One week. One week had passed and Bella had not woken up and Mason was going nuts although the doctors kept reassuring him that she will wake up soon. He had hardly gone home or to the base and was literally living in Bella's room and was sleeping on a couch there. In his absence, Albert was taking care of the Mafia and Rich and Ben were looking after the company.

It was the night of the seventh day. Mason had sat on a chair next to Bella's bed. He was holding one of her hands drawing circles on top of it. His face was buried in his other hand as he had closed his tired eyes.

It was then that Bella's eyes fluttered open and she looked at the ceiling above her. Her mind was empty. The only sound in the dimly lit room was the sound of a beeping with the rhythm of her heartbeat. She was in a hospital? There was a throbbing pain in her left shoulder and someone was holding her right hand and was drawing circles on the back of it. She looked at her right and her heart fluttered at seeing Mason sitting beside her, but she frowned when she saw his condition. His always neat hair was messy. His beard had grown more than a stubble and he was in a simple blue t-shirt.

"Mason!" she called softly and watched as Mason's head snapped up and he looked at her wide eyed.

"Bella!" he whispered her name in disbelief and a second later he was standing with his hands on both sides of her face and stared down into her eyes. "God, you are awake, you are awake." he said and his eyes welled up but he didn't take his eyes off of her eyes like he had missed her eyes and was afraid that if he looks away she would vanish.

Bella's frown deepened and she raised her right hand and caressed his jaw tenderly. "What's wrong, Mason?" she asked confused. "What has happened? Where am I? Why do you look like this?"

Mason leaned down and softly captured her lips and a sob left his mouth as he tasted those warm and heavenly lips again. Bella tried to raise both of her hands to touch his face but winced as she lifted her left arm.

Mason pulled away and looked down at her franticly. "What's wrong? Do you have pain? What it is? Where do you feel the pain?" he bombarded her with questions.

"Why are you crying? Why am I in a hospital? Why does my left shoulder hurts?" she asked back now getting worried.

"Shit." cursed Mason when he saw her panicked eyes. He quickly pressed a red button near her bed and cupped her cheeks in his hands. "It's alright, my love. Everything is alright now. Just don't be worried. I will explain everything. You don't remember anything?"

Bella shook her head just as the door of the room opened and a doctor and a nurse rushed in. "She just woke up." said Mason and stood aside while holding Bella's hand and letting the doctors run a check-up on her. He looked down at her and smiled brightly when he saw her looking up at him.

"Okay, everything seems fine." said the doctor and smiled at the couple. "Now we will do an ultrasound to make sure everything is fine. We will be back in a few minute."

"ultrasound?" asked Bella confused. "Why they should do an ultrasound? What's going on, Mason?"

"Bella!" said Mason and caressed her cheeks lovingly. "You were unconscious for a week. I'm gonna tell you what happened but you should promise to not panic, okay? everything has ended and everything and everyone is fine."

Bella nodded and her eyes widened as Mason briefly told her everything and she remembered slowly. "Oh God. Volkov." she said and her hand went to her shoulder and touched it.

Mason took her hand and kissed it. "It's alright. He is dead now." he said but then his face become serious and he stared at her eyes. "Bella, you should promise me you won't do what you did that day ever again. You don't know what I went through these days. I was dying, Bella, I mean it. Don't do this to me again." he said and a tear rolled down his face.

Bella wiped his tear. Her eyes were teary as well. "I couldn't stand there and watch you kill yourself to save me." she said. "Do you think I could live after that? I wouldn't stay alive for a second without you even if Volkov would let me go which I doubt. It was all my fault. If I was not that weak and had escaped somehow none of this would have happened."

Mason's smile grew wider and he put a hand on her stomach. "You had every right to be weak." he said and his eyes sparkled. "And that is another reason you should promise me to never put yourself in danger ever again. You should do it not only for me but for this small precious bean here."

Bella gasped and her eyes grew wide and she put a hand on her mouth. Tears of joy welled up in her eyes just like Mason's. "Do you mean ... you mean I ...."

Mason laughed and his laugh could warm up the whole world. "Yes, my love." he said and kissed her forehead and then her lips. "We are going to be parents so soon."

20 minutes later, Mason had sat on the edge of the bed watching Bella sleeping peacefully admiring her. Her happy eyes when he had told her the news of her pregnancy was dancing in front of his eyes. She was everything he could ask for, even more. Beautiful, brave, kind, smart and so many other good attributes. She was perfect and now to add to all of these she was carrying his child, his flesh and blood. His hand went to her stomach. His heart fluttered as he thought of the little one growing up safely in her womb.

Suddenly the door burst open and Showed a panting Damien and Xander who were looking into the room panicked. "Is she awake? We came as fast as we could when we heard the news." yelled Xander.

Mason glared at him as he heard Bella groan and saw her opening her eyes. "Xander, here is a fucking hospital." he scolded. "She had just fallen asleep. She needs to rest."

"Jesus. you are awake." said Damien happily as he saw Bella's open eyes and walked in with his twin both ignoring Mason's protests. They walked toward Bella and kissed her forehead. "It's good to see you are awake, Bella." said Xander.

Soon others came as well. First Hunter, then Rich and Ben, a few seconds later, Eva, Albert, Marisa and the little twins, and at last Alex and Alison.

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"Babe, you should eat something. I thought you like this." whined Alex and threw his hands in the air. "I swallowed my fucking pride and asked those dickhead friends of yours, Ed and Logan to how to make you eat. I thought you like to eat hotdogs in the park."

Alison chuckled tiredly and kissed his lips to silence his ramble. "I love this, Alex, believe me." she said but then sighed. "But Bella's face is in front of my eyes constantly. I'm worried for her and my niece or nephew and of course for poor Mason. He is so broken."

"Bella is fine, Al." said Alex and put an arm around her shoulders pulling her to his side. "The doctors said that she will be up soon. You should eat to stay healthy. You have barely eaten anything these days. Do you want to become sick and add to your family's worries?"

"No. I'm sorry. I will eat. And Alex?" she said and Alex hummed in response and looked at her. She smiled at him. "I love to eat warm hotdogs at nights in the park. Thank you for caring so much."

Alex smiled down at her and leaned down and captured her lips. "You are my whole world. And your welcome" he said but frowned as he saw her frown.

He groaned and eased the crease on her forehead. "What else is going on in that pretty head of yours?" he said and kissed her forehead.

"You." answered Alison and Alex's brows furrowed. Alison looked up at him with her eyes full of worry. "You deserve so much more than me, Alex. I was nothing more than a trouble for you. I forced you to be friends with your enemies although I don't regret this part. Your life became hell because of Volkov for two months. You were worried for me constantly and I did nothing other than make trouble for you. I was nothing more than a whiny person for the last week." Finished Alison and took a deep breath.

Alex was looking down at her with a raised eyebrow and a bored expression on his face. "Are you done?" he asked and Alison nodded and looked down.

Alex put a finger under her chin and lifted her face to look into her beautiful blue eyes. The eyes he had fallen for bad. "Now, listen to me, Alison Harris." he said seriously. "You brought nothing other than joy, peace, and love into my life. My fucking life was never better than this in my whole life. My family would engage with Volkov for sure because of my brother and we were lucky that we allied with Kings because of you or we would have seen so much damage. Alison, you are the light of my life and I love you so much. So stop saying those words or I will kindly shut your mouth myself by kissing you to death."

Alison smiled at him and pulled him down with one hand and kissed his lips. Alex pulled her closer to him and kissed her harder, enjoying every second of having her in his arms. They pulled away after a few minutes and pressed their foreheads together.

The moon was shining above and the stars were twinkling in the azure velvet of the clear sky. A soft wind was blowing, moving the branches of the willows around, making a beautiful sound that was creating a beautiful melody combined with the song of the crickets.

"I love you, Alex." whispered Alison, not wanting to ruin the peace around them.

"I love you too, my beautiful Alie." said Alex and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "More than my life. More than you can even imagine."

He then grunted as he looked down at the sandwich in her hand. "Now eat your sandwich for my sanity please." he whined and Alison chuckled and began to eat.

They finished eating and got up and began to walk in the silent park with their hands laced together when Alison's phone suddenly began to ring. Alex groaned when he saw Damien's name on her screen. "He probably has called to say you should go back." he said. "Can you ignore him?"

But Alison answered feeling a sudden urge to hear what Damien wanted to tell her. "Hey, Damien." she said. Her eyes shone and a huge grin plastered on her lips as she listened. "We will be there in instant." she squealed happily and grabbed Alex's hand.

"Come, Alex." she said and dragged him after her. "Bella has woken up. Oh my God."

They reached the hospital in less than half an hour and rushed toward Bella's room. Alison smiled at the sight in front of her. Everyone was there, laughing and smiling and Bella had sat on her bed leaning on Mason who had sat next to her with an arm around her shoulders.

Alison felt tears welled up in her eyes at the sight of Mason sitting there smiling happily and his eyes full of life. "Okay, don't cry." whispered Alex next to her ear and squeezed her hand. "Everyone is happy. You don't want to make them sad now, do you?"

Alison quickly wiped her eyes and just then Hunter saw them standing at the doorframe. "Look who graced us with their presence." he said aloud and everyone turned to them.

"Alie." squealed Bella and Alison ran to her and hugged her gently.

"It's good to see you are fine, Bell." said Alison and kissed Bella's cheeks repeatedly. "Don't scare us like that again. You gave us all a heart attack."

The room erupted in yells and laughter again. Everyone was happy. A great disaster had ended and they celebrated the start of a hopefully happier chapter of their lives together.

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Bella was released from the hospital after a month. She was now two months pregnant with a slightly visible bump. The King family was on a vacation. They had traveled to their beach villa in Miami. God knew how much they all need that vacation after those stressful months.

The schools had ended and Damien and Xander had graduated surprisingly with acceptable grades. Everything was peaceful and great.

Bella was walking on the beach hand in hand with Mason. It was almost sunset and the sky was full of yellow and orange colors. They both were barefoot, walking on the wet sands as the cool water would kiss their feet from time to time.

Mason looked down at the angel beside him and smiled warmly. He was smiling more since Bella had come into his life. He was not a robot anymore and could feel life in his veins. She was in a white short sundress with flowers printed on it. The dress was sleeveless showing her bare arms that looked soft and white and the deep v-neck of her dress was showing a bit of cleavage. The wind that was blowing and moving her free hair would stick her dress to her body, showing her small baby bump which Mason has recently fallen in love with. Pregnancy suited her well as her skin was glowing under the rays of the setting sun and much to Mason's delight, she had become more horny because of pregnancy as well.

Mason bent a little and kissed her temple softly, not being able to stop himself. She looked up and smiled at him softly. Her heart fluttered at seeing his handsome face. She had become more attached and clingy to him but she was blaming it all on her raging hormones. He looked extremely handsome in his white loose shirt and cream trousers. His sleeves and the legs of his trousers were rolled up and a few top buttons of his shirt were undone showing a slight sight of his strong muscles.

"God I can't keep my hands off you. You look gorgeous today." growled Mason as he stood not being able to control himself anymore. He grabbed both of her hands and pulled her to his chest and wrapped his arms around her waist, making sure to not put pressure on her belly.

"Only for you, handsome." giggled Bella as Mason bent down and kissed her lips passionately leaving her breathless. Bella put her hands around his neck and deepened the kiss, needing more of him as her hormones kicked in again.

Mason pulled away when he felt her running out of breath and began to trail kisses down her neck, growling in satisfaction as she let out a soft moan. His heart fluttered nervously as he remembered what he was about to ask her and he went back to her face and kissed her lips again.

"You are so fucking perfect." he said panting a bit. He then pulled away a bit and looked directly into her ocean blue eyes that were shining brightly. "Bella, you are a true angel. I never can ask for someone better than you. Someone who can fill me with peace and joy, like you do. You brought happiness and light to my life. You made me feel again. You are the most beautiful, brave, and great woman I have ever seen in my life. And now you have given me another source of happiness." he said and put his palm on her slightly swollen belly.

Bella smiled up at him and caressed his cheeks and lips with the tip of her fingers. "You have done the same to my life." she said and her eyes filled with a warm feeling. "My life had become dull and void. Yes, we had a bit of drama, but you made me feel loved and worthy again. I never had felt this beautiful feeling before. I love you, Mason."

Mason kissed her forehead and pulled out a maroon velvet box from his pocket. Bella gasped shocked and put a hand on her mouth as Mason knelt on one knee in front of her and opened the box to show a beautiful ring inside of it. "Bella, my love." he said. His eyes soft and sincere looked up at her full of admiration and love. "I have bought this ring a month ago and wanted to ask you sooner but I was unable to do because of what happened. Now I want to ask you with my heart full of your love. I love you, Bella, more than my life. You have given me another life, a life full of happiness. I want to be with you forever. To be able to call you fully mine. To hold and cherish you forever. I promise to fill you with love and create a life full of happiness for you and our children."

He then grabbed Bella's hand who was crying now and put it on his heart that was racing in his chest. "Bella Harris, will you marry me and make me the most lucky and happy man ever?" he asked and looked at her both nervous and happy.

"Mason!" said Bella wiping her eyes and grinning happily. "Yes, of course yes."

Mason sighed relieved and kissed her knuckles as he pulled out the ring from its box and slid it on her left hand's ring finger. He then stood up, put his hands on her cheeks and connected their lips in a sacred and full of love kiss that filled their entire bodies with sparks.

They pulled away as they suddenly heard claps and cheers. They turned their heads to the sound, only to see all of their family standing there not far from them and cheering for them. "That's my baby." shouted Ben as the little twins made kissing faces. Eva and Marisa were crying happily while Alison and Hunter were doing a happy dance.

Behind them, Rich had stood kissing the living daylights out of Kate who had come with them with his request.

"Good kiss, bro." shouted Xander and burst into laughter with Damien.

Mason groaned and shook his head as Bella blushed hard and hid her face in his chest. "They were not supposed to be here." he mumbled under his breath but slowly burst into laughter with Bella in his arms as the sun set behind the line of the ocean gracefully, shining her last rays on the happy King family.

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A/N: Okay guys. We are nearing the end :((((( only one chapter has remained. Thank you all for reading till now.

Ela :)