Adele looked on from the kitchen window as she saw a number of cars with tinted windows pulled in from the mansion. She smiled as she saw Francesco getting off from his car safely. She took a breathe of relief just like every time she saw him back from his trips. He had managed to come back a day early on Saturday evening instead of Sunday afternoon.

Adele knew he was going to come to her straight so she carried on cooking dinner for her family.

Vienna ran to kitchen " Mum... Dad is here a day early. I am so happy." She then ran down corridors to greet her father first. Vienna ran to her father as he entered the house. " Dad. Hi... You are back."

Francesco smiled and picked his daughter up in his arms and kissed her forehead. He spoke " Hello. What has my daughter been upto while I have been gone? Have you been good to your mother?"

Vienna spoke " I have been Studying and I helped mum make muffins today."

Francesco put her down and spoke " Very good." His eyes then caught his eldest son's walking down the stairs.

Vincenzo immediately greeted his father formally " Hello father."

Francesco spoke " Have you been studying today?"

Vincenzo nodded quickly as he approached his father " Yes father. I was studying with Alexander and Sebastiano until they left half an hour ago."

Francesco spoke " Where is your brother?"

Vincenzo shrugged " He is not back from studying with Stefano and Cain yet."

Francesco's expression turned serious as he looked at his watch" He has fifteen minutes left to get here for dinner." He then turned to Vincenzo " Go outside with your sister and take a look at the presents I got all of you in the back of my car while I see your mother. Be prompt at dinner."

Vienna gasped " Thank you father." She then walked enthusiastically outside as Vincenzo followed her reluctantly.

Francesco watched his children in amusement as they walked away. He loved to see them having a better youth than he ever did. His father hardly ever brought presents home. Neither did he ever have the chance to bake muffins with his mother, neither did he remember his mother's cooking while growing up. He was determined to make sure his children did have what he never had. But of course, his children must have been exposed to many aspects of life that he was too as a child. Whether they liked it or not, they were Rosarios. They had to be strong. They had to be raised in a way to prepare them to face their enemies. He knew his sons were ready for almost anything at that age. But he wasn't sure about his daughter. He let her be but he made sure that his sons protected her and understood their duties towards her. He smiled as he heard their arguments over the presents. Both of them loved the freshly baked doughnuts he bought them on his way and they were going to fight over them. He turned around happily to walk upstairs to greet his wife on the second floor that was just built for his family.

Adele felt him approaching as she was setting the dining table. She felt him wrap his arms around her lifting her. He then carried her bridal style making her chuckle " Hey, darling. Welcome back. Put me down though. The kids may see."

Francesco kissed her lips as he carried her towards the bedroom " Hm. Don't worry about them. They are almost grown ups. But I sent them to get their souvenirs from my car. They won't see that their mummy and daddy are having fun."

Francesco let down Adele on the bed and walked to the door and locked it.

Adele spoke " It's too early for making out darling. Don't you think. Dinner is ready soon."

Francesco took off his coat and threw it to a near by sofa. He walked to the bed. " Oh. We will be doing a lot more than making out sweetheart tonight. I have been away from you for too long. Why do you think I made this bedroom soundproof?"

Francesco climbed on top of her, pinning her hands to the bed as he started planting kisses on her neck.

Adele spoke " I know what we will be upto tonight. Whenever you come home from business trips, our nights are ..... adventurous in the bedroom. But now its dinner time. Get off now. Don't be bad."

Francesco chuckled as he kissed her lips "Hm. By adventurous you mean to say wild. Don't you baby? I love you so much. I know its dinner time but we can have some fun for a few minutes. Don't you think? You are wearing too many clothes as always. Do you have to do that every time when I come back from my long trips?"

Adele spoke "I am sorry honey but you have to wait until night time. I have to go back to the kitchen and serve us the meal or dinner will be late. I don't want to break any of your rules."

Francesco pretended to think "Oh I think you can break any of my rules. I love punishing you in my bedroom in my way."

Adele blushed "Francesco. Stop."

Francesco kissed her cheeks "I love it when you blush. You are so innocent. Too bad. Unlucky for you I am your man and I am not so innocent. Tonight, we will have so much fun. I cant wait sweetheart. Cancel whatever you are doing tomorrow. The kids can have Pizza take away for all I care or they can have food made in the kitchens by my chefs like the rest of the residents in this compound. I want you all to myself in my bedroom in my arms the whole day with no distractions and no disturbances."

Adele gasped "No. Tomorrow is Sunday. I am going to church with Vienna and you have your weekly meetings in your office all day."

Francesco spoke "So what? I will cancel it and postpone it all to Monday. Nothing matters more than you do to me."

Adele spoke "Lets have our alone time on Monday, instead of Sunday then. On Monday, I will take a day off from work. How about that?"

Francesco spoke "Take Tuesday off too. Its half a day. The kids come back from school in the afternoon and we have to make it short."

Adele sighed "No deal."

Francesco narrowed his eyes "So. Tomorrow it is then."

Adele sighed "Francesco. Seriously, the kids could come up any minute finding no one at the table. We must go now. The roast dinner and lasagne are in the oven. Fine. I will take Monday and Tuesday off so we can have some alone time in the bedroom."

Francesco chuckled "I always win." He then got up from top of Adele "Fine. Go to the kitchen now then. You spoil our children too much with your Italian style cooking. Let them eat some of the usual food from my chefs at the weekend that they have every other day. Order Italian take away. Isn't that enough that you work at the hospital."

Adele spoke as she sat up "I love cooking."

Francesco spoke "I love your cooking sweetheart. I love having the delicious meals you prepare but you need to take it easy sometimes."

Francesco stood up and held Adele's hand. He pulled her up on her feet and wrapped his arms around her. " Before we go sweetheart, its question time..."

Adele spoke "The kids are fine. They were good to me. But Vincenzo is bothering Vienna again about her paintings."

Francesco spoke "Anything else?"

Adele spoke "Well. Vincenzo in general could be nicer to Vienna. He is just too demanding ..."

Francesco spoke "I will speak to him again sweetheart. Is there anything else you want me to know? Has he been disrespecting you at all?" His tone turned more serious now.

Adele spoke "Not really..."

Francesco spoke "Good. If he does, I will make him regret being born. But I will question him about his treatment of Vienna. I would discipline him and kick it out of him if he is bothering her again. Anything else sweetheart?"

Adele shook her head "No."

Francesco kissed her forehead and spoke "Good." He then let go of her and Adele walked around him and towards the door.

She turned the handle of the door and noticed the door was locked. She then felt Francesco's palm of his hand hitting her bottom. She gasped as she turned around "Ow."

Francesco spoke "I didn't say you can go. One last thing." He walked away. He then picked up his coat from the sofa and reached into his pocket and took out a small box. He handed it to Adele. This is for you.

Adele opened it curiously and gasped "A diamond brooch looking like a Dove." She then looked up. "I love it." She embraced Francesco and kissed his cheek "Thank you."