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Chapter 42 (Bonus): 

Zack's POV:

       Intertwining my fingers in Nadia's, I lifted her hand to my lips in order to plant a soft kiss on her knuckles, gaining a sigh of contentment and euphoria from Nadia, who I was sure loved the gesture as much as I did.

      It had been two years and a half since Nadia gave birth to Leticia and Daniel, and it was the first time in two months that Nadia and I, had some time for ourselves, thanks to Lara and Dillon who volunteered to keep an eye on the twins for an entire day so that they would leave us to bring back our lost romance, if I may use Lara's words.

"Do you think the twins are giving them a hard time?" Nadia mumbled as she laid her head on my shoulder as we rested on the grass beside the pool.

"They're both bubbly but easy to handle" I chuckled at her then added when I remembered an incident that happened on their two years birthday "Besides they know exactly what to do, especially after what occurred on their last birthday"

"OMG" Nadia jumped up to a seating position, looking down at me "I remember how Daniel started crying just because we gave him a piece of the cake and took so long to give his sister her part"

       That day when Daniel started crying, we all looked at him confusingly because he was just fine before giving him his slice of cake. Our first assumption was that he didn't like the pastry so we took it away from him but he cried even harder and demanded to take it back. We put the dish in front of him but he pushed it away and slid it in front of his sister who smiled at him widely and started digging in with her spoon.

      As soon as Leticia swallowed what she had in her mouth, Daniel stopped crying and replaced his frown with a huge grin covering his face. Our family and friends all started laughing and clapping their hands at his gesture as Nadia peppered his face with kisses while I gave him a slice of the cake, one that he took gladly, knowing that his sister had her share as well.

      Daniel and Leticia got along perfectly. Leticia was the adventurous one, always running around the house and exploring things while Daniel would run after her to get her back. It had always been that way, especially that Daniel was extremely protective over his little sister despite the fact that he was two years and a half only.

"Nothing would happen as long as they serve Leticia first" I laughed, holding Nadia's hand and tugged on it until she was on top of me.

"I hope they both stay like this forever" She looked deeply in my eyes as her hand found their place in my hair "I hope we stay like this"

"We will, we have a beautiful family" I kissed the tip of her nose, brushing the strands of hair that fell on her forehead to expose her eyes, which were sad and distant "What's wrong?"

"I know we have talked about this countless times but..." She looked away, almost whispering the next words "We both wanted to have three kids, we can at least try, nothing will happen to me"

"I am happy with the two kids that we have" I held her face between my hands and made her look at me "Besides, I would never put your life at risk again, I wouldn't handle losing you for the sake of making a wish from the past come true"

"But-" She started talking but I cut her off immediately.

"No buts" I caressed her cheeks tenderly with my thumbs "I don't even want to remember what happened during the twins' birth"

       Right after Nadia gave birth, I was so overwhelmed while holding Leticia in my arms that I pushed everything aside for two minutes before I walked to Nadia to hand her our beautiful baby, but I was shocked when I saw her eyes closed and her hands bouncing in the air as they fell from the side of the bed.

       I instantly handed Leticia to a nurse and ran to Nadia, yelling for the doctor and nurses to check up on her. The doctor stated that she fainted due to all the pain that she endured and because of the fact that her blood pressure rose up. I felt like my body froze when the doctor asked me to leave the room because Nadia's life was on stake.

      Everything happened in a blur. One moment, I was looking down at Nadia's unconscious body then the next, I was outside the room, staring at the ground while everyone started bombarding me with questions about what had happened inside. However, I was numb and I couldn't even form words to explain anything. I just sat on the floor, waiting for someone to go out of the room with good news.

I was tongue-tied...!!!

      At that moment when I was on the floor, wishing to god to save Nadia, I realized that the mere thought of living without her, would devastate me. I couldn't even think of what would happen to our kids if something happened to her as flashbacks of our beautiful memories started playing in my mind like a movie.

The first time I kissed her...

The first time we were reunited as one...

Our beautiful dates, intense arguments and delightful makeups...

Our heated encounter after we were apart...

Our wedding...

When she first told me that she was pregnant...

The times I just stared at her and fell head over heals for her...

       The only thing that could pull me out of my train of thoughts was the doctor's appearance in front of me after she left the room. I stood up quickly and looked at the doctor's face for signs of bad news but I didn't find any; on the contrary, she smiled widely at me as she started to explain that Nadia was totally fine and she would regain consciousness in a while.

       After that, she started explaining what really happened to Nadia but I couldn't care less about it, especially after she mentioned that it could cause Nadia's life. I just pushed everything aside and I vowed to never put Nadia under that kind of pressure, ever again. We had two kids and they would be enough. We better live with two kids than risk Nadia's life to have the third one.

I knew I was being selfish for making such a decision without talking to Nadia about it but what I had been through on that floor for few minutes only, was something I didn't want to even think of ever again...

"Zack" Nadia spoke, pulling me out of my flashback.

"Don't give me that look"I held her gaze in mine, determinedly "I love Daniel and Leticia and I love you more than you can ever imagine, I don't want anything more in this life than to live with my beautiful family in peace so please..." I pleaded.

"I love you" Her face split into a genuine smile as she uttered the three magical words.

"I love you more" I brushed my lips with hers for a sweet kiss but I couldn't bring myself to pull away, I was so addicted to her scent, to her touch, to her...

       Throughout the years, I shared so many meaningful kisses with Nadia, that spoke volume. Like the kiss I gave Nadia after she woke up after giving birth, it was full of appreciation, happiness and simply love. And the kiss we shared when she told me she was pregnant, it expressed how excited, happy and grateful that I had a beautiful creature like her in my life.

       However, the kiss we shared on that garden's grass, was a kiss of a special kind because I could tell that Nadia was trying her best to express her entire feelings and pour her heart out to me, through her lips' movements and gentle strokes she applied on my cheeks, which honestly made fireworks explode in my heart.

How would I live without her in my life...?!!!

      Nadia pulled away slightly to catch her breath, while I put both my arms under my head and laid back in order to have a better look on her crimson red cheeks and swollen lips. I smiled at her and locked my gaze with hers for as long as I could before she hid her face on my chest, which was something that she always did whenever she was being shy.

"I love how you turn red because of me, even after all these years" I sent one of my hands to her hair and untied it, making it fall in waves around us.

"I can't help it to be honest" She mumbled, lifting her head slightly "Your gaze can be so penetrating and intense that I get lost in the depths of your eyes"

"What do you see?" I whispered to match her tone of voice.

"How much you love me and how much you want me to show you that I love you back" She tugged a lock of hair behind her ear, still staring back at me.

"Hum, you read me right" I grinned because what she said was really what I wanted from her.

      I always wanted Nadia to show me that she loved me as much as I loved her, which didn't mean that I wanted her to lead me to bed or do things to please me, but I just wanted, no needed , her to care, and she never failed to amaze me with the way she treated me, as if I was a fragile glass about to break and her touch would destroy me.

"It's still 8 pm, what do you have in mind?"

"Isn't being with you enough?" I retorted, smirking at her.

"Damn you and your smooth words" She hit me playfully on the chest and quickly stood up, making me lift myself as well and put my weight on my elbows.

"As if you don't like them" I rolled my eyes at her before I jumped up and walked towards her "Let's get inside, it's getting colder" I held her hand in mine as we headed to the kitchen.

      Since it had been too long since we last spent time alone, Nadia decided to stay home and spend our time together instead of having a date outside. I agreed to her idea immediately because I didn't want anything to divert my attention from her.

       I promised Nadia that we would cook together today but since we had been lying on the grass for so long, we decided to simply order pizza and eat the chocolate mousse, cookies and Tiramisu that Lara brought for the twins, under name of making them fat because she loved chubby babies.

I still couldn't understand how Dillon could put up with her...!!!

       I paid the guy who delivered pizza then strode to the living room where Nadia was lying on one of the many huge pillows that she LOVED when we were buying furniture of our new house, right when the twins started walking and we wanted to establish a good environment for them, which leaded us to buy a three stories house with a beautiful garden, a huge pool, and small cabin that Nadia turned into a small cute house for her own, our, privacy.

       I nudged Nadia to move forward so that I could sit behind her, just like we always did whenever we watched a movie. No matter what position we chose at first , we would always find ourselves like that. Me lying my back on the couch while Nadia found her place between my legs, resting her back on my chest, as our hands would somehow find themselves entangled in one another, followed by our legs.

       We were halfway through the movie when I realized that I had spent most of my entire time staring at Nadia's reactions instead of looking at the movie itself. Thus why, I intended to distract her as much as I could because I was starting to get bored.

        I started my task by running my hands on her skin tenderly, which made her flinch slightly but she didn't divert her eyes from the screen. So I knew I had to step up my game. I kissed the top of her head then I trailed soft kisses all the way until I reached her cheek where I planted a kiss on her skin and left my lips lingering there for a while.

        I knew I affected her but she was too stubborn to react, so I took my chance when she was about to have a spoonful of chocolate mousse and jerked her a little bit, which resulted in making the side of her lips and her right cheek covered with chocolate. She then turned and started sending daggers at me with her eyes.

Look who is affected now...!!!

"What was that for?" She frowned at me adorably.

"I was preoccupied by looking at you instead of paying attention to the movie" I beamed at her then added "So, I thought maybe we can skip the movie and do something else..."

"Hum! like what?" She hummed, tugging a stray of hair behind her ear.

"I don't know, maybe something more interesting" I bit my lower lip and feigned thinking.

"I think I know what you have in mind my dear" She adjusted herself so that she was facing me.

"I know you're smart" I leaned down and kissed the side of here lips, licking the chocolate off her skin in the process "That's what attracts me the most to you"

        Her face turned slightly red because of what I said, creating a strong urge in the pit of my stomach to just grab her face and lick the left spots full of chocolate on her skin, which was so tempting that I had to bite my lower lip countless time to restrain and stop myself from devouring her.

       As if she could read my mind, she moved closer to me, putting both her hands on my shoulders, and she pressed her lips on mine, in a sweet kiss that tasted like chocolate and her, just like she tasted when I kissed her the first time at our university's cafeteria. A taste that I would never get tired of.

       What started like a sweet kiss turned into a contest of dominance between us, a contest that I gladly lost for the sake of seeing how much eager she was to kiss me. And she didn't fail me, she kissed me with everything she had in her will, conveying emotions to the surface as if her life depended on it... as if there was no tomorrow.

       Nadia pulled away, slightly breathless, looking down at me with hooded eyes, mirroring my own. It was at those moments that I thanked God that the beautiful creature looking back at me was my wife and the mother of my kids. I was the happiest man alive and I was so proud for calling her mine.

And only mine...!!!

       In a swift movement, I put my hands on her waist and lifted her so that she was straddling my lap. Her arms found their rightful place around my neck as I burred my face in the crock of hers, enjoying her soft skin against my lips and her addicting smell that erupted my nostrils, as she tried to hold back the sweet voices that were seeking to be freed.

       With the way that her hands started rooming my back and tugging at my shirt to take it off, I lost the left strings of control I had left in me, I gripped her waist tighter and kissed her harder as she reacted almost immediately by gripping my shirt and tugging me closer until the only thing that separated us were our clothes, which were gone in less than a minute, leaving us fully exposed to each other.

"Zack..." She put her forehead on top of mine then she kissed the tip of my nose

"Hum..." I lifted her chin, looking through her eyes "Yes dear?"

"I love you" She breathed, biting her lip as pure lust and love portrayed her face expression.

"I love you too" I kissed her forehead, stroking her bare skin as gentle as I could because she deserved to be treated like the sensitive gem that she was.

"I'd show her exactly how much she meant to me" I thought to myself as I placed my arms under butt and lifted her, in order to take her to our room, where I was sure nothing could step between us, not even a piece of fabric...

******

"Good morning" Nadia caressed my cheek as I leaned in her touch and sent my arm around her waist to pull her closer to me.

"Morning beautiful" I finally opened my eyes "How do you feel?" I winked at her, mischievously.

"I'm not answering your question" She hid her face in the crook of my arm.

"Why's that?" I chuckled, drawing patterns on her upper arm "It's just a casual question"

"I would ask you the same question" She lifted her head a little bit to look at me, intertwining our legs under the covers.

"I feel so good that..." I trailed off, playing with the curled ends of her hair "I want to replay our intimacy of yesterday"

        With what I said, her cheeks resembled a tomato and she bit the side of her lips, looking down at my lips, determinedly before she adjusted herself and reached for my lips in an alluring soft kiss that I returned willingly, maintaining the same pace she wanted without pushing her forward, neglecting the deep urge that started to arise in me.

"Humm" I brushed her lower lip with my thumb the moment she pulled away "I love how you show me what you want instead of voicing it"

"You know I am always at loss of words" She grinned at me genuinely.

"We still have time before the twins come, what shall we do?"

"I don't know" She answered, beaming "Anything will be good"

"Let's take a shower, cook breakfast together then we'll see what we can do" I suggested, standing up, making the covers fall to my waist level, enticing a beautiful blush to appear on her face "Come" I offered her my hand as she took it willingly before we both headed to the bathroom.

       After we finished our shower, we got changed to our usual attire then we headed to the kitchen to cook breakfast. However, as we neared to kitchen's island, we were both taken aback when we spotted it full of food ready to be devoured, with a small note attached to the juice bottle. 

"We'll drop the twins earlier than expected because of an unexpected emergency in Chicago so we thought we'd make it up for you with this delicious breakfast. PS: No need to wonder of how we arranged it, we have our ways. We'll be there at around 10 am. -Lara" I read Lara's note, holding back at chuckle at Lara's antics.

       Following Lara's rules, we took our seats without questioning how Lara managed to prepare everything, or how she could even step a foot in the house in the first place, because everyone knew that Lara was the kind of girl who could have her way around with just a snap of her fingers, only because of her manipulative soft voice and puppy eyes, that complemented her innocent angel look. 

       We were almost done with our food when we heard the doorbell ring, making Nadia turn to look at me, excitedly, showing exactly how much she missed the kids even while being away from them for less than twenty four hours. She gulped the remaining juice in her cup in one big gulp before we both walked to the main entrance and opened the door. 

"Daddy" Leticia yelled excitedly as soon as I opened the door. 

"Lyli, you missed me?" I smiled at her widely before I held out my arms for her and she jumped into them. I then started smothering her face with kisses while Nadia brushed Daniel's hair as he put his head on her shoulder. 

"Please come in" Nadia stepped aside and ushered Lara and Dillon to enter. 

"We'd love to but we have to go, we've got a flight in less than two hours" Dillon said, kissing Nadia on the cheek then turned to me and gave me a handshake. 

"We're already running late, see you later buddy" Lara hugged Nadia and kissed Daniel on the cheek before turning her attention to Leticia "I will catch up with you later Lyli" She planted a kiss of Leticia's forehead then she hugged me and stepped back. 

"Thank you for keeping an eye on them" I grinned at them, grateful that we had them in our lives. 

"No need to, we'll take advantage of you when we have children of our own" Dillon chuckled, making Lara roll her eyes at him, which was something she did whenever she