"You know, you look cute when you sleep with your mouth ajar and a cute snore." Evan said pulling my cheeks in his usual playful deep throaty voice.

"Ouch! It hurts and I don't snore." I said rubbing my cheeks.

"You do snore, Vi. And I like your cute bubbly cheeks, I can pull them all the day." Evan said kissing my cheek making me blush.

I looked down at my fingers in my lap blushing and Evan lifted my face, with his index finger down my chin.

"You know, you are the most beautiful and innocent girl, I have ever seen. Everything about you makes me fall in love with you. Your smile, your antics and even the way you adjust those glasses of yours." He said removing my glasses.

"Evan, what are you doing?" I asked trying to take back my glasses.

"I want to look into those beautiful eyes without any barriers." He said cupping my face in his hands and looking straight into my eyes. "I Love You, Violet Everly."

"I Love you too, Evan. I love you more than anyone else. You are the only one I love and can trust with my life." I said looking into his eyes.

His chocolate brown orbs reflecting a strange emotion that I couldn't decipher. He delicately placed his soft lips on mine and kissed me, I wrapped my arms around him letting myself drown in his love.

A feel of something wet and soft on my face made me wake up, as I opened my eyes, I saw two familiar chocolate brown eyes staring back at me. His eyes looked at me with much love as he placed his hand on my cheek making me smile. The start of my day couldn't be better than this.

"Aww... My baby woke up so early." I said in a baby voice as I placed My 11 months old son, Archer in my lap as I sat up on my bed.

He babbled some incoherent words bouncing in my lap. Again I dreamt about him like every night from past 18 months. No matter how much I try to forget him, I couldn't. I loved him so dearly and gave my heart to him, only for him to break it into pieces. A lone tear escaped my eyes as I remembered about the incidents of my past that I am trying hard to forget. Archie placed his hand on face and looked at me with concern.

Archer Damien Everly, my reason to live, my cute baby. He was the only good thing that occured to me in my relationship with Evander. He's an intelligent kid for his age, mischievous and full pack of energy. His energy amazes me, how can one be so active and energetic all the time. Then again that was something he inherited from his father along with those chocolate brown eyes and silky black hair. He looks almost like me except for those eyes and hair.

"Come on, Baby. Let's get you bathed." I said as I carried him into the bathroom.

I placed him in the warm water tub and gave him his rubber ducks with which he played laughing cheerfully while I washed his hair carefully, not to let the foam enter his eyes and make him all cranky. He started lapping the water with his little hands making it splash all around and began to bounce in the tub.

"Archie, don't do that." I said holding his hands and making him steady. I just have to wash the foam of his hair but he is giving me hard time by not being steady. Finally after several attempts and much effort, I got him bathed and wrapped a fluffy baby blue towel around him which has duck prints on it.

I carried his to the bedroom and placed him on my bed. I turned around to take his clothes and diapers and when I turned back he already managed to crawl out of the towel and was sitting on the bed showing his two small teeth. I am going to have a tough time to run around him once he starts walking, I am afraid that I may not be able to match his energy to run around him all the day. I began to make him wear his onesie, while he was busy playing with his soft toys, my parents brought for him.

After I discovered that I am pregnant with Evan's kid, I was afraid and scared to death thinking about my parents reaction. At first they were upset about me but then they accepted the reality and supported me throughout my pregnancy, to which I am grateful because I really didn't wanted to abort my kid. I would have ran away in order to protect my child if my parents had forced me to abort. They loves Archie. My father used to take him to the office while he was still working but now he's retired from his job leaving the Martin industries for me to handle as he wants to spend more time with his Grandson.

My mom was the one to take care of him while I would be away from him, busy with office works. He loves to spend time with his grand parents and keeps them on their toes, crawling around and doing mischievous things. My parents don't know about Evander as I never mention them about him and they never asked me as they gave me my privacy to keep things.

"Violet, you are running late for the office, Aren't you? " My mom, Deborah asked as she walked inside my room after knocking the door.

"I have to get ready, Mom. I just gave Archie, his bath and dressing him up." I said trying to make him wear his onesie.

"Here, give it to me, I will make him wear it, meanwhile you can go and get ready." My mom said taking the dress from my hands and sitting in front of Archie on my bed while I grabbed the towel.

"Archie__ look, it's your favourite onesie. See, it has super man symbol on it. Come on let's get my cutie pie into it." My Mom cooed as she tried to make Archie wear his dress.

He laughed showing his two teeth and began to crawl on the bed away from my mother.

When Archie was six months old, I brought my own apartment and moved out, but now I temporarily moved into my parents home, since I am making my apartment child safe and some fixing.

"O god... I never had this much trouble, even when I was dealing with two kids, now that I am having with him. He's such a naughty kid." My mom said trying to catch my baby. I laughed and entered the bathroom.

Later when I came down the stairs, after getting ready in my business attire, my Mom was trying to feed my baby while my father, Martin Everly was mimicking some animal sounds.

"My baby is troubling you even today? " I asked as I poured syrup on the Pancakes.

"He's so fussy about food just like you. He gives hard time for me to feed him." My mom complained making me chuckle.

"How's everything going in office, Violet? " My father asked while bouncing Archie in his hands.

"Everything's going well, Papa. The Fernandez's deal is yet to finalize and soon we will be working on it." I said taking a bite of my food.

My Dad nodded his head.

"Did Daisy and Gabriel came back from their trip? " My mom enquired as she wiped Archie's face with a tissue.

"No, Mom. Daisy called me yesterday saying that they are planning to extend their vacation for a few days." I informed, Daisy is my childhood friend and more like my sister. She married Gabriel Mason, a Business tycoon, an year ago and is now celebrating their anniversary in Maldives.

"When is Sam coming? " I asked about my little brother.

"He is... " My mom was cut off by a loud cheerful voice.

"I am here!! The boss is back. " Sam announced from the door way, where he stood holding his luggages. Sam is my younger brother, he graduated in hotel management and is now handling Celebration Hotels and Resorts owned by Everly groups while I am managing Martin Industries.

"Ah... Finally the dumbo is back." I said making Sam scrunch his face.

"Hey, I am not an dumbo." He reprimanded.

"Says no one but you, nit-wit nincompoop." I said sticking my tongue out.

"Don't call me that." He said throwing a bread slice on me.

"Idiot, you almost spoiled my dress." I said as I threw a sandwich on him.

My mom and Dad shook their head watching our Tom and Jerry fight while Archie bounced in his high chair clapping his hands laughing.

"Aww... My Handsome Cutie pie. I missed you." Sam cooed lifting Archie in his arms.

Sam and Archie are a team, Sam spoils him by buying all sorts of video games and remote cars which are not even recommended for the age group of Archie, when Sam is home, taking a break from his business and decided to spend time in home instead of being in his penthouse, he spends most of the time with his nephew not allowing any of us to be with him much to my parents annoyance. Archie enjoys Sam's company, watching those dinosaurs movies and video games in Sam's Super heroes themed room, boys and their superhero obsession, I can never understand.

Only if what had happened 18 months ago didn't happen, Archie would have had a Father figure in his life to see and enjoy all the parental pleasures.