Hailey POV

"Don't be nervous, they're going to love you babe." Asher says confidently holding onto his daughter as she gives me a big toothy smile.

I smile back and take a deep breath as Asher rings the doorbell of the front door.

My dad and Kate both chuckle behind us as they look at me with humor dancing in their eyes, making me glare back at them, as I rub my sweaty palms onto my dress, again.

I'm meeting his family, but not just his mother and stepdad, his whole family will be here., all of them wanted to see who Asher asked to marry.

After getting engaged, I met his daughter Maria for the first time, who is the cutest little girl I have ever met, she's so adorable and small, like a miniature Asher. I was overwhelmed from meeting her, so much that she walked straight up to me and wrapped her tiny arms around me and said I was pretty.

I was stunned, Asher was overjoyed, I remember the day like it was yesterday, but it's been three months since then, and since then I've moved in with Asher and Maria and every day has been perfect.

After my graduation, things were impossible and crazy for a while, news broke minutes from leaving the university campus, and Asher's proposal was everywhere, even on TV shows and billboards, he had broken the internet as the sexiest man of 2021 to be off the market, the press had tried everything to get a picture of me and him together, for weeks it felt like we couldn't breathe without someone taking a photo of us.

They went as far as to climb the walls of Asher's house, just to get a photo of us, which resulted in them getting arrested, luckily with no photo as Asher had guards placed around the house until it calmed down.

Those first few weeks were magical, we spent most of our time inside and I got to know his daughter, all three of us spent a lot of time together, getting to know one another and staying out of the public eye until it all blew over.

Lucy, Asher's ex-manager had been arrested trying to flee the country, with multiple stolen items Asher had reported stolen from his London penthouse and L.A. home, which she broke into, also with bribery, extortion, and multiple accounts of money laundry and theft schemes, it's safe to say she won't be bothering us for a very long time.

Maria's mother is still in prison, and she will be for fifteen years. After further investigation police had found that Marcia was way more involved in Lucy's dealings than she made out, claiming she had nothing to do with her, but bank records don't lie, neither do video recordings of them meeting weekly to discuss whatever it is was they were conning together.

Asher has full custody of Maria and he is a wonderful father to her, despite the chaos of our engagement announcement, he has been amazing with dealing with everything, he has not once complained or regretted it, he said 'it was the best thing he had ever done and would do it all over again if it meant he had his two favorite girls with him.'

The door opens and there stands a beautiful older woman, who looks beyond happy to see us as we don't get a word in as she comes up to us and wraps her arms around me, bringing me into a crushing hug, knocking the wind out of me.

"Mam, you're crushing her." Asher says humorously as he looks at us with so much love in his eyes.

She pulls back and rolls her eyes, then looks to me then my dad and Kate behind me. "I'm sorry, I'm just so excited, I am so happy you're all here." She says happily.

My dad steps forward with a smile and holds his hand out to shake hers. "James, Hailey's dad, and this here." He puts an arm around Kate. "Is my Kate."

"Nice to meet you." Kate says smiling.

Asher's mom, Millie has not stopped smiling since she opened the door. "Lovely to meet you too, please come in, everyone can't wait to finally meet you, it's been long overdue!" She says opening the door wider and leading us inside.

"Granny!" Maria calls out excited with her arms out to Millie who chuckles at Asher's face which shows betrayal that his daughter prefers her.

She's grandma's girl, obviously, as Millie scoops her out of Asher's hold once we are inside the warm and toasty house that is full of life in the next room, with music playing and people laughing and talking.

Asher puts his hand on my back and leads me through the house, following behind Millie who has her arms wrapped lovingly around Maria. My dad and Kate follow behind us as they admire the lovely house of Millie's, which Asher bought her not long ago, it's out of the city and quieter, the house itself is beautiful, the insides scream homey and I felt instantly comfortable when I stepped inside.

We make it to the living room and all heads snap to our arrival, there are about twenty Reed's in this living room and now making their way towards us happily to introduce themselves. I met his cousins who he has grown up with, his stepdad, David who is like Millie and overjoyed to be meeting me and my dad, and Kate. 

His family is so welcoming and nice, I talked to his aunties and uncles who have told me stories about Asher when he was a baby, and funny stories from when he was a teenager, much to Asher's annoyance as he turned a nice shade of red that complimented his beautiful tan skin.

The night was filled with so much love and laughter that I didn't want the night to end, my dad and Kate left a while ago for the hotel, they had drunk, laughed, and ate a little too much and had gotten tired after the first few hours of dancing and mingling with Asher's family.

My dad has never been better, his health is improving and his condition is improving, with the help of Kate, he now feels much more like the man I remember from growing up, with my mom, he smiles a lot more since he met Kate, and I'm so thankful that he has her, she's a wonderful woman and I already see her as family.

Maria was put to bed in her bedroom in Millie's house two hours ago and now it's just me, Asher, Millie, and his stepdad sitting and talking with a glass of wine, everyone had said their goodbye's twenty minutes ago, leaving us to talk about what's new and the wedding, which was the topic on everyone's tongues tonight.

We had decided to keep it a secret, only our families had known the date, which is in two months, we had decided to have a winter wedding here, in England.

When we talked about where we wanted to get married, there was no question, it had to be here in his home country, where all of his family could attend. I had spoken to my dad and family and talked to them about coming here, flights and hotel paid for, I was happy that they said yes, with politely rejecting me and Asher to pay for them, as they were happy to attend nonetheless.

We're getting married in two months, and I can't wait, everything has been planned out, with my dad walking me down the aisle, to the ceremony, the only thing I don't know is where we are going for our honeymoon, Asher has asked for that to remain a surprise.

To say I'm excited to find out would be an understatement!

"I can't believe it, two months and my baby boy will be a married man!" Millie says with a sequel as she looks between me and Asher sat together.

I laugh and Asher groans as I look at him cheekily and mouth 'Mamma's boy'

"Mam seriously, I'm halfway to forty." He says rolling his eyes, as he puts his arm around me bringing me closer to him.

David snorts laughing behind his glass of wine. "You'll always be that small child who sneaked into our bed, getting married doesn't change that son." He says with a chuckle as his mom nods her head agreeing.

I snort-laugh and poke his side when his ear tips get flustered. 

I see Asher look at his watch and then go to put his glass on the table in front of him. "We should get going, we have a long day tomorrow." He says to his mom.

She frowns but nods her head understanding. "I'm going to miss you two so much, I've loved having you here, I won't see you until the wedding in two months." She says sadly, as we all get up from the sofa.

Asher walks up and hugs his mom grinning and whispering something in her ear, causing her to smile and pat his back whilst nodding. "I love you too." She mumbles out.

He turns back to me and sends me a wink. 

I go up to Millie and David and give them a hug bye and thank them for having us here and for welcoming me into their beautiful family, the same goes for welcoming my family into theirs, and I tell her how much I can't wait to see her in two months.

We both say our byes and get into the car, with Asher in the driver seat, he pulls out of the long driveway and turns the radio on.

"What did you say to your mom?" I ask curiously.

He turns and grins at me before checking the road. "It's a secret."

A secret? 

It must be something special if he doesn't want to tell me, we promised to tell each other everything from now on.

It must have something to do with the wedding. "Mhmm hmm." 

He puts his hand on my thigh. "Two months baby." 

Two months and I will be Mrs. Reed, I can't wait, it's been a long journey but we have made it here together, and life is good, so freaking good. 

I'm marrying the man of my dreams, my superstar, and King of my heart, and soon-to-be daddy to our beautiful child.

We both have our secrets, little does Asher know, but as soon as we get back to our hotel room, I have it all planned out with the help of the hotel staff to tell him the news.

I'm over two months pregnant!

I found out a week ago after I started to feel sick.

I know Asher will be an amazing daddy, he is already so amazing with Maria that I don't doubt he will be anything but fantastic with our own bundle of joy.

Asher had mentioned he wanted more kids, and even has the names picked out, he told me he always wanted a large family ever since he was young, being the only child he wanted siblings, he said the same thing with Maria, saying that she should have younger siblings 'for the greater good' but I know my man better than that.

He's like a child amongst children, he's so good with them and they love him, and I can finally make his dream come true with a large family.

I can't wait to see his face once we enter our hotel room, I'm beyond nervous, excited, and ready to pee myself with all the emotions I feel right now.

Not long after we leave Millie's, we arrive in the hotel parking lot, and Asher parks the car. We walk hand in hand to the hotel and through the lobby to the elevator, ignoring eyes as they watch our every step, even though it's past 12, the hotel staff still get fascinated by having a celebrity in the building.

Not just any celebrity, Asher Reed. Getting married made him even more popular with everyone, especially women who now see him as a challenge, but I trust him completely, and he never looks at any women but me, he's completely respectful with his fans and it's so beautiful to see how he handles it, he's simply amazing and I feel so lucky to have a guy like him.

"This reminds me of Portland.."

I  chuckle and then look around the steel box of doom, he's right, the elevator looks the exact same as the one from the hotel in Portland. "It feels like it only happened yesterday." 

The doors open at our floor and Asher leads me out, with his hand still in mine. "That was the best day of my life, hands down, I would do it all over again if I still get to marry you." Asher says seriously as he gets the keycard to the hotel room from his pocket.

Oh my god, this is it.

The door clicks open and the lights come on, I'm so nervous I can feel my heartbeat in my ears as we step inside, and once we turn the corner to the lounge/bedroom, everything will be real and he will know, I can share what I've been dying to share with him since the day, a week go that I found out.

I follow behind him nervously and once we are at the corner, he pauses in his stop and stares almost frozen at the sight in front of him, when I go to stand next to him, I go into my pocket and hold the baby scan in my hands.

"Wha.. wha." He turns to me, completely shellshocked.

"Baby." He breathes out. "Seriously?

I see tears in his eyes as he looks at me then at my stomach. "You're pregnant?" He asks, his voice cracking.

I nod my head, my own tears beginning to form as I can't hold it in anymore. "We're pregnant!" I give him the photo and he takes it and looks at it like he can't believe what he is holding is real.

He pulls me into his hold and wraps his arms around me and I wrap mine around him as we both laugh through our tears. "Hailey, I-I don't know what to say, this.. this is.. wow, baby, we're pregnant." He says excitedly, as he laughs.

"How long have you known?" He moves back and stares at the photo again, happiness radiating from him as his smile lights up the room.

Swoon. "Not long, last week when I felt sick, I'm over two months."  

He looks at me with wide eyes and nods his head then goes back to the photo. "Beautiful." He whispers, gazing lovingly at the baby scan.

I wipe my eyes and he puts his hand on my stomach and brings me to the bed to sit down and that's when I really see the room, the staff really did help me out here, it looks exactly how I pictured it.

The room has large balloons with the words 'daddy' at the side of the bed, in pink and blue. Then I bought some baby clothes with shoes and had them laid out on the bed, with photos of me and Asher, along with our family.

It was all short notice, but it looks amazing, I will have to thank the staff a thousand times over before we leave for home tomorrow, I'm happy that Asher liked it, he can't stop staring at everything I had planned as he keeps one hand in mine and the other holding the scan photo.

Asher brings his lips to mine and kisses mine softly. "I love you, so much, you keep surprising me, it feels like I'm dreaming." He says huskily, staring into my eyes.

"I love you more." I say back softly, kissing him on his lips.

He grins and shakes his head, staring at me then our baby. "Impossible."