A/N: This story is about to end guys. 100 comments again so that i'll upload the epilogue on Friday:)

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STEPHEN TYLER's POV

I couldn't control the tears that fell from my eyes when I finally laid my eyes on my little princess. This was my first time seeing her in person and my heart was swelling with so much love and happiness.

She was sleeping peacefully in her crib. I crouched down and gently took her hand and touched it. Her little hand was too small compared to mine and it felt so fragile and precious. To my surprise, she stirred and opened her hand. I was expecting for her to wake up but she held onto my thumb in her sleep. An emotional smile occurred my lips.

She looked so small yet so cute while sleeping. I could totally see my resemblance to her and it added to the happiness that I was feeling. I felt so proud because my daughter was so cute and healthy. The precious feeling was unexplainable. I couldn't hold back my tears of joy. They continuously fell. It was a special kind of feeling.

I didn't know that I could feel this kind of happiness before. Yes, I felt so happy when I first saw her on skype but that happiness wasn't complete because sadness, longingness accompanied by frustration and guilt that were eating my entire system back then. I so wanted to be with Kelly and our daughter during that important event in our lives, when she gave birth, but I didn't have the chance to do so.

Now, I'm finally here in front of her and the feeling was so special. My heart was swelling with so much joy.

"She looks like me" I said in a voice a little bit above whisper while still touching her hand.

"Yes, honey. She looks a lot like you" Kelly agreed with a smile. I gently kissed our daughter's forehead before I stood up straight, letting go of her hand in the process even though I didn't want to.

"I badly want to hold her in my arms but it can wait. I don't want to disturb her sleep" I felt Kelly hug me from the side and then planted a kiss on my shoulder.

"She's a little bit of a cry baby when her sleep gets interrupted but when I hold her in my arms, she stops crying" her voice was full of motherly love while saying that with a smile. I wrapped my arm around her waist and then kissed the top of her head.

"I'm sorry for all those times that I wasn't around, xuxu, especially when you gave birth to Stephanie Jane. You don't know how much I've been regretting that I couldn't make it home. I've been longing to see the both of you for the longest time and it was so hard not to blame myself because of my carelessness" I voiced out with a guilty voice. I wanted to kick myself because I wasn't there for her during those times that she needed my support the most.

Thankfully, her family was there for her and didn't leave her alone. They assisted her until she finally gave birth.

Her father was so mad at me because I couldn't come home for their daughter. I received a tongue-lashing from him the last time he spoke to me on the phone. They wanted me to come home to Kelly when they discovered that she was pregnant but the condition of Syril that time was still not good.

Much as I wanted to go home for the meantime for Kelly, Joaquin and his father asked me to stay because they couldn't just perform anything to Syril without the consent of a relative.

They said that my support and presence as a brother might help Syril to recover. During that time, Syril looked hopeless. He was just lying on the bed like a lifeless person, staring into nothingness and couldn't even utter a single word.

Much as I wanted to go home and be with Kelly while she was pregnant, I didn't have the heart to leave my brother and let other people take care of him. I talked to Kelly about it and she understood my situation. She cried but she told me that she could make it even without me by her side. Seeing her cry that time made me feel like a bad fiancé.

I begged her for her forgiveness. It was so hard back then. At the end of our conversation, we agreed for me to go home to the USA before she gives birth and when Syril finally recovers his full health.

I willingly received and accepted all the hurtful words that Kelly's dad spat at me. I knew that he was just angry because he felt like I didn't care about their daughter. I couldn't do anything other than say a lot of sorry back then. I felt so embarrassed with myself.

"Much as I wanted to get mad at you for not being here for me during that time, I couldn't because I knew that you didn't like what happened. Nobody wanted that to happen. You got into an accident and it wasn't your fault" I couldn't help but to sigh in relief when I heard her answer.

Even though it wasn't my intention to not come home that time, that accident happened because of how reckless I was. I let myself got drowned with my problem which caused me to lose focus.

Three months ago, a day before my scheduled flight to go home to the USA, I tried to have a talk with Syril again to sort things out between us and explain my side; to make him understand everything but he didn't listen to me. He just ignored me like before as if I was just an air that he couldn't see.

I wanted to have a proper talk with him before I would go home to Kelly because I wanted everything to be sorted out first so that Kelly and I would have a peace of mind. I wanted everyone of us to move on and start anew but Syril wasn't ready to hear any reasons.

I knew how much he was hurting even though he wasn't saying anything. I could see and feel it but I wanted to make him understand that he and Kelly could never get back together anymore. I wanted to let him know about the pregnancy of Kelly back then but he never gave me the chance to talk to him.

My heart ached badly because of how Syril treated me that was why I've decided to go out to breathe some fresh air and to think while at it. But I wished that I didn't go out that time because I got into an accident.

There was a motorcycle on the other lane of the road. The rider didn't notice me coming from the opposite lane and he tried to overtake the car in front of him. He almost collided to my car but because I quickly avoided him by turning the steering wheel to the right, he got spared. But because of what I did, I lost control that my car collided to the tree at the side of the road.

Everything happened so fast.

I quickly lost consciousness because of the impact. The air bag didn't launch on time for an unknown reason.

Because of what happened, I had to stay in the hospital for almost a month. Kelly gave birth to our daughter three days after the accident and even though I wanted to get out of the hospital badly, the doctor didn't give me the go signal because of the condition that I was in.

I felt so frustrated and mad at myself but I couldn't do anything other than to cry while thinking of Kelly and our daughter.

I looked at her beautiful face lovingly.

I'm really so lucky to have a wonderful and understanding woman like her in my life. I couldn't ask for more. I put a finger under her chin and then made her look at me. Our eyes met.

"Please forgive me for all my shortcomings, xuxu. I know that no matter what I say, I can't take back what already happened but I'll do everything to make it up to you. I'm here now and I promise that from now on, you and our princess are my priority. I love you so much" her eyes shone with happiness.

She clung her arms around my neck as her lips stretched with a sweet smile.

"I love you too, honey. Let's forget about all those sad things and start all over again together with our little one here. The important thing is you're finally here with us"

"Thank you, xuxu. Thank you so much" I pulled her for a tight embrace. I could feel the happiness in our hearts. I pulled away a little bit from her and then cupped her face. We stared into each other's eyes full of love for a second or two before our lips met for a kiss that was full of passion, love and longing.

We both groaned the moment our lips finally touched. We already kissed a while ago but it still felt like we haven't kissed for so long. It still felt like this was our first kiss after a long time of not seeing each other.

I couldn't help myself anymore. My hands began exploring around her soft body while we were kissing passionately.

"I've missed you so much. It's been so long" I whispered to her ear before my kisses descended to her neck.

"Oh...I've missed you so much too honey" she purred back with her eyes close. She was biting her lower lip seductively. My body burned with blazing desire and need. Our breathings were already ragged. Her hands began caressing my back as well.

I was about to capture her lips for another kiss when our little one's cry suddenly echoed inside the room. We abruptly pulled away from each other.

Kelly quickly attended to our daughter and took her from her crib.

"Shhh...that's enough, sweetheart. Mommy is here" she cooed as she held her onto her arms but our daughter didn't stop crying. Kelly sat on the bed.

"Are you hungry now, sweetheart? Our baby's hungry, huh?" her sweet voice was music to my ears. She opened her blouse and then brought her breast out and let our daughter latched on it. Her cries instantly stopped as she began sucking for milk.

Kelly chuckled softly and then kissed our little one's forehead.

"Such a cry baby when she's hungry" I smiled.

I couldn't explain what I was feeling while watching them like that. All I knew was my heart was overflowing with love for them.

I sat beside Kelly while watching her breastfeed our daughter in awe.

"Hi, my little princess. It's nice to meet you. Daddy's here" I talked to her. To my surprise, her cute eyes went to me before a smile occurred her lips. She even let go of her mother's nipple just to give me that cute smile before she latched back on it again. My heart jumped for joy.

I didn't expect that. I kissed her forehead lovingly and then held her small hand.

"She likes you" Kelly uttered, teary-eyed. My eyes watered as well while nodding my head.

"Of course. She's my daughter. Am I right, princess?" I talked to her. She smiled again. It was so magical to see my daughter smile at me like that.

I took out the thing that I have been wanting to give our daughter for months now from inside my pocket.

It was a necklace that I made for her while I was in Germany. The pendant of the necklace has SJ engraved on it. It was her initials.

"Wow. You made that for her, honey?" Kelly asked with amazement while staring at the beautiful necklace. I smiled at her proudly.

"Yes, xuxu. I made this especially for our little princess here" I carefully put the necklace around her neck.

"It actually suits her"

"Of course, it does" I answered as I touched its pendant. I made that necklace while thinking about my daughter even though she wasn't born yet that time.

"Thank you for giving birth to our little princess, xuxu. She's so precious. I feel like I fell in love with her at first sight" I chuckled softly upon saying that. I've never thought myself saying those kinds of things but it felt so natural for me to say that. It was the truth.

"Yes. She's so precious. I actually felt that way too when I first saw her. I'm glad that she came into our lives because she made me complete. She made our lives complete"

"You're right, xuxu" I kissed Kelly's cheek and then wrapped my arms around them as if protecting them from any harm. We both watched our little one while being breastfed until she finally let go of her mother's nipple.

Kelly made her burp after that.

"Can I hold her, xuxu?" I asked excitedly when our daughter finally burped. Kelly smiled at me.

"Of course, honey. I know that you've been dying to hold her since a while ago" she carefully gave our daughter to me.

The moment I held her onto my arms, I suddenly got scared that I might drop her so I sat on the bed. It was my first time to hold a baby in my arms and the feeling was unexplainable especially that the child I was holding was my own flesh and blood.

My eyes brimmed with tears again.

"You're being a crybaby as well, honey" Kelly teased me but I just laughed.

"I can't help it. I am so happy right now" I said while staring at our daughter in my arms. It was Kelly's turn to hug me from the side.

"Now that daddy is here, I'll fulfil my promise to your mommy, baby" I said tenderly.

"What do you mean by that, honey?" I looked at her lovingly.

"You already know what it is, xuxu" her eyebrows creased before a sweet smile curved her lips. Instead of commenting about it, she closed the distance of our faces and then kissed me on the lips. That moment, I felt complete. Finally, the happiness that I've been longing to have with the woman I love was finally within my grasp.

Later that day, I talked to Kelly's mother and her grandparents and asked for their forgiveness because I felt like I neglected Kelly for a long time. I wanted to talk to Kelly's father as well but apparently, he wasn't around because he went home to Colorado.

Fortunately, they were understanding enough and forgave me.

"Just make sure to focus on Kelly and your daughter this time because we will take them away from you if you hurt them" Kelly's grandpa said with a warning.

We were currently in the living room.

"Everything is finally okay now Mr. Knight and this time, my priority is solely them" I kissed Kelly's temple and then planted a soft kiss on our daughter's forehead. Kelly giggled with obvious happiness. She was holding our daughter in her arms.

"Just make them happy and protect them from any harm, that's all I ask from you" Kelly's mom finally spoke.

"I agree. Kelly is our only grandchild that's why we love her so much. Now we also have Stephanie Jane. Love them just like we cherished and loved them" It was Kelly's grandma. I nodded my head.

"Yes, ma'am. I promise to do that" I answered full of honesty.

"Anyway, let's go to the dining room" Kelly's grandpa announced.

"Go ahead on ahead of me. I'll just go take something in the car" I informed them.

"What is it?" Kelly asked curiously. I pecked her lips instead of answering and then winked at her.

"Just wait and see, xuxu" she rolled her eyes but she smiled after that.

"Fine" I quickly went out of the house and then went to the car.

"Paul, you can go home now. It's getting late. I know that your family is waiting for you. Use this" I gave him money for the taxi. He thanked me and then hailed a taxi. After he left, I took the thing that I instructed Paul to buy before picking me up at the airport from the backseat. Then I opened the small compartment at the front and took the small box from there. I smiled and then locked the door.

I went back inside the house. I suddenly felt my heart pounding because of sudden nervousness. I knew it was silly for me to feel that way but I couldn't help it. What if she wasn't ready yet?

I mentally shook my head and then brushed that thought away.

Upon arriving at the dining room, all of their attention went to me.

"Oh, my" it was Kelly's grandma when she saw me. She stood up.

"Give Jane to me, sweetie. I think something is about to happen" she said while giggling like a teenager before she took our daughter from Kelly.

I saw the whole place was decorated and the table was full of delicious meal. Everything was perfect. Kelly's family is here as well. The timing was just right.

"Xuxu, this is for you" I gave her the bouquet of flowers.

"Happy anniversary. Sorry that I couldn't greet you right away because of all the drama" I scratched the back of my head upon saying that.

"Aw. I thought you already forgot" she stood up with watery eyes.

"Of course, I haven't. You're too important for me to forget" we kissed lovingly before I pulled away from her and faced her family. They were watching us with smile on their faces. Our little one was giggling as if she could understand what was happening around her.

I looked at Kelly's mom and her grandparents.

"Sir, ma'am, I love Kelly so much. Please let me have her forever by giving me your blessing of marrying her" I heard Kelly gasped. The three looked at each other before they smiled at me.

"Welcome to the family, Tyler" Kelly's mother said.

"Thank you, ma'am"

"Call me mom" I nodded my head with so much happiness.

"Thank you...mom" then I faced Kelly. She was already crying. I slowly knelt on my knee while our gaze never broke.

"This is it, xuxu. I am ready to fulfill my promise. I am more than ready. I hope you feel the same way as well" I took her hand and then then opened the little red velvet box that I was holding. The beautiful ring shone.

"Ms. Kelly Jane Knight, will you marry me?" I uttered the last sentence with all the emotions that I was feeling while holding my breath the entire time, feeling scared that she might say no.

Tears fell from her eyes. Then she nodded her head vigorously.

"Yes, I'm ready, honey. I'll marry you"

"Yes!" I shouted with so much joy. I put the ring on her finger. I noticed that she was still wearing the first ring that I gave her when I proposed to her the first time more than a year ago. I smiled inwardly.

"Thank you, xuxu. You made me so happy"

I stood up and then hoisted her up in the air. She squealed while giggling. She cupped my face and then we kissed passionately.

"Thank you, xuxu. I love you so much" I said when I put her down on her feet. Our eyes were shining with total happiness.

"I love you so much too, honey" she answered before we kissed again. Our hearts were singing words of love.

This is it. The beginning of the new chapter in our lives was about to begin. I couldn't believe that I could be this happy. After all the things that we've been through, we still managed to get through it all.

After that emotional scene, we all ate together and celebrated that special day.

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