Bella's friend walks pass me, a bored expression on her pierced face and I send Bella a confused look but she just shucks a shoulder.

"Just lie down while set everything up" Bella's friend says and I do what she says, not feeling confident enough to say something about her attitude; I know a little what Bella had been through...She didn't lived a healthy life and made wrongs friends so I hope we can trust this one. "Pull the shirt up" she asks in an angry tone but again I don't complain.

"I'm exited!" Bella practically yells and sit down next to me, holding my hand and I know she can feel how stressed I am for this; seeing your baby is something special and I wished Mateo could be here as well but now it's too soon. First I want to know if the baby is healthy before I tell him...

"This is going to be a little cold" Bella's friend says and put some indeed cold gel on my stomach which is also growing a little. "Here" she points at the monitor next to her and after what feels forever I can finally see the little baby or more the small drop...tears form in my eyes and I don't stop them.

"Oh, Em..." Bella whispers and kisses my cheeks and when I see her through my haze eyes I see her crying as well.

"If you see at the size of the fetus you must be almost 7 a 8 weeks" Bella's friends says and I can help but see the little small on her face as well...

"Here" Bella says while holding her hand out. "Some photo's of the ultrasounds" I accept them and take a look again; 8 weeks...that's been long but I've got many weeks left; I'm going to tell Mateo about the baby really soon but I don't know how and especially when. Bella's friend makes her way out of the apartment and now we're alone, trying to contain our excitement but I'm the one to snap first.

"This is real, Bella, I'm going to be a mom really soon" she runs up to me and hugs me tight.

"I know, Em, I know" Kissing me on the head, she smiles. "I'm happy for you!"

It's been 2 days. Mateo texted me for the first time in weeks to let me know my uncle, aunt and Stephanie have taken their belongings. He also said they were going to leave New York for a while; I'm relieved but also scared at the same time. I know they treated me wrong all those years but they're still family...

"So, which suit are you going to wear today?" Bella asks, holding up a blue and red one.

"I have no idea" I response and brush my hair. "But I think I go with the red one"

"You feel fired up?" she asks and I can't help the little grin forming on my face.

"Yes, I am, can I borrow your black tank top, I think it it's better to wear it underneath; I can't go almost naked to work" Bella laughs at my statement.

"Of course, Em, you can" not 5 minutes later she comes out of the room with a huge birthday gift. "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Emily, happy birthday to you!" she sings and I roll my eyes at her.

"Thank Bells but you didn't have to do it; it's just a birthday"

"No, it's not" she replies and gives me the present. "It's my best-friends birthday!" she giggles and I roll my eye again. The present isn't huge, it's small but the wrapping paper is colorful and fun.

"I hope it didn't cost much because you know how I hate when there're expensive" last year she bought me a Chanel Perfume; it has cost $122. Who is the world would pay so much money for that?

"Just open it!" she yells playfully and I giggle but open it, surprised. It's a shirt with 'Best mom in the world' on it and on the bottom 'Thanks to the help of her best friends'.

"Aww...That's so sweet!" I reply, tears forming again but I don't let them fall.

"It's not much but-"

"-Are you kidding me? This is the best gift anyone ever gave to me" I run to her and hug her so tight she needs to search for air.

"C'mon, you need to go, otherwise you're going to late" she whispers out of breath and we both laugh...

I stand in front of ProtectPower, AKA my company...I still can't believe it's mine after so many years; I don't have a lot of experience and I don't expect to be perfect at it at first but I hope I will do fine...I'm not scared and stressed for what I need to do, I'm scared for the people and how they will treat me; I'm young and did nothing to earn this job... suddenly a picture of my dad flashes in my mind, her hand around my mother and I can't help but to feel proud as well.

"Dad, after everything I've been through, I finally got back what belongs to us..." I whisper to myself and walk inside the lobby to find Mateo sitting there, a cup of coffee in one hand and his phone on the other. He doesn't spot me immediately and I take to time to take him in; he looks tired, like he have slept in days and his expression looks so...not Mateo...It's weird, he looks so lost in his head, in this world...After another minutes he turns around like he could felt me staring and when he does, his entire face light up.

"Emily..." he greets me, holding his hand out but for some reason, I wished he would hug me, hold me in his arms and telling me everything is going to be alright. "You look stunning" his eyes roam over my body, leaving trails of Goosebumps in their awake and I blush, hard...How can he make me feel like this after everything we've been through?

"Thanks..." I response. "You don't look bad yourself" and I'm not lying; wearing a black Armani suit and his red tie that matches my suit perfectly, he looks indeed stunning, gorgeous even.

"Let's go upstairs" he says and I follow him to the elevator but he soon turns around, a grin on his stupid handsome face. "And happy birthday, Butterfly" he winks and I feel my chest explodes with warmness; he didn't forgot it's my birthday and for some reason only he can make me feel special on my special day.

"Hey, hon" Olivia says when I enter the conference room, right behind me Mateo on my heels. "Happy birthday" when Olivia tells me that then I don't feel alive, it's just someone normal saying it.

"Yeah, happy birthday" Enzo says awkwardly like he forgot it and Olivia needed to remind him that. "How young are you again?" and I need to laugh at his choice of words.

"22" I reply, my hands behind my back.

"I can't remember when I was 22-"

"It's because it's too far away, old man" Sebastian says to Enzo who gives him the finger; when was the last time they were so loose with each other? Every since the divorce it's been tense between us 5 but now I'm glad it's like the old days.

"Oh, shut up, Sebastian, I'm not that old; I'm 30, my life has to begin" Enzo says and we all laugh at how worked up he is. "Okay, okay, why don't we go to the part we've been avoiding?" he asks and I'm silence; what part? Everything that has been said is already said, right?

"Emily, sit down" Mateo commands but not in a tone he uses for his guards, this one is softer and lighter. Sitting down opposite him, Enzo takes some papers out.

"So, now that that ugly fucker is gone, we can discuss what we will do next" he says in his lawyer-voice. "you know we got 25% of the company" I nod and he continues. "Are you alright with that?" I nod again, not know where this is going. "Please read these files, will you" I take them and read but before I can go to the next part, Mateo begins to talk.

"Emily..." I look up to find him looking at me. "I want to do an offer if you're interested"

"If you think you can buy ProtectPower then you're wrong" he grins but shakes his head.

"No, I'm not planning on buying it" he leans forward and stops Enzo from talking.

"This is not what we planned" he manage to get out but Mateo ignore him, his gaze on me only.

"I want to give you my 25% of the shares" he says and everyone gasp, me included. "But I want to take care of your financial part; not taking over but just checking everything until the company is healthy again which means not in dept, without any problems at all"

"Why?" I whisper softly.

"This is my sorry for how I used you in our marriage; what I've done is wrong and you disserve this more than anyone, so please, Emily, give me another change to show you that I'm not bad like you think" when he's finished I still don't know what to say. "This is what friends do, right?" he grids out like it hurts him to say but it hurts even more to hear.

"Why do I get the feeling there's more than just trying to convince me your not bad?" I ask, holding the paper do tight it hurts. Mateo doesn't say a word but sighs at the last second.

"Believe it or not but even after everything you've done to me, I can't help myself to stay away from you; you're in my mind 24/7, not a single moment passes before I think about you, how you are, if you even misses me" he confesses and stops, searching for the right words. "I'm still in love with you, that's why I want to do this; all for you" in the background I hear people leaving, and soon I and Mateo are alone I the conference room...How am I going to response to that?