should know about you that I don’t know?” she’d asked him, and she
saw the two women in this room packing her things stop and look from her to Garrett and
then back to her, and she took that as a yes.
He nodded. “There are probably a lot of things. We’ve only known each other for a few weeks,”
he’d stated, and she’d seen him wave the women back to work, and they’d done so. “We’ll get
to everything in due time.” He smiled at her. “There will be no secrets, Harmony. We’re just
taking time in getting to know each other properly. Though you know me now, I haven’t
changed my personality to seduce you. What you see is what you get.”
She just nodded, he had been the same person always, including that, ‘I have to be in charge
of everything‘, part of him. “You know Garrett, you don’t have to be here for this,” she’d told him.
He’d stopped taping the box in front of him and looked at her, a frown on his face, and she
heard several of the packers chuckle at her comment, or that look that was now on his face.
“Why would I not be?” he stated, and those words matched his expression exactly, and she
couldn’t but help to chuckle herself.
“I’m just saying…you might have had other plans before we started dating.” She shrugged.
“I did not.” He shook his head and went back to taping that box. “Just a workout with the boys
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this morning, and I got up and did that while you were sleeping.”
Harmony frowned at that. He’d woken her at seven the nice way, and they’d not gotten out of
bed until just after nine, had a late breakfast. “When did you go to the gym?”
“Sam,” he smiled at her. “Every morning at 5am, you sweetheart, I leave asleep in our bed and
wake you up when I get back.”
“Oh.” She’d not known that.
Garrett chuckled softly. “You sleep soundly.”
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“Mm, I always have done.” She nodded and rubbed her belly as she felt it cramp. His attention
was drawn instantly by the movement, and she watched him put the packing tape down. “You
don’t have to,” she told him.
He laughed. “Oh yes I do, doctors orders.” he walked over to her and put a hand on her abdomen to massage it gently for her. “I’m going to laminate that order and wave it at you,” he
smiled.
“You’re crazy insane sometimes.” She murmured.
“Yes I am,” he admitted. “A crazy beast of worry where you’re concerned, I’ll settle down at
some point, likely after our pup is born.”
The chatter in the apartment stopped nearly instantly, and she found many eyes on them, and
Garrett stated, “That’s the nickname for our baby. Isn’t it cute?” The news of them being
pregnant had apparently gotten out within the community. It wasn’t a secret anymore.
As they’d been leaving the apartment building in the community, they’d had many well–wishes about their baby. Garrett wasn’t at all concerned about anyone knowing they were having a
baby, and no one in the community seemed to think it was too soon. They just smiled and congratulated him and her.
Harmony shooed him away and back to taping when the cramping passed, and he went after hugging her. He was quite an affectionate fellow. He didn’t even seem to care who saw him being sweet and charming, tormenting her in a fun–loving way.
There wasn’t much left in her apartment and Garrett stood looking at her bed, then he stated
That is not coming.”
She’d raised an eyebrow at him. “It’s not that old,” she’d told him.
“It’s got nothing to do with that, you and…” he’d trailed off.
“Oh.” She murmured, understood him. “Fair enough, though it could be cleaned and donated.”
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“Goodwill it is,” he nodded. “Now let’s go and have a nice lunch.” His hand was in hers as he
walked them to the front door. “I’ll send you all food.” He told the movers.
“There’s a really nice pizza place just two blocks away,” Harmony told him.
“Is that what you want?” he asked.
“I wouldn’t mind it,” she nodded. “A nice deep dish pizza with a cheese–stuffed crust.”
“Then sweetheart, that is what you shall have.” He smiled at her, as he opened the door. “I’ll send pizza for all of you,” he stated.
Harmony walked with him the two blocks, refused to let him drive them there. It wasn’t that far, and though it was cold outside, the sky was clear, and the sun was shining brightly. Harmony pointed the place out as soon as she saw it come into view.
“I love the name,” she smiled, Deep Dish Delish, “It’s run by a family. Their last name is Delish,
and that’s just what these deep dish pizzas are.”
“You know them?” he asked.
“I’ve lived in that apartment for over four years. What do you think? I don’t cook every day, come and eat here or get takeaway once a week, sometimes twice,” she stated.
It was just after one, and the usual lunch crowd was here. They were always busy, because their business name said it all. They had a 15–minute wait to get a table, but she didn’t mind. Garrett had ordered a delivery for his movers. She was surprised that he had ordered a whole pizza for each one of them. He’d just shrugged it off. “They work hard, and can take the
leftovers home with them.”
She ordered for the two of them at his “Get what you want Harm, I’ll eat everything on that menu.” He’d had time to peruse it while they waited for a table. They got a cheese and spring onion garlic bread while they waited for their pizza, and she ate half of it before the pizza arrived, and then pouted a little at Garrett when he went to take the last piece. He laughed and held it out to her, asked the server to get them another one, and she smiled at him as she bit
into it.
There were no leftovers between the two of them, they ate everything that had been ordered. Harmony leaned back in her chair and sighed contentedly; she was very full right this minute, and Garrett smiled at her. “Happy and stuffed I see.”
She nodded. “I might just need a nap now,” she chuckled. “I ate more than I normally would.”
“You need to anyway. I also like that you have a good appetite,” he stated as they headed off
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back to the apartment.
“I eat more than you think, though since I’ve been living in the gated community I have slacked off a bit on my Pilates classes. I would normally do that 3 nights a week.”
“There are various gym classes in the apartment’s gym. I’ll take you there when we get home.
I know they have mum and dad classes with toddlers as well. We could do that together when our little one is up and running about. There are also cardio and fitness classes, strength and flexibility classes, and lots of classes I don’t take. I’m certain there will be Yoga or Pilates.”
“That would be nice.” She smiled. “The place I go to is only 10 minutes from here, but it would
be 50 minutes from the apartment.”
“There is also boxing and martial arts, which you know about. But also running and weight
training, we’ve pretty much got everything covered, things you might want to do after our pup
is born.”
She shook her head. “I’m not much of a fighter, it doesn’t really interest me,” she told him, and
looked about. “The movers are gone.”
“All finished, I’d say. Come on, let’s go home and check out the gym for what you do like.” he
smiled at her. “We could find a class to do together.”
She nodded it was possible, she thought, and she had a feeling he would join something she liked, just to spend time with her. He never seemed to need time away from her.
Harmony stood and looked up at her apartment building, a place she had lived in ever since
moving here. It had been her home for the past four and a bit years. “I think I’ll miss this place,
she sighed a little. She had a lot of memories in that apartment, most of them good. Though
now she also knew most of them were a lie as well.
“I had good neighbours, and the neighbourhood is nice as well,” she looked around the street, ” I never once had any trouble while living here.”
“You won’t in the gated community either,” Garrett told her. He didn’t rush her to get in his car, just stood and leaned on his car and gave her as long as she needed to stand there and say goodbye to her home.
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