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I clear my throat. "Hey,Mama?" She looks back up with tears, and I smile softly. "It looks like you've got another grandchild on the way." Her tears fall as a massive smile stretches across her lips, and then she squeals, causing us all to laugh while my father's grin is wider.

Phoebe gets off me and goes to my mom, and they hug while I get up to go to my dad. He hugs me and whispers, "Well, now it makes sense, why she wanted to do this today."

I nod and say, "Thank you,Papa."

My dad's eyes brim with tears, and he hugs me again before my mother comes over and grabs hold of me. While my father hugs Phoebe, I hear him say, "Thank you for giving him a chance. We love you, you know."

I feel emotional as my mother lays her head on my chest, squeezing me tight as Phoebe smiles wider at my dad, and nods. My heart feels so fucking full.

We sit for a few hours, talking, laughing, and enjoying the evening. My mother calls my brother and Sergi to spill the beans, and he, the kids, Sergi, and Sofia all come around with massive smiles. We order food, enjoy being together, and celebrate the new life we will bring into the world.

This is my family, and I smile wide.

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Phoebe – Four and a Half Years Later

I smileas I put my veterinary certificate on my bedside table, feeling proud that I finally have my degree and that I'm now a licensed vet. I place my hand on my stomach, close my eyes, and breathe. Our whole family is downstairs to celebrate, and I just need a little breather.

It's been a difficult four years, being a full-time wife and mother, and attending veterinary school.

Who knew my husband was so jealous and possessive?

So many times he showed up to stake his claim, I still giggle at the thought. It's been nearly five years of marriage, and I'm still all he sees. I never thought it would happen; I thought he'd get bored, but he proved me wrong. He's bound by me as much as I'm bound by him now, and I couldn't imagine my life without him.

I hear footsteps and turn to see my man walk into our room. He looks at me and smiles.

"There's my graduate. Your father was wondering where you were."

I smile. My father and I are finally close again. It took a long time, but he's been amazing. Selene, however, is not in my life, much to her dismay. I know she sought out help with all her problems years ago and is attending meetings regarding her drug abuse. She wants to reconnect, but I'm not there yet. She's only just started to try to contact me by phone these past few months.

Before that, she had been calling and messaging Alex for years, which escalated when she found out we had a baby. But he knew me well, because I wasn't ready then, and I'm just not ready now. I mean, she tried tosellme. I know my father has been by her side since she entered rehab years ago, and his new wife is supportive, but he knows not to push me. I know Selene has a steady job and an apartment that she paid for by herself, this time in a better neighborhood than the one my father went to see her in before going to rehab, but again, I'm just not ready; a lot of water under the bridge, and all that.

Maybe one day.

I nod and walk over to him, pushing thoughts of my sister away and wrapping my arms around his waist. I lean my head on his chest and ask, "Where are the kids?"

He chuckles. "With Juan, if my mother hasn't stolen them yet."

I snort. Our oldest, Vladimir, is nearly four years old, and he's a carbon copy of his daddy. Our second oopsie baby, Nicholas, who is two and a half, was conceived not long after his big brother was born, and he is a carbon copy of me. Alex was one proud man, especially since I was on the contraceptive shot. It took a while for him to calm me down because I knew that's what the women he slept with were on, and he had to show me all the paperwork on his mistresses to prove he didn't father a child with someone else. That was the only time I brought backwhat he did to me. I barely ate for a week after that because of the guilt.

I promised him I wouldn't bring it back up once we had our talk, but I did, and the only reason I didn't eat for a week was because that's how long it took for him to convince me it was okay. He ended up getting his mom, Sofia, Abby, and Avery involved.

Then we have our third child, Michalis. He's one, and takes after both of us. I told Alex no more children, even though I want a little girl, but I want to get my practice up and running before anything else. I'm still hunting traffickers, much to my husband's dismay, and I can't do that while pregnant, and he can't fight me on it because, well, he's also a cold-blooded killer for the Mafia and Bratva, and is now underboss for his brother, after Sergi stepped down. Damian and Alex fought him tooth and nail; they wanted him right where he was, but Sergi had bigger plans, even though it took him a while to accept them.

And as usual, Alex's super sperm doesn't listen to what I want. Despite the shot and condoms, he still managed to knock me up again. I'm so going to miss my leather. I look up at him when he looks down; his brows furrow when he sees my face.

"What's the matter,malen'kaya ptitsa?" he asks while running a finger over my brows.

I look him in the eyes and say, "Maybe this one's a girl."

His brows shoot up, and the biggest smile appears ,before he crushes his lips to mine, picking me up. I wrap my legs around his waist, my dress pushing up my body in the process, and he pushes me against the wall. His right-hand runs down my body to my underwear while his left stays on my butt, holding me up. He rips my underwear from my body, then quickly undoes his belt. He pulls his hard cock out, places it at my entrance, and thrusts it in. I moan, but he quickly covers my mouth with his so no one hears us as he fucks me hard and fast, making my insidesquiver and tighten around him. He goes harder and harder, and when his thumb finds my enlarged clit, he squeezes it tight. I come, screaming into his mouth.

Alex thrusts eight more times, then moans, before filling me up. He keeps moving his hips slowly, ensuring all of his cum is in me despite already being pregnant.

He leans his head on my shoulder and says, "I fucking love you so much. Thank you, sweetheart, for giving me you and our children. Thank you for forgiving me and being my whole world."

A tear runs down my cheek, and he kisses it away, then kisses me nice and slow, making love to my mouth. I can feel him harden again, and I smile into his mouth, making him chuckle into mine. He starts to move in and out of me slowly. His hand goes back to my clit, and he starts to rub quick, tight circles on it, pressing harder in time with his thrusts.