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You’re killing me smalls.

I smile, already knowing what the onesie will say.

Smalls

I laugh, happiness and pure joy flood through me as I look up at my wife.

“I’m pregnant,” she says, cradling her still flat stomach.

“I’m so happy, Stella. I hope we have a little girl and she has eyes just like her mothers,” I say, scooping her up in my arms and crushing her against me.

Stella kisses me before she rests her forehead against mine.

“We’re going to be parents,” she whispers, her voice filled with awe.

“I love you, Princess.”

“I love you too.”

I lay my girl down on our bed, slipping in behind her. My hands come down, cradling her stomach as I cuddle her against me. I have my whole world in my hands and I couldn’t be happier.

SEVENTEEN

Stella

Ten years later…

I smileas I watch my husband in the boxing ring with our three kids. He’s working with them, showing them some defensive moves while I finish up in the office. We still live in Pittsburgh although we travel often. Kit loves taking the family on vacation every year and I know that the kids love it too. Me, I’m happy just being at home with everyone, hearing them run around and bicker with each other.

We had our first kid, Miles, exactly nine months after we met and the other two, our twins, Skye and Kyle, exactly ten months after we welcomed Miles. The pregnancy with the twins had been rough on me and there were complications with the c-section. Almost losing me scared the crap out of Kit so we decided that after the twins, we were done.

Three was more than enough. We still live in our house out away from the town and the kids go to the local school right down the road. We get to drop the kids off at school before we head to the gym. Some days I pick the kids up after school and take them home or to play dates with Finn, Niall, Jameson, and Brooks kids while Kit closes up at the gym but more often than not, Kit has another employee close up and he heads home with me.

Finn, Niall, Brooks, and Jameson are all retired now and help out around the gym. They’re trainers and Brooks helps out with the kid’s classes. He’s amazing with the little ones and his classes are some of the more popular ones. Which is good for us because it gives Kit and I more time together.

He still can’t stand for us to spend any amount of time apart. I pretend to be annoyed but deep down I love how obsessed and protective Kit is with me. He promised that he would never get tired of me and he’s kept his promise. He still spoils me rotten and treats me like a Princess. The only time that I’m allowed out of his sight is girl’s night. Finn, Niall, Brooks, and Jameson are all married and I’m close to all of their wives. We try to get together about once a week so that we can hang out.

The kids are headed to camp tomorrow and they’ll be gone for two weeks. I know that Kit and I will both miss our babies but I’m also looking forward to two weeks alone with my husband.

I finish up with the paperwork in the office before I head out to round everybody up. Kit looks up as soon as I walk out and nods at me, telling the kids to get their bags so we can head home. They beg him to stop for pizza for dinner and he caves within seconds. In case it wasn’t obvious, he likes to spoil our kids as well.

I grin at him as he hops out of the ring and makes his way over to me. He wraps his arm around my waist, leading me out to the car. Just like always, he opens the door for me and then buckles me up, dropping a kiss before he helps our kids into the car and slips behind the wheel himself.

I never thought that I would end up here. A wife, a mother, and happy. I owe it all to Kit, to my husband who realized what we had before I would even admit it to myself. He fought for this, for our happily ever after. He got past my defenses, breaking down all of my walls and I have to say, I’ve never been happier to have let my guard down.

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THEIR TOUCH

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They're in love.

Roman and Flynn have always been close. They shared everything. Same neighborhood, same school and grade, and then they discovered they liked to share one more thing too.

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