AN: Once again I have updated the last chapter to make the floor plan of the house make more sense. I used this site (https://professional-fangirl-us.tumblr.com/post/162289299316/so-i-think-i-found-the-inspiration-for-marinettes) to find out how Maris house was laid out. 

The news went out 12 hours ago. And he had been called to his father's hospital room. A year ago he would have been nervous but now he was confident. His father held nothing over him anymore. He had the company and he and Mari were paying off the first home, and Tom and Sabine owned the house his mother wanted. His father held nothing over him. 

"Son, what have you done!" sure his dad was a much smaller looking man now, he still could fill a room with his anger. 

"I did what was best for the company father." He refused to back down. 

"BUY SELLING IT?!" His father yelled.

"No, buy partnering with my cousin and giving him more of a leadership role. I have other things on my plate that need more of my attention. Felix and Bridget aren't working in the same field, whereas Mari and I do. It makes raising families easier, and I want to model. I miss modelling so much.  And Mari hates designing for the company. It limits her style, so we are moving on, and she has no idea, she been gone for three days and I've made these changes without her." 

His father had no words. He couldn't come up with a thing to say.

"Look, father, I love you, but I hate your company. I never wanted to run it, I wanted to make you proud and I won't to that doing something I hate." Adrien stood tall. "Marinette wants to build her own brand just like you, but she doesn't want to it on your dime. And I want to model and help her run her business. Felix wants to do what you do, you just never got to know him. So let him do what I can't. I'm not leaving the company, I'm just changing my role. And you can just deal with it." Adrien walked out. 

He sat on the main floor of the hospital, waiting for Natalie to come and scold him. She did come running after him, "Adrien, please come back. Your father wants to talk to you."

"Natalie, please, save me the lecture. I did what was best for me and the company." 

Natalie sighed and put her arm around Adrien, "You did. And Adrien I am proud of you. And I will talk your father down. I should have been doing that all along. I let my love for your father blinded me to the unfair treatment of you." 

"Thanks. But I have work to get back to. Mari gets home just a little of two weeks and I have a lot to get down before then." 

Adrien wasn't kidding when he said he had a lot of work to do, They had four spaces and threes to them. However, the main floor and top floor had little to do. It was the do middle floors that would require the most work. 

So the first week would have the constitution and design crews divided into the main floor and the top floor. then the next two weeks the whole crew would cover each one of the floors. The renovations went relatively smoothly. Adrien was able to work on some paperwork done and help each get some stuff moving for A&G Industries. He hadn't seen his father yet, the renos took a lot of his attention, and he wanted to wait until Mari was back to see his father. He excitedly waited with Tom for their wives to walk out for the airport gate. 

Mari and her mom sat on the plane waiting to be allowed to leave. Mari had several reasons to want to see her husband. She had news to share with him, news that was, fortunately, was still easy to hide. Her mom had taken her to a doctor in China and they had been right in their suppositions. She couldn't wait to share that news. But she also wanted to know what he'd been up to while she was gone. He wouldn't tell her anything. He did give her details about the agreement with Felix. She wondered what he would fill his time with now? Would he be that busy modelling? 

Finally, they were allowed to leave the plane Mari and Sabine rushed to find their husbands. Both jumped into their arms. Sharing in big over the top kisses. The swapping and hugging the other. 

 "I am happy to have both my girls back!" Tom bellowed pulling both women in close to him. "Adrien and I have pizza ordered for later tonight. However, we both have surprises for you. So let's go our separate ways then we will hear about your trip when you two get to our new home." Tom smiled at Adrien and Mari knowing. He had got to see what Adrien had been up to and was looking forward to hearing all about it from Mari's perspective. 

"Yes, Mari and I have some fun trip stories too." Sabine winked at Mari. 

"Come on Mari, I've got a treat for you." Adrien pulled Mari away. They got to the car, "I do have one request." He held up a blindfold. "Please?"  She rolled her eyes and tied it to cover her eyes. 

"Is this what you've been so tied up with?" Mari asked as the drove away. 

"Yes. And that's all I'll say." Adrien laughed as Mari huffed. 

Soon they arrived. Adrien helped Mari out of the car. "Mare where do you think we are?" 

Mari listened, "It sounds like my old street corner. Oh did the people who bought it change it already? That's so fast." 

Adrien untied the blindfold.  Mari saw a white sheet coving what must be a new store sign. She opened her mouth to ask to leave. But Adrien cut her off "Mar pull on that rope." Mari couldn't argue. She did, and she gasped. She saw My Lady Boutique sign. 

"Adrien! You did this? Is that why you gave up your role as CEO? So we could do this?"

"No, so you could do this. This is yours. Anything you don't like I'll change. I will do your booking keeping and all the legal stuff, and ideally, run the modelling side of things." 

"I love that! Can we go inside? Please!" Adrien smiled at Her excitement. He took her arm and walked her in. 

"So got rid of the door that let you into bakery from the side entry and you just have a private staff entry for the staff that don't work the floor. And the main entrance for your customers and staff who work on the floor. So I'll show you around the store first." 

Mari walked into a storefront that was a soft beige with soft red accents. There were displays and shelves and change rooms. He even kept the bakery till. "Adrien this is more then I would have dreamed of!" 

"I have one more surprise for you. I had Nathaniel paint this for you." He pulled a cover off a frame behind the till. There was a painting of Mari designing in the park in the sunset from one of their first nights in the old house together. Just above it was a sign that said "Design Freely" which was her brand's slogan on her website for years. 

"Oh Adrien! I love this so much." She kissed him. 

"And next to the supply room there is the break room with a staircase up to the rest of the business.  Ready to go see?" Mari nodded. 

They walked up the stairs that led them to the Creative Room. Mari could hardly believe this use to be her parent's room. There dress forms and big drawing tables and tables for sewing machines. "I know it's not the biggest space but I figured this enough for the small crew you would have in here for prototypes and mentoring. it was enough. Because I've already got a few companies offering to help you produce your clothes for a lager crowd." 

"I love it! Let's go see what you have for the models?!" 

They walked back out and went up to the next level. the sign on the door said, Model Zone. "I like the name." Mari giggled. Adrien opened the door. She saw that what had been her kitchen and living room, was now a photo space and hair and makeup station. Adrien got all the camera equipment and backdrops they would need. "Adrien this is beautiful. It's going to be so fun. So what did you do to my room?" 

"Well I couldn't get rid of the trap door, so you go up first." Mari walked up the stairs and saw that it said My Lady's Office. She opened the door and walked in. She saw that Adrien had changed the colours so it wasn't pink anymore. It was now pastel red and white. He'd also brought her sewing machine for the house here. He'd given her the same desk set up she had when was a teen. She had two dress forms including her old one for her childhood. He got a chase similar to her old one just a different colour. She noticed there was still space in here, space that would be needed for playpens and toys if she didn't want to hire a nanny. 

"Mare go check out your loft." Mari walked up and saw that it had been turned into a cozy space with shelving for her sketchbooks. 

She turned back and looked at him, "Adrien I love everything about this space. Come sit out on the balcony with me for a moment." They walked out Mari smiled she was glad that this balcony never changed.  It looked the same way it had when she was a teen. "Just think Adrien this is where it all started." Adrien smiled at her and pulled her into his arms. "It's a good thing you gave me an office here because we are gonna need to turn my home office into a nursery." 

Adrien's arms dropped. "Wait, what." Adrien's mind was reading. "You're... we're having..." Adrien's mouth stopped working. He couldn't believe it.

"Yes. My love, we are going to have baby." 

Adrien kissed his wife. He'd never been happier in his life. He'd found his freedom. He had found a family and now he was going to start his own. Thanks to the love of his life they both found freedom. And together they would raise their baby in that freedom. 

The End 

Don't worry there will be an epilogue!