| TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATER |

"Should I do it?" I ask him. He jumps up and down on his little feet. "Sì, papà, sì!" he giggles.

I lift the bowl of cold water and dump it all on Ivory before quickly picking him up and running onto the beach.

His giggles light a smile on my face and I soon start to laugh as well. But my smile quickly drops when I see Ivory running after us.

"It was him," I tell her. She crosses her arms and gives our lil baby boy a stern look. "No, mama, it was him!" he grumbles.

She puts out her arms and he jumps into them as she picks him up. How dare he? "My baby Rafael would never do that," she says, tickling him. Wow, what about me?

"You wanna go tickle papà?" she asks and he quickly starts nodding his head. Oh, no. I turn and start sprinting but running in sand is quite hard.

She jumps on top of me and he doesn't waste any time jumping on top of the both of us.

I grab Rafael and start throwing him in the air as he giggles loudly. He loves when I do this.

Suddenly, my phone rings and I sigh, handing him over to Ivory. "Play time is over, Raf," I tell him and his smile drops. "But I'll get you ice cream later!" I add and it reappears.

I'll never let him down. Not like how Giovanni did to me. I'm going to be the best father ever and always be with him. Ivory makes it so easy, she's with be step by step and gosh am I happy that she's the mother of my kid.

I stand up, brushing the sand of my shorts. She gives me a sad look before I walk away. After we visited Turkey for the break I promised her, we fell in love with it and when she got pregnant we moved here so it would be easier to raise Rafael.

We bought a house right on the beach and it has become my favourite place ever. Running into the waves and swimming every day with my beautiful girl and baby boy is the best thing I could have ever dreamed of.

I'm still in charge of the mafia but when I'm here, Kylo helps out and turns out, he loves it. So it's a win-wins situation to me.

I walk back into the house, answering the call, "Ciao?" A voice I didn't expect to hear picks up, "Kylian, we need a favour."

It's Gabriel, our top weapons supplier. He supplies us with everything we need: ammunition, pistols, rifles, grenades, bombs, vests, quite literally everything and in top quality.

After listening to him talk, I agree to the favour. He has been a long time friend and never gave us any trouble.

I walk back outside and sit beside Ivory. "What was that about?" she asks. I wrap my arm around her and pull her close to me.

"No kiss first?" I huff. Never in my life did I ever think I'd act like this but with Ivory it's different.

A small smile appears on her face as she leans in and gives me a quick, deep kiss. "Happy, princess?" she asks and I grin, "Very."

"It was Gabriel, the Moreau's, you know our weapon suppliers," I tell her and she nods her head, telling me to continue, "They're in some trouble and their daughter is in danger. I told him my top body guards will take care of her for the time being."

"So Elio?" she asks, her brows furrowed. I nod in reply. "But why?"

"I knew these people since I was born. They were great friends with my mother for years. They've been nothing but nice to me especially after she died," I tell her.

"Oh okay, do whatever is best, baby," she tells me with a smile. I couldn't help myself but lean in and give her another kiss. Even though she lives with me, I just can't get enough of her.

"Eww!" Rafael grimaces, making me pull away. "Do you want my kisses too?" I tease and pull him in, smothering him with kiss as he tries to run away.

"Stop!" he yells in between laughs and I finally give him a break. "How do you deal with him, mama," he huffs, crossing his arms. He definitely got her attitude.

"You wanna know a secret?" she asks him as if I'm literally not beside them. "He does everything I say," she whispers and his face lights up.

"I will do that to my girl too!" he exclaims. "Calm down, you can do that in around fifteen years," I laugh and he starts jumping around like crazy. He's always full of energy.

He has curls just like me but his hair is brown like Rory's. His eyes are a mixture of hers and mine though, green and blue somehow. And he has one dimple from me, it's the cutest thing ever.

Ivory catches him, "Time for your nap," she says. "Yayayay!" he smiles. Thank God we have a kid who loves nap time and going to bed. Otherwise, trying to get him to sleep would be hell.



We are both sitting on the couch outside. I lay my head on her chest and she starts playing with my hair.

"The moon looks really pretty today," she says. Watching the night sky has become one of our things, we do it at least once a week.

"You're pretty," I retort and I can feel her smile even though I can't see. "You're the prettiest woman out there."

"Shut up," she huffs. "It's been two years and you still don't know how to take a compliment from me?" I ask her with a chuckle.

"No," she mumbles quietly. It's honestly so cute. She starts blushing, then she'll cover her face and look down to avoid eye contact.

I get up so that now I'm facing her and place my hand on her cheek, pulling her in. "Well, it's the truth, love. You are the prettiest woman in my eyes," I tell her once more.

Her beautiful eyes shine under the moonlight and she smiles widely at me. "Come here, darling," I chuckle, pulling her into a deep kiss.



HEYY MY BEAUTIFUL READERSSS THE LAST AND FINAL CHAPTER EVER☹️😓

its so cute to actually imagine this happen like they got their happy ending they deserve (your welcome)

and i made the epilogue like this, the whole elio being a girls body guard thing, just incase i felt bored and wanted to make a book for him because i lowk have such a good idea for that

anyway i hoped you guys enjoyed this, thank you all for the many votes and comments

- your fav, R