I'm a little shaking as never had I expected that I would get married to the love of my life. Dad is leading me down to where my wedding is taking place. He stops before the entrance and faces me.

"Sunshine, Don't be nervous. You are marrying the love of your life and the father of your baby. So, don't overthink." He says, placing both of his arms on my shoulders, making me face him directly.

"I know that I shouldn't be nervous but still I'm a little scared," I say, sighing deeply. "What if Elijah gets cold feet before our wedding?"

He laughs and then looks at me. "You are his love and the mother of his child. I can also see that he loves you so much and you know what, I met him a few minutes ago in his room. He told me that he is ."

"Really?"

"Yes!"

"Then, let's go."

After taking some deep breaths, I nod as Dad opens the door to enter inside the wedding hall. Soft music starts playing and I walk along the aisle with my dad, holding his hand.

This wedding hall is decorated beautifully. Thousands of bevelled crystal structures in the ceiling in wavy layers of arcs are making the biggest impact and an ultimate alignment of the catwalk reflecting the ceiling at every angle. There is even a soothing fountain surrounded by countless roses landscaping in the centre of the wedding podium making this hall enticing. All of our families, friends and relatives are sitting across the chairs which are also decorated with roses.

My eyes fall upon my love who is also my destiny, standing on the stage. He is looking handsome and sexy at the same time. He is wearing a black and white tuxedo with a rose attached as a brooch. His usual messy hair is trimmed and styled backwards across his ears. His beautiful grey eyes are shining brightly.

When his eyes fall upon me, I can see that he is shocked. I giggle softly in response.

Dalton and Cole are standing behind him as groomsmen while Emma and Lara are standing on the other side as bridesmaids.

Holding my dad's hand, I walk through the stairs which leads us to the stage. I continue walking until I reach Elijah. Seeing Elijah, a huge grin appears on my face.

He pulls me in his arms abruptly, making everyone laugh in this hall but I pull myself away from him, leaving him with a frown face.

"You look very beautiful and sexy, Mrs Soon-to-be Veneto." He whispers in my ears as he comes a little closer to me. "Too bad, this gorgeous dress will be ripped in many parts once we enter our room."

"We will see," I say, smirking lightly.

The elder who will be performing the ceremony clears his throat, taking our attention towards him.

"Everyone, We are gathered today to celebrate the union of Elijah Veneto and Avery Bennett. We are all here to support this commitment of love and to share the joy of Elijah and Avery as they choose to spend their lives together. Elijah and Avery, You are committing to learn how to grow alongside one another while remembering to keep an open mind throughout your journey. Your marriage will be a lifelong promise to love, respect, trust and honour each other through the good, the bad and the unexpected. If both of you want to say something to each other, then you can share your thoughts."

"Thank you, Father," Elijah replies, smiling at the elder.

"Avery, The day you arrived in my life you changed everything in my life. The guy inside me who used to love his single life started chasing you. I fell for you in a very short time. I think it was love at first sight. I love how your beautiful blue eyes compel me under their effect so that I can keep looking in your eyes for a whole day or even whole life. I'm also grateful that our baby boy Rafael has got those mesmerizing blue eyes. I may be a little possessive as I really can't tolerate any guy talking, touching or even thinking of you because all of those rights are reserved only for me. So, Avery, I'm so thankful to you that you are my queen and my world. I love you and Rafael more than anything in this world. I promise to be the best husband and father in this whole world."

As his speech ends, tears start streaming across my eyes. That was so fucking amazing speech!

"Avery, do you have anything to say to Elijah?" Elder asks, looking at me. I nod in response.

"Elijah, I don't have that many words to say as your words have already brought me to tears but still I didn't think that the woman who used to despise relationships would fall for anyone and that anyone was you. Thank you for coming into my life and turning my cold and heartless self into a lovable person. Now, look at me. I have become a mother of your child and I'm also about to be your wife. So, I promise to love and cherish you and Rafael throughout my whole life. I love you so much..."

"That was a really beautiful speech from both of you as they were coming right through your hearts," Elder says, smiling at both of us.

"Now, Elijah, do you take Avery to be your wife?"

"I do..."

"Avery, do you take Elijah to be your husband?"

"I do..."

"Having pledged your love and promise to one another today in front of all of your friends and family and by the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride..."

As soon as the elder says to kiss the bride, Elijah pulls me in his arms quickly and presses his lips against me. I also wrap my arms around his neck and kiss him back. Everyone starts cheering for us. Finally, after some moments, we break our kiss.

"Congratulations! Friends and family, it is my honour to introduce to you: Mr and Mrs Veneto."

6 years later...

"Raf, Come and eat your breakfast!" I shout from the kitchen while making Bacon and Spinach Scrambled Eggs with Sheet pan sausage.

Suddenly, two muscular arms wrap around my waist tightly and a big head dips itself in the crook of my neck.

"What is my sexy wife cooking?" He asks while kissing my neck.

"Well, your sexy wife has made Bacon and Spinach Scrambled Eggs with Sheet pan sausage," I say, pushing his chest lightly. "Stop now, you are forgetting that there are kids here."

"But you look so sexy when you make breakfast for our family." He replies, still kissing my neck.

"Momma and Daddy!" A sweet voice snaps Elijah from his flirting as I also push him quickly.

"Daddy, what were you doing?" Our five-year-old daughter, Erica asks, crossing her arms on her chest. That's right, I became pregnant again after a few months of my and Elijah's wedding. Then, we welcomed our sweet pea, Erica into this world. She has gotten Elijah's grey eyes and my black hair while Rafael has gotten my blue eyes and Elijah's brunette hair.

"Paperotto, I was just removing a spider from your momma's neck," Elijah replies, raising his hands in surrender.

"You aren't lying. Right?" She asks, raising her eyebrows.

"Nope!" Elijah says, coming towards Erica.

"Fine. Now, If you are free now, then come and help me in decorating my dollhouse." She says, holding Elijah's hand. Damn... She has gotten her daddy's bossy attitude.

"Erica, where is your brother?" I ask her.

"He is playing Minecraft with his friends online." She says, looking at me. "Dad, let's go now!" Holding Elijah's hand, She leads him to her room.

In these six years, Lara became pregnant again and she gave birth to another baby boy, Liam. On the other hand, Sin is changing his girlfriend like his clothes every day. Emma and Cole, are also married after one year of dating and Emma have given birth to a beautiful baby boy, Juan who is four years old.

So, yeah, Erica is surrounded by only boys as there is no girl in our family or friends circle.

But my son, Rafael, is a big headache for me. He is only six but he is playing teenage online games.

Thinking this, I come out of the kitchen and go inside Rafael's room. When I enter his room, I see that he is playing on his computer, putting on his headphones.

"Yes. Yes. Yes. Kill him!" He yells loudly. "How dare he tried to disobey me!"

"Raf, Log out of your game right now!" I say, raising my voice slightly as I remove his headphones from his ears. "It's breakfast time. So, let's go and eat."

"But mommy... I'm busy killing a guy who disobeyed me." He says, giving me a puppy look on his face. "Please let me play now."

"No. You are only six and you are playing these types of games." I say, scolding him.

"Fine. Let me log out from the game."

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"Daddy, I want to tell you something," Erica says, putting the last bite of food in her mouth.

"What?" Elijah asks curiously.

"I've got a handsome boyfriend."

Hearing this, Elijah nearly chokes on his food. I give him a glass of water and he drinks it quickly.

"What did you say?" Elijah asks again, not believing Erica's words.

"That I've got a boyfriend and his name is Liam." She shrugs.

"Paperotto, We have talked before. Boys have cooties. You should stay away from them and if you want a boyfriend, then you have to wait for fifty years." Elijah says, grinning at Erica.

"But Daddy, I'll be oldie then and no boy will like to be my boyfriend." She replies, rolling her eyes.

"Young lady! You can't roll your eyes at your daddy." Elijah says, frowning a little.

"Then, bye! I'm going to call my boyfriend." Erica says, giggling lightly as she runs towards her room.

"What? Come here! I'm not done with you." Elijah says, following Erica.

Life is full of so many obstacles. When we cross those obstacles, then we get happiness for our whole life. This is what happened to me and Elijah. We had several obstacles but our love made every obstacle easy for us. After crossing those obstacles, Finally, we have gotten our happily ever after.

This is me, Elijah and our beautiful family in this world which will show us new adventures and lessons in our future but, whatever happens, we will always stick together like a happy family.

"Anyone can have a once-upon-a-time or a happily-ever-after, but it's the journey between that makes the story worth telling."

THE END