Chapter 417: Beyond Dreams and Expectations

"Come in," Hayden immediately called from the other side of the door.

I opened the door, and the kids ran enthusiastically inside. The surprise aside, it wasn’t often that the kids were allowed to visit Hayden at the hospital. Hayden wasn’t just concerned about security issues, but he was also concerned about the kids catching some illness from the hospital and the patients.

Since today the two of them were allowed to come here to visit Hayden, they were amazingly excited.

"Surprise!" Henry yelled loudly as he ran into his father’s office.

"Surprise…Daddy…" Leila said in a sweet voice.

She looked a little shy and I found her reaction so adorable. Hayden looked very surprise that the three of us had suddenly dropped by his office unannounced. He immediately got up from his seat and approached the children before crouching down and spreading his arms to receive them. Henry and Leila immediately hugged Hayden and he hugged them in return.

It was a very heartwarming scene that I was fortunate to witness quite often.

Hayden gave me a questioning look like he wondered why we suddenly came while he continued to hug and pat the children on their backs. I only smiled in response to Hayden’s silent question. He was about to find out soon anyways from our children…if those two haven’t completely forgotten about our little plan.

"Daddy…mummy is going to have a baby!" Henry announced loudly when he lifted his head to stare directly at Hayden.

"Really?" Hayden asked with apparent surprise.

"Yup! A baby is on the way…it’s inside mummy’s tummy now…" Henry proclaimed confidently as he turned to point a finger at my midsection.

Hayden’s eyes shifted from his son’s face to me, and I giggled a little before smiling and nodding at him to confirm that what Henry had said was in fact correct.

"Mummy having baby…" Leila repeated in her sweet little voice.

"Really? Are you two excited?" Hayden asked as he turned his attention to the children.

"Yes!" Henry replied while Leila nodded her head and smiled brightly.

"Come here, Malissa…" Hayden called out to me after standing up straight again.

I couldn’t stop smiling widely as I approached the three of them.

"Surprised?" I asked as I smiled up at him.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Hayden wrapped his arm around my waist before he leaned in and kissed my cheek softly. His blue eyes were a beautiful shade of blue, just like the sky on a bright and sunny day. I guess that means that he’s happy with the news that we had just shared.

"Very. I can’t wait to meet our third baby," Hayden replied with an excited smile.

"I can’t wait either…" I replied honestly before I started to giggle again.

"Should we all head home early for the day?" Hayden suggested as his arm tightened protectively around my waist.

"Yes! I’m hungry…" Henry replied without hesitation.

Leila nodded in agreement. I turned to Hayden and nodded my head as well. It would be great if we could go home together. I never thought that Hayden would abandon his work and leave early, but then again, it wasn’t every day that I announce to him that I’m pregnant with his child.

…

Later that night, I laid in bed in Hayden’s warm embrace. The children were already asleep in bed and just like Hayden liked to put it, we ’finally had time to ourselves’. Before having children, I truly took for granted the time that we had alone together. Now it became something rare and that made it even more precious than it already was before.

Honesty, I never thought that life would lead me here, but I was thankful for fate or whatever it was that led me to Hayden and to the family that we have now.

When the mafia smashed and destroyed my grandmother’s store, I never thought that I would be on track to meet the love of my life. Even after I fell in love with Hayden, I never dreamt that we had a future together. It just all seemed so impossible. Then we both fell in love with each other, and things started to change in a very exciting, interesting, and challenging way.

It was a long and winding journey for us to get here. Throughout it all, I didn’t dare dream of marrying him and living such a happy life like we were living today. It wasn’t just the two of us anymore, we have two amazing children and another one is on the way.

"Can’t sleep? Do you feel sick?" Hayden asked softly.

I could hear the concern in his voice and knew that he was probably worried about the effects that I sometimes suffered during the early stages of my pregnancy. This time, the start of my pregnancy journey seemed quite smooth, and I hoped that it would remain that way.

"I feel fine. I was just…thinking of random things…" I replied before laughing a little shyly.

"What were you thinking about?" Hayden asked curiously.

"Hmm…I was thinking that I never expected this to happen. I mean, us getting married and having a family together and all…" I replied before I turned to smile at him.

It was hard to put all of my thoughts and feelings into words, but I guess that pretty much summed up my thoughts quite well. Hayden smiled before he started laughing softly at my words. His chest and body trembled next to me as he began laughing even louder than before.

It seemed like he was having a hard time holding in his laughter while I couldn’t figure out what was so funny about what I had just told him.

"What’s so funny? Care to share the joke?" I asked with raised eyebrows.

"Well, I sort of had an idea that we’ll end up this way…" Hayden replied before he flashed me a confident smile.

"Really? How so?" I asked as my eyes widened questioningly at him.

"I don’t know…" Hayden murmured before he looked away from me.

My eyes narrowed at him suspiciously. What does he mean by that?

--To be continued…

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