How did this happen for crying out loud? I ask myself for the umpteenth time while pacing around my room with a positive pregnancy result.

"Calm down Sasha, this isn't as hard as you are making it seem," Claire states calmly.

"What do you mean Claire? I'm two months pregnant!" I whisper-yelled at her.

She blinked at me for a while and just when I thought she is finally getting the seriousness of the matter, a sly grin appeared on her face. "Yes, congratulations by the way."

"Huhh! Remind me how we become friends again." I groan in frustration. "I am such a fool, how could I have forgotten something as important as taking my pills?"

"Why are you stressing yourself over nothing?"

"This isn't nothing. Jace and I haven't talked about having kids yet and I don't know how he's going to take this news. What if he..."

"With this news, Jace is going to be the happiest man on earth." Claire cuts in firmly. "Sasha...have you seen Jace with a kid? Did you see how he was with Rosie today?"

I hate to admit this but Claire has a point, Rosie is her three years old cousin who also came to the graduation party.

"He will make a great dad." She sighs dreamily. "Or...aren't you happy? Is this not what you've always wanted?"

"Of course I'm happy," I say with a smile as I pat my hardly noticeable bump in admiration. I can't believe our child is in there.

"Trust me when I say that with this news...Jace is going to be the happiest man on earth." Claire assures and I rush to hug her.

"Thank you," I tell her honestly and she hugs me back.

"You're welcome." She says smugly while patting my back softly and I let out a sigh of relief, it feels as if a heavyweight just got lifted from my shoulders.

"Princess are you ready?" I jump slightly when I hear Jace's muffled voice outside my room.

"Oh my!" I gasp in surprise.

I have totally forgotten that I'm supposed to be dressing up for our date tonight. I don't know where Jace is taking me yet but he wants us to celebrate my graduation together even though we just got back from school where we had a small party with our mates, friends, and family. He hinted that he has a surprise for me and I can't wait to see what he's up to.

Yeah...I can't believe it's been four years now, things have been really great...especially between me and Jace but dad...I'm really worried about him, he has been sort of down since Cassie's death. She survived the gunshot but she committed suicide in the hospital after her surgery. Dad blames himself for her death, no matter how hard I try to convince him otherwise he still believes it's his fault Cassie became what she became, he regretted not trying harder to gain her custody when she was still with her mother.

"Babe?" I hear him call out again.

"Coming," I yell while fumbling with the red dinner gown on my bed. "Where is Ashley?" I suddenly, just realizing that I haven't seen or heard from her since we parted ways in school hours ago.

"Hmm...s-she went out with Jason." Claire hesitates before stuttering out an answer but I didn't read much to it.

I really don't know what is going on between those two yet but whatever it is, I hope it's what I'm thinking.

After getting dressed, Claire did my hair and make-up, it was a simple makeover.

"You look stunning." She gushes in excitement while fixing my dress properly.

"All thanks to you," I say with a small smile.

"I'm sure Jace won't be able to keep his hands to himself..." I didn't wait for her to finish her statement as I rush out of my room with a wide blush.

I ran into Jace who is probably on his way to my room, he was quick to wrap his arms around my waist before I could fall. I couldn't help the soft gasp that left my lips as I drink in his appearance, how did I get so lucky to have him as my boyfriend? He is breathtaking. Oh my, even his cologne...

"You're beautiful." He whispers in my ear and places a small kiss on my temple. "Are you ready?"

"Yes," I affirm breathlessly.

"Then let's go." He smiles and takes my right hand into his.

Aww...that dimple almost had me swooning on the spot.

"Wow." I gasp in utter amazement the moment Jace removed the blindfold from my eyes.

My eyes water as I take in the flower petals beautifully arranged on the floor. He must have taken his time, effort, and money to prepare something as beautiful as this for me, a dinner by the beach.

"Jace...this is so beautiful."

"But not as beautiful as you." He says with a slight shrug. "D-do you like it?" He asks while rubbing his neck nervously.

"Like?" I ask in belief. "I love it."

"I'm glad you do." He whispers the countless candles surrounding us illuminating his gorgeous face which is lightened up with a bright smile.

For the first time, I noticed there are about ten different tables for two beautifully arranged adjacent to each other. "Are there other people joining us?"

"Gosh, I'm so nervous." He chuckles instead.

He brings out a silver box which he opens slowly, wait a diamond ring? and goes down on his knees. Oh my goodness!

"I can't believe I forgot the speech I prepared but I'm just gonna..." He lets out a deep breath. "Sasha...even though our love started as something forbidden, I knew you were the one right from the start. I love you, I love to hear you talk and get lost in your eyes. I don't want to wait anymore, I want to be your favorite hello and hardest goodbye. Will you marry me, Princess?"

My mouth is hanging open by the end of his heartfelt speech and tears of joy filled my eyes for the second time this night.

"Say yes!" I turn around in surprise when I hear familiar voices cheering behind me. To my surprise, I spot everyone (my dad, Ashley, Claire, Madam Emily, Sir Marcus, Jace, Rosie, and her parents) dressed in dinner gowns and tuxedos. They are all chanting at me to say yes, this is what they have all been planning behind me.

"Baby...I'm dying of anxiety here." Jace's voice brings me out of my train of thought.

I kneel in front of him and stretch my fingers to him. "Yes baby, I'll marry you. I can't wait to have moments like this for the rest of our lives."

He wipes the tears on my face with his thumb and I watch in elation as he slips the silver ring on my finger.

"She said yes!" Ashley shouts out behind me and they all jubilate.

"I love you so much, princess."

"I love you too boundlessly."

The moment we got back on our feet, I drag Jace closer to me with his tie and bring my lips to his. He grabs my face in his palm and kissed me like I'm the breath he needs to survive and I kissed him back like my whole existence depends on it. I broke the kiss when I remember that I have good news for him.

I pick up his right palm and place it on my tummy softly, he looks at me in confusion as I bring my lips to his ear. "I'm two months gone."

I can see the gear turning in his head as his eyes widen in shock and he tries to process what I just told him.

"Oh my!" He scream at the top of his voice. "Tell me it's not a joke."

"It isn't." I giggle as he carries me in his arms and spin me around in exhilaration. In the background, I hear their cheers get louder.

I'm the happiest man on earth. God, can I get happier? By the beach surrounded with families and friends, with the roaring sound of the ocean and the cool air on my face, my wife in my arms giggling in delight as the breeze blow away her hair softly and our child in her belly. Can I ever get happier? Oh! Yes. When I get to carry our baby in my arms like I'm now carrying the source of my present joy, Sasha my once forbidden love.

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