Two and a half years later....

“I get that you're adorable, really adorable, but you have to stop being a Momma's boy”, I could hear Nathan's voice say softly as I was nearing the room he was in. It was already past midnight and awfully quieter than what I was used to it being usually at this time. When I woke up and noticed he wasn't sleeping besides me, I just figured where he was.

“It's already bad enough that you've successfully stolen your mother from me with such cuteness but keeping her up at night is not on because I'm the only one who feels her wrath in the morning whenever she doesn't get enough sleep, all because of you”

I peeked into the nursery a little so to see Nathan had pulled the rocking chair closer to Theodore's cot, and he could lean on it for the late night session they would have almost every night

We were blessed with a beautiful baby boy four months ago and life as we knew it hasn't changed much since Theo's arrival, instead he actually made our house a home. Nathan was so good with Theo, I just loved seeing my boys together.

I must have underestimated Nathan's unconditional love at the beginning because ever since we had Theo, being a parent unleashed another side of him that I never knew existed to further show just how far a man can go and willingly do anything in his power to protect and provide for his family, no matter the circumstances. He was really a great father and I really couldn't ask for a better man to raise our child with. Both him and Theo were my everything, my entire world.

“What's going on in here?”, I asked softly and Nathan turned to look at me, with a smile already playing on his face

“Nothing much, it's just our daily father and son bonding session. We're just talking”

“You sure that's all you're doing, and you're not bullying my son into giving into your commands?”

“Bullying? Me? I'd never do that”, he said confidently while laughing. “I'm saving all that energy for when he becomes a teenager”

“Why is he still up though? I just put him down a few hours ago”, I walked inside and Nathan shrugged his shoulders.

“You know how he is, crying for no reason at all expecting to see you. I've changed his nappy, fed and burped him, but he's still wide awake. So if all those techniques don't work, I do what I do best which is to rant about him, to him so that he falls asleep”

“Well I didn't think today's rant is working though”, I peeked inside the cot to see Theo very much wide awake, his golden eyes full and not at all sleepy....instead he started giggling and kicking his feet in excitement when he saw me, warming my heart from scratch. My little boy was always such a happy soul, it was hard not to reciprocate his joy.

“You see this right here is what I'm talking about”, Nathan complained as he looked in between me and Theo when I started cooing softly while trickling his tummy and he let out a little cute laugh

“What are you talking about?”

“About him being a Momma's boy”

“You're just jealous that he likes me more than he likes you”

“Well I won't lie, I am a little”, he chuckled a little before turning to Theo, who had a really bright smile on his face while still looking at me

“I don't appreciate that smile you have on your face when you're looking at my wife boy”, Nathan protested playfully and Theo frowned a little, like he understood what was being said to him

“You should actually be proud of him because he inherited this look from you”

“Exactly my point, he shouldn't be this good at it”

“Either way I'm his mother”, I said defensively as I picked Theo up. “He should be happy when he sees me”

“I think it's kinda disrespectful that he managed to replace me as easy as that”

“What's disrespectful here is that I carried him for 36 weeks only for him to come out looking like you”, by me pointing that out, I had him right where I wanted him, and he twisted his lips to the side, looking proud and disappointed at the same time

“You're never going to let that slide, are you?”, he scratched his neck and I shook my head

“No, I'm not”, I stood by my word, and he gave slow continuous nods, thinking what to say next

“Well at least he has your pretty eyes, so I'm really not complaining. It's just like I wished for”, he said confidently while smirking. “I'll try to make sure our next baby looks more like you though”

“Theo is barely even six months old, and you're already talking about making another baby”

“I wasn't kidding when I said I want our babies to have your eyes, emphasis on babies”

“Well are you going to carry them for us?”, I quirked up an eyebrow, blinking slowly at him, and he shrugged his shoulders

“If I could, I would, but we know that's scientifically and medically impossible”, he said, and I rolled my eyes a little at him that he was spitting facts to prove his point. Theo started getting a little cranky that I was starting to give his father more attention that I was him and Nathan sighed exaggeratedly when I started kissing Theo's face to calm him down, being the middle man between them was already hard as it is, can't begin you imagine what's going to happen when he grows up.

“Don't mind him my little peanut, daddy is just jealous”, I said and Theo started eating his little fingers before letting out a short yawn as I was slowly rocking him to sleep while stroking the side of his face with my thumb gently, that would surely make him fall asleep faster. I felt Nathan press his lips on my temple and I looked up at him.

“What was that for?”

“You're really an amazing mother Liv, we're really lucky to have you”

I smiled. “You're pretty amazing too”, I cupped the side of his face a little before turning at Theo to see he was slowly falling asleep and we both kissed him goodnight after I placed him back into his cot, and we tip toed out of the nursery, careful not to make any noise while closing the door because Theo was really a light sleeper.

“Finally”, Nathan whispered while stretching out his hand to entwine our hands together as we walked back to our bedroom

I was rocking Theo on my lap while waiting for Liv as she got ready for the Sunday brunch at the Johnson's, it was almost like tradition that we attended because we grew to be this one big family with time. Theo was still occupied with playing with my hands, finding it to his satisfaction to bite my fingers with his toothless gums, but I was quite relieved that it kept him distracted for in the meantime while Liv was still out of sight. He hasn't made that cute pouty lip- imma-bout-to-cry face yet, so I was still marked safe.

My little boy was growing so quickly, and I didn't want him to. I had plenty of time to prepare myself for this moment, but it still felt so unreal that I was a father. Each second spent with him was priceless, and I would give everything to relive this moment right now over and over again because it was really precious.

I felt my phone vibrate against my leg and I took it out to see it was a call from my Mother

“Hi Mom”

“Nathan, what's the point of me being a grandmother if I don't even get to see my grandson?”

“It's lovely to hear from you too”, I laughed, this was my way of dodging this we don't let her see Theo as much as she wishes too conversation. She was crazy about him and would do absolutely anything to have us with him over from time to time, that's if she doesn't ambush us by showing up unexpectedly at our house.

“We were just there for dinner two weeks ago”

“You mean a month ago”

“Last month was exactly two weeks ago”

“Exactly, that's just a little too long without seeing my grandson”

“What about us? Don't you miss Olivia and I?”

“Yes I miss you too”, she laughed. “But we're talking about Theo here. So when am I seeing him- I mean all of you again?”

“Soon”

“How soon is soon?”

“Soon”, I repeated, laughing a little and I could hear her heave a sigh

“Okay fine. Anyways where is my lovely daughter-in-law? Is she nearby?”

“She's still getting ready. Do you want to talk to her?”

“I'd really like that”

I knew my mother, if she couldn't convince me to see Theo, Liv was her next target...knowing very well she'll give in almost immediately

“It's your mother-in-law”, I held my phone against her while she was still putting her earrings on, and she snickered a quiet laugh

“Is this about Theo again?”, she mouthed, and I nodded my head

“Hi Violet, how are you?”, she put on an enthusiastic voice as I walked over to the bed, pulling one of the cushions to put over my lap for Theo's daily tummy time, and he didn't seem to like it that much. I could see it in his eyes as he kept looking at his mother to save him.

“Really? Has it been that long? I could swear we last saw you guys two weeks ago”, Liv laughed, running her hand through her hair while looking over at me.

“I said the same thing”, I mouthed to her, and she facepalmed, I assumed she was now getting the emotional blackmail lecture

“Tell you what, we'll stop by tomorrow”, she nervously clenched her teeth. “That's okay? Okay good. See you tomorrow then. Yeah, I'll kiss him for you. Alright Violet, byyeee”

“I knew you would crack”, I chuckeld, and she shrugged lazily

“You know I can't say no”, she sounded so guilty as she put lotion on her hands

“Yeah I know, I think my mother knows it too”, I ran my hand through Theo's thick dark hair. He had so much hair, it pretty much explained Liv's constant heartburn throughout the entire pregnancy.

“You know they all adore him, and it's only fair they also get to spent time with him since my parents will be looking after him for a while until we find a suitable nanny for him. I can't believe I have to go back to work next week”

“Time really flew by, didn't it?”

“It sure did”, she sighed heavily. “I'm almost done, just give me ten more minutes”

“Take your time, we still have like an hour until the brunch”

“Okay”, she disappeared into the bathroom and Theo started getting cranky, telling me in not so many words he was totally done with tummy time for the day and I picked him up so that he faced me

“Are you hungry? Is that it?”, I asked while kissing his cheeks and he laughed out loud when I started tickling him. His laugh was contiguous, I couldn't help but to join it.

“I love you so much”, I whispered softly to him as he rested his head on my shoulder and ran my hand up and down his back. I looked up to see Liv leaning on the doorway, just looking at us with a smile on her face.

“Your ten minutes are almost up”, I joked, and she laughed as she walked over to the mirror to style her hair up

“Hey Liv?”, I called out to her, and she turned her head slightly to look at me

“Yeah?”

“Do you just ever stop to think about how all this couldn't have happened because you wanted to curve me all because you thought I was too good for you and that I was too nice?”

She laughed a little. “Sometimes”

“We really came a far way, didn't we?”, she was now standing in front of me to check on Theo over my shoulder and gave me a thumbs up indicating that he had fallen asleep

“We did, and honestly I really don't regret any of it”

“Yeah me too, out of the things I'm thankful for, not giving up on you has to be one of my favorites”, I stood on my feet and kissed her fully on her lips. “I love you”

“I know”, she wrapped her arms around my waist. “I love you too just as much”

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This is finally it my lovies, The End-end😌

I was hoping that this book will be the last book I'll ever publish on Wattpad🙃 but I've been receiving requests to create new stories and bonus chapters involving characters of my previous books and so I guess I'll have to give my readers what they want😅, hopefully sometime next year

Please check out my other books, Matters of the Heart and The Unwanted Matrimonial, you can find them on my profile.

I'll be looking forward to create more content on some of our favorite characters and I hope we'll be together again on the writting journey. You have all been really amazing♥️ and I'd like to thank each and one of you for giving my books a chance and the major support. I apprecaite y'all very much✨

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