Chapter 20

JACE POV

Having my family all together again has been paradise, I didn't know what was missing in my life before I met Henry but now I know. My family means the world to me and I have been thinking of taking things to the next level with Henry. Ever since we got back together life has never been so good.

I want to ask Henry to marry me and I have it all planned out I'm just nervous I don't want him to run away again. I don't want to scare him away like the last time.

I look up just in time to see Henry coming down the stairs and rush to his side to pick him up.

"What are you doing? You're not supposed to be moving, you have been placed on bed rest remember." I say while climbing up the stairs to my our bedroom.

"Hey, you're the one that left me up there by myself, you know I don't like being alone for long periods of time, especially now when I'm so close to labour. Plus I'm hungry and you were supposed to bring me Chinese food and that was minute ago what's taking so long." How I missed his nagging, its like music to my ears.

"How about this, you stay in bed and I will make sure to get them to bring your food as fast as possible. I'm sure the offer of five hundred dollars will put some speed to their delivery." He starts kissing up my neck and licking me in ways that is sure to wake up the beast.

"Baby you've gotta stop that or I won't be responsible for what happens next." At this point I was opening the door to my room. Depositing him on the bed I lay on top of him and put his legs around my waist with his huge bulge between us but I didn't care I love the contact and I'm just glad that I get to be this way again with him, there were times that I had lost hope but now we are together again so I couldn't be any happier.

"What are you gonna do about it." He says giving me a teasing smirk and kissing me cheek slowly.

"You asked for it, don't say I didn't warn you." I take his face into the palm of my hands and give him a passionate kiss. It was electric. Every kiss we share just gets better between us, our relationship is the best thing that has happened to me. We keep kissing, we both know it wont go anywhere since he is heavily pregnant but that doesn't stop me from giving him a little pleasure.

I was about to go lower when a hand on my shoulder stops me.

"You need to stop, the babies are hungry we need sustenance." Sighing since I was looking forward to having some fun with him but duty calls. Sitting up I make by way to the bathroom to wash my face.

"You are such a tease you know that? After getting me all hard and everything, you're gonna pay for that." What my baby and babies want, they shall get as long as he is happy.

"I'll be right back let me just go check on the kids then I will see what is taking them so long with the delivery. Stay, seriously I don't want to find you at the other side of the house when I get back." Henry just nods.

"No promises, besides it depends on how long you take."

"Then I promise I will be back on time. Love you." That was my final statement before I left the room in a rush. I had to go check on Alfie. He is supposed to be taking a nap like his siblings but I don't know. Ever since that horrible meeting with his birth giver, he hasn't been the same, I don't know why he wouldn't tell me what is going on in his head.

Since the day he saw Elaine, he has become a shell of himself to the extent that he is even afraid of his shadow and I guess it gets better when he is with Henry which is why I and Henry barely get to have any couple time because he is either with Alfie or the twins.

I'm not saying that its a bad thing but I am just happy that we have not completely lost him to the sadness but I feel like I have to get to the bottom of all this today. I am happy to at least see the smile on his face even if it is for a little while.

What kind of father will I be if I cant even get my son to confide in me.

When I get to his room and am about to open the door, I hear sniffles coming from the inside of the room which could only come from Alfie himself. God what did that woman do to my baby boy.

I open the door and there he is lying on his side with his back facing the door and his sniffles stop, why is he trying to hide his feelings from me?

"Alfie, I know you're crying. You have to tell me why, is it because of your mother? You know you can tell me anything right I'm your father and it is my job to be there for you when you are down so tell me what's wrong." I say sitting on his bed and turning him to my direction so I can see his face and stop hiding from me.

He jumps into my arms and lets out heart breaking, gut wrenching sobs of pain that a child his age should not be experiencing.

"Please don't let her take me, please I promise I'll be good, I won't do anything to make you mad but please don't let her take me. She said she would kill me if she saw me again, she said that she should have killed me before I was born and that you don't love me or care about me but Daddy I promise I'll be good please." He keeps sobbing and tears come to my eyes and I feel droplets on my cheek.

I can't remember the last time I cried but here I am being brought to tears by sobs and pain of my offspring. This is all my fault, I should have noticed sooner. I should have seen the signs. If I had spent more time with them instead of chasing money then maybe he wouldn't be this broken from the impact of that woman on his psyche. He wouldn't be this affected and she wouldn't have gotten to him.

I pull him closer to my chest hugging him and trying to wipe away my tears.

"Listen and listen good. Okay." I pull him from his hiding place in my chest.

"You are my son, flesh of my flesh and the light of my eyes. I don't think I would know what to do with myself if you ever went away from me or if you left me. I love you so so so so so much." I emphasize each 'so' with a kiss all around his face and when I am done, he has the brightest smile I have ever seen on his face and it warms my heart to see it there. Problem solved.

"I love you too Daddy, you're a light in my eyes too." And he gives me a big hug and I return that hug with all I have. Being a parent has its perks and it makes me feel like I did something good in my life and now I've done several somethings good. We separate from the hug when I get a thought and my body freezes all over.

"Oh no." With fear in my voice and my eyes. Alfie sensed something wrong.

"What? Daddy what happened?"

"I left Henry waiting, for his food!!" A look of shock comes over his face too.

"Oh no, Honey is going to kill you." I pace around thinking of how to salvage the situation and trying to call the Chinese place when the doorbell rings.

"That must be them." I tell Alfie really hoping that it was them if not then I'm screwed. I rushed down stairs and answered the door. It was the delivery guy.

"Thank God you're here, you don't know how you've just saved my life." He looks confused but shrugged. I give him his money with a very large tip and close the door hoping this will appease my pissed off lover. Alfie was waiting for me on the staircase.

"Come on kid I think you can help minimise the damage that is going to be don't to me hen we get up there. I'm actually scared kid hold me, please don't be mad, please don't be mad." I chanted all the way to my room where I'm sure Henry is fuming. Taking a deep breath, I open the door to the room and find Henry reading a book.

Huh? Am I in the right room. Usually when I don't bring his food on time, he tears me a new one and does not hold anything back which I find that he looks so adorable when he is angry but I don't tell him that because it only makes him take it up a notch and that is not good. But here he is reading a book, well at least its better than the alternative so let me just thank my lucky stars for small mercies.

"Hey baby, I come bearing gifts." He looks up and when he sees Alfie, he drops his book and smiles opening his arms for Alfie to cuddle against him.

"Honey, I missed you, did you miss me?" He barely pays me any attention even as I set up his food in front of him.

"Of course I missed you so much my sweet baby, unlike some people that didn't even remember me when they were off doing God knows what." I guess I spoke too soon but at least he's not shouting, that's good enough for me.

"He was with me Honey." Henry looks at me to confirm and he gestures to Alfie in a way and I understand what he is trying to say and nod. A look of relief takes over him and he hugs Alfie closer to him and kisses him all over his face. Alfie giggles with

a pure look of joy on his face.

"Ok guys the food is ready. Alfie do you want a plate?"

"Yes Daddy, I'm so hungry I could eat a large whale but I cant so I have to settle for Chinese food." We all laugh at that. I mean my boy is back.

Not long into the meal, I start to hear the pitter patter of footsteps getting closer to this room and I know that the kids are awake, I just hope that they are ready to eat. Their birthday is coming up next week and they will be three years old, practically adults. How time flies since it feels like just yesterday the could cry all day and into the night.

A niggling feeling at the bottom of my stomach has me bringing out the ring from my pocket. I look at it and smile. There is no greater time than any. The time is now.

The twins come into the room and totally ignore my existence running straight to Henry, seriously this guy has bewitched my entire family and I'm totally cool with it.

"Honey." They say while climbing the bed in their usual manner. Honey pulls them into his arms and gives them extra large kisses around their faces and they just end up giggling in their joyous childlike manner and then I know that everything is going to be ok.

"Whats going on, my kids don't love me anymore." I said in a fake sad manner while also making it look like I was crying with my head down and whimpering sounds filling the whole room when I hear tiny footsteps coming to my side. I hear it before I see it, the tiny arms going around my neck hugging me. I'm sandwiched by my babies and this is the best feeling ever.

"No Daddy, we love you so so so much." Said Aaron, "Yeah so so so much." Echoed his twin Anaya still thinking I was crying. Alfie was in bed giggling at the spectacle, since he was a little older, he knew I wasn't really crying. I took them in my arms and lifted them up breaking my act and started swinging them around the room.

This, here with my family, we are happy. No thoughts of Elaine or the custody battle or anything that has to do with the outside world or any possible problems, we were just happy and I couldn't hold it any longer.

"Henry." Henry stops what he is doing to look at me. Even the kids, I have a feeling they know what I'm about to say. When I get to where he is on the bed, I kneel right in front of him, he looks confused like he doesn't have a clue on what I want to do. He doesn't move just looks at me from my head to where I am kneeling on the floor beside him.

And then I brought out the ring that I have had with me for the better part of three months. When he sees it, tears come to his eyes and he is about to say something but I shush him. I need to say this.

"Henry I know I hurt you and we haven't been on the best of terms. You could've left me but you didn't and for that I am very grateful because you didn't give up on us completely, you didn't give up on me and the kids. You stayed and because of that, we have a chance to make this right and to see our kids grow to the wonderful people that they are going to be, including those little ones baking in the oven. I want you to know that whatever happened and will happen will never change the way I feel about you, Honey I love you and I will be honoured if you will do me the pleasure of marrying me and being my husband and father to our children. If you will have me that is." I almost start rambling if not for the finger he put on my lips.

"Jace I know we've had our rough times and good time but I want you to make me a promise, I want you to promise that you will always tell me the truth even when you think I don't want to hear it, even when you think it will hurt me. Please you have to promise that you will not hurt me again I don't think I can take it if what happened before happened again. In return I promise the same because I love you and I never want to be apart from you."

"Yes baby, I promise. I'm sorry that ever happened in the first place."

"Its okay, I've forgiven you. And I will marry you." He said yes, he said yes, oh my God he said yes.

"You will, thank you thank you," I say giving him a mind blowing kiss and putting the ring on him. He admires the ring on his finger, its a 24 carat gold with little diamonds studded all around it making it glow and it had a big diamond at the centre. Not to brag but that is a very expensive ring and I didn't want to spare any expense while picking out the perfect ring, and I know Henry doesn't like anything flashy so I was a bit nervous to see if he will like it but from the way he is looking at it, I don't think it will be a problem. I am a billionaire so it barely made any dent in my account and if he decides that he doesn't like it we can always change it.

"Does this mean we can call you Papa." That was Alfie talking to Henry.

"I guess it does. do you want to." Henry asked a smiling Alfie with the little ones in his arms as they snuggle on each side of him making the faces they usually make when they are hungry, I guess its time to feed the beasts.

"I will be the happiest person in the whole entire world because now I have a Daddy and a Papa." He said giggling some more while trying to get in some snuggle from Henry.

And just like that is how I leave my kids and my fiancé, in that cute happy bubble that no one will want to break apart. I love my family so much and I will do anything to make sure that they are well protected and taken car of and nothing is going to come in my way.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

This is me telling you guys that this story is almost coming to an end, just a few more chapters till its done. I wanted to make this story 25 chapters long but maybe if it goes more than that then fine since I have to fit somethings in there.

Oh and I will be doing a full editing after I complete the story so if you notice anything that needs correction please write them down in the comments. I may make the first chapters longer but I just really want to know what you guys think.

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Thanks for reading guys. Enjoy.

From your girl Demi.