Chapter 49

"From this day forward, you shall not walk alone. My heart will be your shelter, and my arms will be your home."

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Erica

It was rather early in the morning or at least that was what I thought when the someone was ringing the door bell continuously. I buried my head under the pillow to muffle the annoying sounds but when I felt suffocated I rested on the pillow again and called out Ethan who seemed to have no worry about the world. He was sleeping like a log. I shoved him hard on the shoulder and that woke him up, scared if I may add.

"What happened?" He groaned sleepily.

"I think there is someone at the door." I said closing my eyes.

"Mhhm...Come here." He said and pulled me closer to his chest. As much as I loved being close to him, now was not the time because the annoying thing was snatching away my precious sleep.

"Ethan... " I said and put some distance between us. He muttered some curses under his breath and got up from the bed.

"I heard that." I said loud enough for him to hear.

"It wasn't meant for you, baby." He said walking out. I chuckled and closed my eyes. A few minutes passed and I was slowly drifting off when Ethan called me.

"Baby, wake up." He said gently caressing my hair. I opened my eyes to see him squatting on the floor beside the bed.

"Baby, it's your Dad. He wants to speak to you." I thought I heard him say that but that sure did drive my sleep away.

"Dad? So early?"

"Its actually nine." For a moment I thought he was joking. But judging by his expression he was dead serious. I reluctantly left the comfort of my bed and stood up with the help of Ethan.

"Can you please tell Dad to wait for a few minutes? I'll just take a shower." Ethan nodded and pecked me before leaving downstairs. I hurriedly took a shower not wanting to make Dad wait any longer. Honestly, why was he even here?

I changed into a fresh pair of clothes and brushed my hair and headed downstairs. Ethan and Dad were sitting in the living room and I saw that the housekeeper had arrived too. She made coffee for Dad and Ethan and fruit juice for me as we all sat in the living room.

"How are you Erica?" Dad asked.

"I am good. Better. What brings you here all of a sudden?" I asked taking a sip of my juice.

"Christine told me that she met you yesterday and ... " Dad left he remaining sentence hanging in the air.

"You can't blame me if I raised my hand on her. She was talking shït about me and I was obviously not gonna listen to her." This was the most stupid thing she could've done. Honestly, what was she, five?

"No, that's not why I am here. She said that you and Ethan.. Are you really pregnant?" I stared at him in disbelief. Was he really asking me that?

"Yes dad, I am really pregnant and its Ethan's if that's what you were going to ask me next." I replied. Just when I thought that it couldn't get any worse. When Christine said that to me, it hurt but when my own dad was doubting me it felt like a slap.

"No.. What are you saying? I didn't mean that, I'm just... I can't actually believe that. Why didn't you tell me earlier? I would've stopped myself from committing such a huge mistake. I would've never chosen my one daughters happiness over my other daughter's life." Dad said. I didn't reply because I knew that the moment I would open my mouth I'd cry like a wreck. Ethan sensed my state and comfortingly placed his hand on my shoulders. I weakly smiled at him.

"Uncle Richard, I can understand your emotions but its all over now. We have gotten over with it. So can we please not talk about it? I think it would be better if we talk about more good things. It would be good for Erica too. She has been taking a lot of stress lately and that's not good for them." At the mention of my babies my lips curved into a smile.

"Them?" Dad asked confused. Oh right! He didn't know.

"Dad, actually we are having twins." I said proudly. As the words slipped my mouth Dad rose up from his seat in surprise.

"I am going to be a grandfather to two cute babies. I am so happy. Congratulations my daughter." Dad said and hugged me. I wrapped my arms around my father in complete happiness. Dad congratulated Ethan too and we talked for some time about my health and soon Dad left giving me his blessings. I waved him a good bye from the door and saw him exiting in the elevator. Once the doors shut Ethan hugged me from behind and I rested my head back on his chest.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I feel a lot better now." I genuinely said. I finally felt like everything was in place now. Like a huge burden had been lifted off my shoulders.

"Good, stress is not good for you. I don't like to see you in worry. I'll take all your worries and fill you with happiness." His sweet words filled my heart. I was truly blessed to have such a wonderful boyfriend.

"Before I forget again, I have a surprise for you." Ethan announced excitedly. He smirked at me devilishly and disappeared into his room. I stayed rooted in my place puzzled. Could this guy get any more sweeter?

Ethan came back with his hands behind his back.

"What's in your hand?" I asked. He brought the thing directly into my face so I recoiled back before finally seeing what it was. I took the envelope from his hand and saw what was inside.

"Tickets?" I spoke with confusion.

"Yes. I was thinking we'll take a vacation to the islands. Just you and me." Ethan said excitedly.

"Ethan... "

Ethan

"Ethan.." I knew that look. The same look she gave me while I proposed. It said it all. It said that she wasn't happy, but why? Disappointment was all that I was getting from the past few days. No matter what I did to make her happy, it never worked.

"Baby, you don't like it? Do you want to go somewhere else?" I asked before jumping to conclusion. I had been doing too much of that lately.

"No.. That's not the matter. I was thinking that maybe we should wait for a few days and... call it not a vacation but.....you know..... like a ... honeymoon?"

"Honeymoon? Baby... That's for married couples and we aren't even engag..." I stopped in my statement realizing what she was trying to imply. Just to make sure that I wasn't reading too much into her statement I looked at her face that was as red as a tomato. She was blushing hard and then my brain finally registered what she was saying.

"Wait.. are you saying that we...Erica say clearly.. I want to hear you say that.. "

"Yes Ethan. I wanna marry you. I'll marry you." She said with smile on her face. My heart leaped at that. Without thinking further I gathered her in my arms and twirled her around. Erica giggled in my arms and tightened her hold on me.

"Baby, you don't know how happy you have made me. I am so happy." I put her down and kissed her deeply.

"Where's my ring, Monroe? " I had almost forgotten that. I rushed to the room and came back just as quickly with the ring. I put the ring on her finger and kissed her hand. This was the best thing that happened to me by far other than her being pregnant.

"I just got engaged." She giggled.

"How come you decided all of a sudden?" I asked the one question bothering me.

"It wasn't all of a sudden.. I was thinking about it a lot these days. And I realized that I was just scared of the whole thing but now I don't have a reason to be scared anymore because you'll he there with me always."

"Yes,I will be there. For as long as I live." I promised her.

"Listen baby, I want to get married as soon as possible. By soon I mean within a couple of weeks. Before you say anything.. I just want to say that.. Yes I want to get married before our babies are born because I want them to have my name. We could wait till we complete the preparations slowly, I don't have any problem unless you want to walk down the aisle with a bump. Again, I have absolutely no problem with that." I said holding her hand. I always knew that how saddening it was for her to not be able to take her dad's name. So I decided that my kids won't have that problem. They would take my name. But it all depended with what Erica said. If she would want it then only we would go further with the plan. I just wanted her to be mine forever.

"I think you are right."

"So its decided, we're getting married in this month." I declared.

"But how will we be able to make all the preparations. I mean the wedding gown and other things?"

"Don't worry, I'll handle it. You just have to stay calm, I'll do the rest." I'd have the best of the best wedding for her. She would get everything she deserved. With this thought in my mind, I pulled her in my arms and embraced her tightly.

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