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I rushed into the room without even pausing to think, and when I got inside, the sight I saw nearly made my knees give out, but I pushed that aside and rushed to my wife.
“Kade,” she breathed as I grabbed her hand and squeezed it in reassurance.
She looked pale, her hair disheveled and sticking to her face from sweat.
So I pushed the hair aside, caressing her face. “I’m here, my darling. I’m here.”
“It hurts, Kade,” she cried, her eyes red. “It hurts so much.”
“You’ll be fine,” I soothed, patting her hair, my heart beating so fast that I feared it might beat out of my chest. “That’s what you said to me earlier. So I need you to be fine. I need you to gather your strength and get through this. You’re strong. Stronger than you think.” I leaned in and kissed her lips softly. “So be strong for me. For her.”
Her fingers clutched mine tighter, her eyes set in determination.
Her screams resumed, the doctor and nurses doing their jobs while she tried as much as possible to push our baby, and I didn’t stop kissing her, I didn’t stop telling her that she was going to be fine.
I wanted to take her pain away. I wanted us to switch positions so she would be fine and I would be the one in pain.
“You’re okay,” I muttered, kissing her hair. “You’re okay.”
Five hours passed and her screams continued.
Six hours and they got lower as she lost strength, her voice hoarse.
Seven hours… seven hours and then…
A cry. So small, so fragile, and yet it was loud and ringing in my ears.
“Congratulations,” the doctor said as he lifted our baby, and she looked so tiny, covered in blood. “It’s a girl.”
Belladonna blinked her eyes open, looking at our daughter as the doctor carefully placed her in her arms.
“She’s here,” she breathed, her eyes filled with love. “She’s beautiful.”
I tried to laugh softly, but a sob came out instead, thick and choking. I hugged both of them, careful of the babe, and I cried in Belladonna’s arms.
“If you’re crying. what am I supposed to do?” she asked weakly, patting my hair softly.
I didn’t say anything since I couldn’t speak.
After a while, the baby was taken from Belladonna because she needed to be cleaned, and that was when I hugged Belladonna properly. “You did it.”
She fell asleep after that, and that was when I left so the nurses could do what they needed to do.
When I left the room, I saw my family waiting for me, my brothers and Rosette included, and…. and Silas,
“Congrats, man,” Axel muttered when I just stood still and stared at them.
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“Congrats, Kade,” Rosette said with a small smile.
“My little brother is now a father,” Kross said, nodding with a proud smile.
“Congratulations, son,” Silas said with a nod.
“And I’m a nonnopapà!” Belladonna’s father gushed, a wild smile on his face.
“And I’m an aunt,” Gianna expressed with a rare smile.
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When I still said nothing, and just stared at them, they came to me. They all enveloped me in a warm hug and I fought the urge to cry again.
They patted my back, congratulated me again, told me I had a complete family now, but all I could think about was the sight of my wife and my daughter together and how so pure and perfect the sight was.
“Stop that,” Kross hissed when I tugged at my tie for the twenty–first time in two minutes.
“It’s not like this is your first time getting married,” Axel, who was standing behind him, butt in.
“What the hell do you know about getting married?” I snapped because I was nervous.
“I’ll know very soon,” he shot back. “Rosette is graduating soon.”
“Hush, boys,” Mr. Iannelli, who was sitting in the first row, stepped in.
“They’re like kids,” Gianna muttered, rolling her eyes.
It has been three months since Belladonna brought our little angel into this world, and they’ve both been doing perfectly.
One morning, two weeks ago, Belladonna had woken up and announced that it was time for her fairytale wedding, that the time was finally here.
And so here we were.
It was a really small wedding, with just our families present, no friends, no large crowd.
“Dada!”
I looked over at Alessia who was being held by Rosette and all my nerves faded.
She was growing to be a beautiful girl. Just three months in and she could call out to both her mother and me.
I smiled at her and she giggled back, jumping in Rosette’s arms, reaching out to me.
I wanted to go to her when the music started and my heart skipped a beat.
The wedding was set on the beach, just as Belladonna wished, and with no grand doors to swing open, I stood with my back to her, facing the ocean, waiting.
The music swelled, carried by the wind, and her scent drifted closer with every step she took. She had refused to let her father walk her down the aisle, insisting she would come to me on her own.
So I waited, still and breathless, my back turned, my heart pounding harder with each note, her scent growing stronger.
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wrapping around me like a promise, until I could almost feel her standing behind me.
And then finally… a tap to the shoulder.
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A shiver went through my body from that small touch, and I inhaled deeply before I slowly turned to her, and my breath hitched when I saw her.
Her white dress was long, covering her feet and it hugged her figure, bringing out her curves. Her hair was pinned up, sharpening her features, and yet her makeup softened her face.
“Hi,” she said softly, smiling.
I swallowed. “Hey.”
I reached out my hand to her and she placed hers on top of it.
She stepped onto the altar, her beautiful eyes soft on me, and I drew her against me.
There was no officiant, no audience, no formalities. Just us, our families, the sea, and the wind carrying the sound of our hearts.
This wasn’t a ceremony for the world. It was ours, raw, imperfect, and real. We would speak our own vows, make our own promises, and bind ourselves together, this time by our own choices.
“It’s been rough for us, hasn’t it?” I began my vow, smiling.
She smiled back. “It really has. You were such a dick.”
I chucked softly. “I was, and yet here we are. I want to thank you, Belladonna. For pushing me, for throwing me over the edge, and making me fall for you. If you haven’t, then I wouldn’t be experiencing this joy and happiness right now. I would have been left in the dark, miserable, and brooding.” I rested my forehead on hers. “Thank you, my darling. Thank you so
much.”
Her eyes watered, glassy and so beautiful.
“I don’t even know where to start from,” she said softly, blinking the tears away. “You pulled me out of the dark, you filled me up with your light, your love, your everything, Kade. You made me realize I deserve happiness. You made me realize I didn’t have to feel guilty for being happy. You made me know that I can let go of the past and that’s completely okay.”
She closed her eyes and a tear slipped out. I wiped it with my thumb, my eyes burning. It was just the two of us on this beach. We were all we were seeing, feeling.
She opened her eyes again, fixing them on mine. “So thank you, Kade. Thank you, and I love you so much.
I kissed her and the little crowd cheered and whistled, clapping.
“There’s a kid here!” Axel shouted and we broke the kiss, laughing.
Alessia was brought to us and we held her between us, our little family complete, perfect. And so pure.
I’m so glad that I took that leap. If I hadn’t, then I wouldn’t have landed here. I wouldn’t have known this kind of happiness existed.
THE END.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Helloooooooooo. And book two has come to an end. Whew, what a journey. Thank you so much for sticking with me till this point. Thank you greatly for unlocking more chapters. You guys mean the world to me! Thank you
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once again, and I hope you stay for Kross’s story as well. A little spoiler: Kross’s story will be a little heavy and deep, but fret not, it’ll get better.
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
