Epilogue
Three Months Later
Willow
“Come on boys! Breakfast time.” I call out to the dogs and I hear them come running from the living room within seconds.
“Good boys.” I tell them cheerfully as they line up in front of me waiting for me to set their bowls down.
“You know it makes me jealous when you call them that.” Dragna says and I turn to find him watching me from the doorway with a smirk on his face.
“Do you hear that? Daddy is jealous, you guys better be careful.” I look back towards Boulder, Volk and Ark, petting each of them as I speak and within seconds I’m lifted off my feet and set on the kitchen island.
I laugh as Dragna cages me in, peppering me with kisses on lips, my cheeks, my neck and finally one lingering kiss on my forehead.
“The more you call me ‘daddy’ to those dogs, the more I want to make that a reality.” He mumbles into my hair and I bring my hands up to rub his back gently.
He has been talking about marriage and kids since I moved in, not thinking for one second we were moving too fast or he would scare me off.
If it was anyone else, I would have ran a mile, but when he first brought the topics up, the thought of spending the rest of my life with him and him being the father of our kids something inside me that I never thought I ever wanted.
“You would love that wouldn’t you?” I ask him already knowing the answer.
“You know I would moya dusha.” He says as he kisses me quickly and reaches behind me to grab two of the dog bowls.
I turn around and lift the remaining bowl and hand it to him after he gives Boulder and Ark their breakfast. He sets the last bowl down and tells our boys to wait, then after a few seconds tells them to eat and they dig in as quickly as always.
He turns back to me as I jump off the counter and make my way to the coffee machine, hitting play on the kitchen speaker. ‘Beyonce - All Night’ plays as he makes his way to me and puts his arms around my waist and we sway together to the music as I press start on the coffee.
“What do you want to do today?” He asks and I close my eyes thinking how I want to spend today with him knowing it’s going to be magical however we spend it.
We have been together for a year now. A whole year, and I cannot wait to give him his present.
“I think we should go back to bed for a while.” I tell him as I spin in his arms and place mine on his shoulders.
“Mmm, maybe.” He says as he leans down and kisses me.
I will never get tired of how much affection he shows me, and not just when we are alone, but in public too.
Whether we are at the club, out shopping, or even in front of his men during some meetings I have sat in for, he always ensures he is touching me in some way or stealing kisses when he can.
I love it. I love him, and suddenly I can’t wait any longer. The word vomit comes up and my plan for making today special and trying to buy him a gift and make it memorable goes out the window.
“I’m pregnant.”
The words rush out of my mouth so fast that I don’t think he’s even heard me or made out exactly what I’ve said as he just continues to sway to the music with me. But when he closes his eyes and I see a smile begin to form on his face I know he has heard me.
“I know.” He says as he opens his eyes and I see tears forming. One tear begins to fall down his face and I wipe it away as a smile matching his spreads on my own face.
“How do you know? I only found out this morning.” I ask as he pulls me closer to him, holding me against him with everything he has.
“I saw the test. Hiding it back in the box that I noticed had been wasn’t your smartest idea.” He says and we both laugh as I mentally scold myself for not hiding it better.
“I came down as soon as I seen it. Took you long enough to tell me.” He laughs as he picks me up and places me on the kitchen counter.
“We’re going to have a baby.” I say breathlessly as I hold his face in my hands, continuing to wipe away his tears.
“We are.” He says, looking into my eyes and shaking his head in amazement.
“I love you Willow. I love our life. I love our baby. Thank you for allowing me to love you and for all the love you have given to me.” His voice cracks at the end of his words and he doesn’t even try to hide how many tears are flowing from his eyes now.
I pull him towards me, crying just as hard as he is from pure happiness.
“I love you more than I will ever be able to put into words and I know you are going to be the best father. I know you will always protect me and our baby and I wouldn’t want the life we live with anyone else other than you.” I tell him as he pulls away from me to lift me up and spin me around.
He sets me down and brings his hands to my stomach, his thumbs gently stroking me.
“Our baby is in here.” He whispers as he gets down on his knees in front of me, lifts my t-shirt and places a kiss to my belly. He looks up at me from his knees, still stroking my stomach and his eyes are filled with so much love I can physically feel it in my heart.
“You are going to be the best mama.” He says as he kisses my stomach.
“And you are going to be so loved.” He speaks again, planting more kisses to where we know I am growing either a little mini me or mini Dragna.
“Okay, we need to get you seen by one of our doctors. That’s what we can do today.” He says as he stands quickly and pulls his phone from his pocket going into boss mode.
“What happened to the morning back in bed?” I ask him with a smirk on my face knowing he would be like this as soon as he found out.
“Can we even do that without harming you or the baby?” He asks and I can see he is genuinely clueless which makes me bark out a laugh.
“I’m not going to break Dragna, we can still keep doing everything we do and living a normal life.” I tell him and he raises an eyebrow at me.
“Normal life… Nothing about our life is normal moya dusha. Just let me take care of you and our baby and get all the information from the doctor. If I hurt either of you, I would never forgive myself.” He says as he pulls me back in his arms and I feel like my heart is going to burst at how he is already talking about our baby.
“Okay, we’ll see the doctor, then when you find out everything is fine, we’ll be going back to bed.” I tell him sternly because I can’t get enough of him.
He leans down and kisses the top of my head before going back to messaging for a doctor to come see me.
I watch him for a minute before I go back to making our coffees.
When he gets like this, all commanding and protective, I can’t help but fall more and more in love with him every time.
I know he would truly do absolutely anything for me, and now, for the baby I’m growing that will be here before we know it.
I smile to myself, relishing in the happiness of knowing this mans love knows no bounds, thinking about what our life is going to be like very soon and wondering how anything else could possibly make me happier.
“Willow.” Dragna’s voice sounds out from behind me and I turn to face him.
He’s holding his phone in his hand and he looks between whatever is on there and me before finally speaking.
“We found her.” He says and I inhale sharply at his words.
“Ella is alive and we know where she is.”
The only sound after he speaks comes from the smashing of the coffee mug that I drop in complete shock.
Ella.
They know where she is.
What he has just told me starts to sink in and I clutch my chest and my stomach, happiness filling me completely.
They’ve found Ella.
She’s alive and they’ll finally be able to bring her back to us.