~ Jordan's POV ~

"Just give me five minutes, we'll be down soon." Adrian nodded and let out a tired yawn before kissing my forehead and leaving our dimly lit bedroom.

"You're a fussy little baby aren't you?" She let out a small cry and turned her face away from me indicating she didn't want to feed anymore. "Okay baby, but I'm sure you'll be hungry again in a few minutes."

I did up my blouse while expertly holding her in one arm, something I'd mastered after having my third baby. I slowly stood to my feet trying not to aggravate my body anymore than it had been in the last few days.

I slowly made my way downstairs through Adrian and I's house down to the living room. It's the same house we've lived in over the last few years in Milan, my most favourite place ever. "Are you ready to meet your family baby girl?" Of course my new born didn't respond, or make a face. She just closed her eyes and did that cute things baby's do with their mouth when they lick their lips.

I stepped through the door causing all the chatter in the room to seize instantly. "Hey guys." Adrian came and stood next to me, his eyes trained on our baby girl in my arms. "I'd like you all to meet baby Caterina."

I glanced up at Carlotta, Matteo and Angelo sitting on the couch watching the small baby in my arms with so much love and happiness in their eyes. Carlotta instantly shot up and came over to me. "She's so beautiful Jordan." She gave me a side hug trying not to get her baby bump in the way.

"Here." I gently passed her over to Carlotta who couldn't take her eyes away from the newborn baby. Angelo and Matteo came over to give me a hug and say congratulations to Adrian and I. It was the first time they'd seen the baby since none of them were in Milan the day we unexpectedly had Caterina. I was actually two weeks early so absolutely no one was ready, especially me.

Thankfully Adrian's mom was only half an hour away so she was able to come and look after Leo and Mario, our second son. They were only 5 and 3 so they definitely couldn't be left alone. If you're wondering, Adrian did make up with his parents in the end. When they found out about Mia they came over and it was all quite emotional. Adrian's father completely broke down and begged Adrian to forgive him, which obviously he did. Adrian loved his father.

"Matteo where's Sarah?" Adrian let out a scoff and took a seat on the couch while Matteo rolled his eyes. "I don't give a damn about that bitch." My eyes widened and so did Matteo's once he realised what just happened. "Oh fu-"

"Matteo!" He shook his head and looked at me with wide eyes. "F***, oh! F***, no sorry Jordan." I heard Adrian chuckling to himself while watching Matteo struggling to get his mouth under control. "You promised Matteo! You only lasted about 5 minutes with this one."

"I'm sorry Jordan, I can't help it. I won't swear around your children again I promise."

"Mama is Uncle Matty lying again?" I giggled at Leo's entrance which caught everyone's attention in the room. "Of course he is baby." I heard Matteo mumble to himself and run after Leo who quickly ran away.

"Mama." I smiled at Mario who was tugging on my pants trying to get my attention. "Yes baby?"

"Hello." I couldn't hold back the chuckle that escaped my lips at the serious look on my three year old boys face. "Hello." I kissed his forehead before going to sit next to Adrian.

"Grace texted, they're coming next week." Adrian rolled his eyes but nodded anyway. He really hates my family. After the way they treated me he never forgave them- he said no one should treat his wife that way. But I know he doesn't mind them secretly, especially Riley. Once they got past that mutual hate for each other they actually had a lot in common. I haven't spoken to either of my parents since my trip to London. It's just how it ended up I suppose. I miss them a lot, but I suppose I get the motherly love I need from Adrian's mom so it's not as hard as it could have been to live without my parents.

As for Kaito, we rarely see him. He's come over a few times when he's been in Milan. There's no hard feelings between us and he knows we're always here for him if he needs us. Especially Adrian, although they hardly see each other, they have a special bond. Something I never thought would happen.

Carlotta is expecting her first baby with Angelo, she married him last summer - after a hard time convincing Matteo and Adrian to let him propose to Carlotta in the first place. They're honestly the cutest couple ever.

Matteo, he's single again. I'm assuming this since nobody had a nice word to say about Sarah who was his latest girlfriend. It's okay though, he's almost the same age Adrian was when we first met. Maybe he'll find someone soon, and whoever it is, she's a lucky girl. Matteo and I still have that brother sister relationship, I love him so much. But he annoys the hell out of me.

But obviously I wouldn't have any of this any other way.

"Carlotta ridammi mia figlia." (Carlotta give me my daughter back.) Carlotta rolled her eyes before handing Caterina over to Adrian. He's already super protective of her, it's only been two days and he doesn't let anyone hold her for more than 5 minutes apart from me.

"She looks like you." I glanced over at Adrian who was tiredly staring at Caterina who seemed to be falling asleep. The night at the hospital and the night feeds over the last few days have really tired Adrian out. Even though he didn't have to give birth or feed the baby. But I'll be nice and pretend it's almost similar to what I've had to go through.

"She looks more like you Adrian. She has your nose." He rolled his eyes and kissed her forehead before leaning back against the couch. "You say that about all our kids."

"That's because they all have our genes Adrian." He attempted to raise an eyebrow at me but instead his eyes just started to droop. I leaned over and kissed his cheek before taking Caterina from his arms. "Get some sleep baby, we'll have dinner soon."

He sleepily nodded and slowly let the sleep take over.

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"Babe."

"Baby."

"Tesoro."

"Jordan."

I rolled my eyes and turned over to face Adrian who had just come home from dropping Matteo to the airport. He had to fly to some other Italian city this evening but wanted to come and meet Caterina first. Of course he also brought her a million presents, he does that for all our children every single time he comes over to see us. Most of the toys in this house are from him.

"Are you sleeping?" He had a teasing smirk on his face obviously knowing I wasn't asleep. "No Adrian. I just managed to get Cat to sleep. She's definitely got your lungs Adrian, that girl could scream the house down." Adrian chuckled at this and glanced over at our baby sleeping in the basket by our bed with so much love and pride it made my heart warm.

"Get some sleep then baby, I just wanted to check if you were feeling okay." I gave him a small smile and nodded. "I'm okay, the pain isn't as bad today. I love you."

"I love you too tesoro." He kissed my cheek before leaning down towards me to whisper in my ear. "I think you need to recover a bit faster because I can't wait to-"

"There's a baby in this room Adrian, don't finish that sentence."

"She can't understand me." He shook his and glanced over at our sleeping daughter. "She's asleep anyway."

"Adrian." He sighed but nodded and kissed my lips one more time. "Fine. I love you."

He got off the bed to go and get ready for bed, but not before turning the light off so I could fall asleep easier. A few minutes later I felt the bed dip next to me and Adrian wrapped his arms around me. I snuggled into his chest and let out a content sigh.

Life couldn't have been any better for us. Obviously we still argue as much as we did the day we met, this time over things like who was going to look after the kids or who was responsible for cleaning up their mess. But we're still just as in love as we were all those years ago.

Adrian was the best thing that ever happened to me, no matter how many hard times we've been through together, nothing could outweigh the moments like this that we had together. Just us cuddled up in bed with our children all safe and sound asleep in our house.

Everything was perfect, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

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