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EPILOGUE
Bishop
I stare down at the little bundle of joy in my arms with nothing but awe and love.
My daughter.
Freya Amelia Hayworth.
I didn’t want anything to do with my father’s name and used my mother’s maiden name, a name that is on my birth certificate, but I was never allowed to use around Calvin Hastings.
“She is beautiful,” I murmur, dropping a kiss to her little forehead before looking at my world. “You are beautiful. Thank you for giving me a family. Thank you for giving me my son and daughter. I love you, princess.”
“I love you. Now can I hold my daughter?” Despite looking exhausted, my princess is still sassy and beautiful. In fact, I think it should be illegal for a woman to look this good after just giving birth. It’s dangerous, really. I want nothing more than to knock her up again.
Gently handing over our daughter, I watch them both. The love in my fiancée's eyes as she stares at Freya. The way her lips part in reverence. The way she runs a finger across our daughter’s cheek. This moment is everything. Although I can’t help but feel a little sad that I wasn’t there to witness the same moments when my son was born. Shaking my head, I push the thoughts aside and bask in the right now. No point dredging up the past. I can’t change it.
“We just need Baron in here, and we will be complete,” I mumble, and as if I summoned him, a knock sounds at the door before it opens, and Elena appears with our son in her arms and Christian by her side.
“Can we come in?” I hear the excitement in Elena’s voice and see it on Baron’s little face.
His eyes light up, and he makes grabby hands toward me. “Dada. Mama,” he squeals. I am out of my chair and to him in a few quick strides, taking him in my arms.
I squeeze him close, breathing him in. “Hey, buddy. Do you want to meet your sister?” He nods. I look to Aria’s parents. “Can you give us a minute?”
They both smile and step out of the room. They know we need this. This time, just the four of us, before anyone else meets our newest addition.
Strolling to the bedside, I place Baron beside Aria on the bed. “Can you sit still, little man? Mama is sore.” He doesn’t answer me. Doesn’t move. He just stares at his little sister like she is the most precious thing in the world.
“What do you think, baby boy? Is your little sister cute?” Aria whispers with tears in her eyes.
His little chubby hand reaches out, and he touches his little sister’s cheek. The wonderment on his face makes my chest crack with emotion. My eyes prick with tears as a lump builds in my throat. I never knew I could feel like I do now. So full of love, I could burst.
I never knew I could have a life like this. With someone I am so irrevocably in love with. The other half of my soul. The woman I fell in love with, even when I knew I shouldn’t have. The woman that was meant to be mine, even when so many things tried to pull us apart. The woman who gave me two beautiful children. The woman that completes me in every way possible. And I will spend my life forever grateful that she chose me. That she gave me a second chance. Because without her and our family, I am nothing.
My children are everything.
She is everything.
And I will spend the rest of my life showing her that.
The End.
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QUICK NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR
Thank you so much for reading!
Aria and Bishop took me on an emotional journey. Every part of me was entwined with this story and I hope you felt the emotion bleeding out on the page between them. If you liked Inevitable, please consider leaving a review.
I would like to thank my PA, Kerri; my beta readers, Kalie, Gabriella, and Andrea; my street team, and my ARC team. You are amazing, and I couldn’t do it without you.
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