Cheryl POV

Six weeks before the due date my mom and Sharon decide to host the baby shower since the two women ended up bonding too well you'd say they've known each other since toddler stage.

With Mal, Hannah, Steph, Victoria and her sister Josephine I didn't had to worry about my outfit, only no matter how much I wanted quiet, Finn's men were surrounding the lake house since Denny and Blake's engineers are done with the construction of the crazy big mansion on the excessive landscape, the two men claimed we would need it because the wooden house is tiny to start a family and even more tiny for Finn's income.

Even though half and the quarter men looking out for Finn are staying in Chicago house, it is always busy around here, not like the quiet it was when I first came with Finn.

And since the baby shower is being taken care of by our parent and friends, Finn and I spend most of the time cuddling on bed, missing the Christmas dinner and most of everything about the holidays until my dad reported our lazy behavior to doctor Kimberly and she spend a good hour throwing a fit, instructing Finn to make sure we stroll around for some specific time every day.

Did I mention Finn and I had refused to check the baby gender? We wanted that to be a surprise and also we had deferred our classes until next year.

Life was more than great it was perfect, everyone I love were usually around even though I am not in my due month yet.

A little rewind back-I'm still not over Liam and Steph's reaction when they first saw Finn after my stepfather and doctor Kimberly brought him to me. It was hysterical yet funny for the two literally ran out through the confined doorway at first, it took minutes of convincing before they agree to touching Finn. Denny later explained to them how Finn survived and how he had been with my family, though Liam wasn't so happy about it but he was grateful he got his friend back.

Talking about me; when I first sight Finn coming out from the Lexus, I took all risk and scurry into his arms, fearless.
I think my stepfather and doctor Kimberly had to come back the next day because Finn and I were more concerned about each other for us to worry about their present.
We spent the day making love, snuggling on the soft bed that for once in all the night I slept on it I was able to felt it comfort.
Finn narrated everything to me that night while I weep the whole time. He stayed all night connecting with my baby bump, which I found so funny yet beautiful.

When I found out Denny and Sharon knew about Finn wellness I was disappointed at them but they apologized for letting me grief without pulling me out of the darkness with a special pasta recipe and I couldn't even be mad at them for so long, it was something parents does sometimes so I easily understood their reason and forgave them. Even though those two used to loath me, I realized they did it to keep Finn safe, I don't blame them for that, I am glad Finn had them in his life and now I am grateful we have them in ours, they are family.

***

"Wow who knows women like your mother and Finn's could have such decoration taste." Josephine says and we all giggle.

"I can't even imagine." I reply.

It is two days after Christmas when our parent host the baby shower ceremony and no matter how much I wanted an outdoor event the weather was too harsh to get my wish granted. Luckily our practical castle behind the lake house is intact only we haven't started furnishing, Finn wanted me to choose everything I like instead of calling the furnishing company.

For that, the event is held in the spacious warm building and the decoration is one to watch in awe, everywhere is screaming flowers and balloons. The table filled with various of food and snacks hath been calling me without mercy, but unfortunately the five girls around me wouldn't let me take a step closer to the area. It's more like Kimberly's order to Finn and Finn's order to everyone.

I think what makes the baby shower even more interesting is the fact that it is hanging between Christmas and new year's spirit. Even with the baby shower decorations and everything, the holiday ornamented fire place was heating and the huge Christmas tree that Potter and his family helped us beautify was glowing, making the event even more cozy.

Everyone looked good with the diaper pin on their dresses, it was among the rules of the "don't say baby" game Victoria invented for the day. Well Finn and I had already lost our pins to Steph since we couldn't shut up about our baby.

Later, we both are parted to different angle in the house to answer some questions written up by the guests, our replies has to be a secret so Finn and I wouldn't know each other answers until it's time for the grand revelation, which was now.

"Were you ever expecting having a baby when you found out?" Sharon ask. I was seating next to Finn with our fingers laced.

Liam has Finn's answers and Hannah has mine as everyone gather around to get the answers to their questions.

"Give it to me, you just say the word." Steph stand up and hastily grab Sharon diaper pin and she frown at her, making every to burst into laughter.

Liam clears his throat to get everyone's attention and begin. "Okay here goes Finn's answer.... Yes! We had a lot of unprotected sex what do you expect Cheryl?"

Laughter and applauding fills the atmosphere.
"Whoa."

"What man."

"Omg, he's hot and he knows it." Mal chuckled in my shoulder, I am red enough that shielding my face is the only option. So much for having a confidential boyfriend.

"Alright, calm down everyone." Hannah calls. "And Cheryl answer is..... No."

"Trouble in paradise." Maggie wink.

"Excuse you?" Finn frown at me.

"What?" I bite my inner cheeks to stop me from laughing at his hanging reaction.

"Kk, the next question is. Do you want a girl or a boy?" Sharon says and sip a drink from her glass cup like she knows the answers are going to be tea.

"Interesting." Mal and Josephine sings and I couldn't hold the giggle at the excited girl.

"A beautiful mini Cheryl." Liam answers and everyone goes 'awe awww' , instantly making me to blush.

Smiling to the paper in her hand, Hannah started. "A bouncing baby boy, I'd name Eric." Suddenly the room was quiet.

That got Finn to tilt around with his eyes narrowed and his lips parted. "You want a boy because you want to name him after my dad?" He ask with confusion on his face though his eyes are glossy when I nod.

He stare at me for a while and grab my hand in his. "I love you." He smile and kiss my hand but I caught a teardrop from his eye.

He has no idea I'd do anything for him, he is my world and I am grateful that we are in this together.

I cup his cheek with my free hand. "I love you."

When we realize all attentions are fix on us-I embarrassedly plead Sharon to continue and she shoot me a warm smile.
"Where were you when you heard the news?"

"Eureka Springs." Liam and Hannah unison before ending up laughing at themselves.

When Liam first brought his girlfriend to meet me after Finn returned, Steph had told me about how much he had spent two years crushing on Hannah until Finn's disappearance pushed him to the surface of loneliness or rather braveness. In all honesty I admire them a lot, they're deeply in love even though Liam still goes through the nervous process every time he's around Hannah.

The game continue and I learn Finn wants our 'daughter' to his prediction to become a soccer player.

"What? That's odd." I grimace and roll my eyes at him.

"What's wrong with that?" He argue, pouting.

"Then just give up and accept the fact you need a baby boy." I shoot him a mischievous grin.

"No, you don't understand, I think you have a great model-athlete body, Rose would need it."

My eyes narrowed. "Finn?"

"What? I don't know how to describe your hotness, I'm sorry." He shrugged beside me.

"I have a baby bump belly, so much for the word hotness." I remind him.

"You have no idea how much pregnancy suits you, we're gonna do it again after Rose." Finn grin and wiggle his eyes.

"You're too optimistic." I deliberately scrunched my face up.

"It's a good thing isn't it?" He smiled softly.

"Aha." I giggle.

We later open the gifts by the fire place, the moment is priceless as each box handed to me to open keeps making me emotional but thankful; Finn was by my side, he provided me a shoulder to lean on and it is what I could ever ask for.

When Samuel and Justin gave us a giant box that says on the tag "Uncle Samuel and Justin." I grinned widely and rip off the wrapping decorations until a box of toy train is reveal.

Wow.

Finn smirk at his men. "Bro a train? Told you it's a she."

"I told you girls doesn't play with trains." Justin fires to his partner.

"Oh my bad, but I'm on team boy. So we could play football around the yard." Samuel wiggle his brows as me and I give him a thumbs up for the support.

"What?" Finn begin until my warning glance sealed his mouth.

Mariah brought bunches of teddies on behave of the kids from the orphanage, it melts my heart. Not that she's completely cool with me but she loves Finn so his return helped reduced the tension between us.

Well for my dad, that man had always visited us along with baby stuffs and even right now that didn't stop him from providing a mountain of gifts for the baby, Sharon and my mom's gift was the overall, those two women took the expenses of decorating the baby's bedroom in our new two story mansion.

Honestly I lie if I told you I am not grateful of this year. Granted! It started with murders, I was kidnapped and hurts in different ways but I would do it again if it means seating around here with this lovely family surrounding me with protection and love, I would do it again to get to here, in the arms of the love of my life while we open boxes of baby gifts, our baby gifts.

***

"You can do it, just a little more." Finn encourages whilst he checks below every two seconds.

"One more push. Okay?" The nurse says, softly dabbing my sweaty forehead with a napkin.

It is end of January when my water broke and we realize it's two weeks earlier and doctor Kimberly wasn't in Bolingbrook.

Justin and Samuel drove Finn and I to the hospital, even right now in my labor stage that I figure it wasn't as painful and scary that I spent months fearing for; my subconscious was reminding me to get a female housemaid, I would need a woman in a house filled with men in suit and wires around their ears for my child's comfort.

Okay back to the pain, when I said it wasn't bad as I expected I didn't mean it was easy since I'm actually crying albeit it has to do with Finn's words and demeanor, the pain is six or seven of ten if you'd ask me to rate but honestly I sometimes get dramatic when people shows too much sympathy and affection for me whenever I am hurting.

"Come on love, just one more push and it's done." Finn kissed my tears away.

He looks like he was about to faint out of fear and terror, he was nervous to the max. The way his eyes bulge out and he's breathing speed up you'd say he was the person in labor.

The main reason I love Finn is beyond defining but him caring for me like his life depend on it is surely among the reason.

He wasn't perfect but he was trying and that made he special. I love him with all my heart so I forced myself and give him what he asked for.

I pushed harder until my waist felt free and the pain that tends to be stronger was no more and the sound of my heavy breathing was overpowered by a sharp tiny sobs, that is our baby.

Finn let out a surprised yet elated laugh at me and lean over to kiss my almost shriveled lips.

"You did it, Cheryl. You did it." He whisper and I bring my hand to his jaw, smiling to his excitement.

"Here's your beautiful daughter." The doctor announce and the nurse handed the mini combination of Finn and I wrapped in swaddling clothes.

Okay I giggle, I literally giggle out of happiness when I witnessed Finn's reaction. He took a step backwards and has his hands over his mouth as he watch the two of us with his eyes glistening with tears.

"Come babe, Rose wanna say hello to her daddy." I flash him an assuring smile.

I am so happy we welcomed our daughter to the world but I am so much happy for Finn's getting a daughter as he always wanted.

I don't know his main reason but I know a daughter means a lot to him and I'm sure the beautiful little girl breathing in my arms have the answer to that since I still didn't buy the respond he kept trying to sell about wanting a mini me.

I held out my other hand for Finn to join us and it take a second for him to clasp my hand and take forward steps.

"Look she just yawn." He muttered softly.

"No... I missed it." I pout.

"She's gonna do it again, she's gonna do it often, people yawn all the time, I mean when it's time to yawn." I laugh at his long nervous explanation.

"I get it Finn, look she has your lips." I glance over to him and he shook his head.

"No I think she has yours." He oppose.

"I don't think is easy to figure the maternal and paternal inheritance minutes after her birth but I am sure we would find out soon." I tell Finn and he agreed with a nod, never taking his eyes off of Rose.

"You wanna hold her?" I suggest.

"No she's... she's too tiny, can we Uhm. Maybe later or tomorrow?" He is too cute that I couldn't hold my smile.

Finn had always brag about holding Rose the seconds she's born but he's suddenly liquid right now-he could only touch her tiny hands and toes.

"Thank you." He added and I look to him.

"For what?"

"For giving me a life when I had none." He frown and look down to my shoulder. "Do you remember when I told you I had no regret?" He ask and I nod confuse of why we are discussing this right now.

"I never did... but right now I'd regret coming to earth if you reject marrying me." He appended and I smile small and waited for him to continue until the words reversed back in my head and seeped in my whole sense.

He didn't just asked me to marry him, my pupil dilated and I watch Finn like he's a ghost.

"Cheryl?" His tone is stressed with concern. "You okay?"

I have to force my body to reactivate. "Yes I am."

He swallowed nervously and look away from me. "Will you mar..."

"Yes Finn, yes I would marry you." I interrupted him with tears flowing down my cheeks.

His lips spread to a smile and he took my free hand in his. "Although I don't have the ring, we need to go shopping for it soon." He explain, making me smile again.

I take a minute to study the man that made everything possible, he was my ruthless kidnapper and now the soul that makes me whole. "I love you." I told him and he inclined forward until our mouths were attach.

"I love you Cheryl Mason." He whisper to my lips. "I take back my wish, hell I am grateful things happened the way they did, I don't want anything to be different." He shakes his head against mine. "I'm grateful the universe leaded me to you, to the two of you." He kissed my forehead and we both giggle when Rose yawn-interrupting our moment.

"We'll get that a lot."

"Yes, yes! But you are getting a nanny because I mean it when I say I won't share you with anyone." He commands.

"Glad to know you're back to being bossy." I sarcastically say, rolling my eyes even though I like the idea of having a nanny.

"It feels amazing to be back on track." He smirk and I shook my head.

//thanks for reading my book. I hope you've enjoyed it. Love you all so much, I appreciate the love and support you gave. -Han