Chapter 21

Ellie's P.O.V

It's been a few of weeks since Ben shot me. My leg is healing really well. I haven't really spoken to anyone since England. Lucas has barley spoke two words to me since the day in the hospital. I think I really hurt his feelings back in England.

It's been a lonely couple of weeks is all I can say. I guess I kind off deserve it.

That kid Ben that shot me a couple weeks ago, he's still here unfortunately, I couldn't convince him to leave. He's been the only one, other than Kai that's actually been talking to me. It's weird. Rachel hasn't spoken to me much either, I miss her.

Ben opened up to me about what happened in his past... poor kid has definitely not had it easy!

I'm currently one week away from labour. I can't wait to meet my baby. Mine and Kai's baby that it. I've had a lot of time to think whilst I've been alone, in my room, with no one to talk to and guards at the door to make sure I don't get up and hurt myself with my sore leg, which isn't even that sore anymore, but I've had time to think about what I did and how selfish it was of me, I mean I know at heart in that moment I believed what I was doing was for the greater good of the baby, but who am I to take my baby away from their dad and hide away from Kai with his own child. That's just cruel.

I guess my mother instinct was just so strong and all I could think about was my baby being hurt or worse because of Kai's lifestyle.

Just then my belly starting to cramp. "Ahhhhgghhhhh" I squeal out in agony. I look down only to see my light grey sweatpants a darker colour

Oh no. Please! No no no! This can't be happ- "ughhhahhhh" my thoughts are disrupted as I cry out in pain holding my stomach.  The two guards from outside rush into the room with worried faces

"Get.. Kai" I breathe out, they stand there shocked for a moment looking at me with wide eyes "NOW AHHHH" I scream at them and snap them out of their dazed state. This is the part I've been dreading, and it's happening a week earlier than expected.

About 5 minutes pass before Kai comes rushing into the room with the midwife.  He grabs my hand and strokes my hair out of my face. "Shhhh baby your alright, your going to be okay" he whispers as I scream out in pain

Just then Rachel, Lucas and Oscar rush into the room. I smile "I though you guys fell out with me" I say though clenched teeth trying to cope with the pain.

"I could never" Rachel says

"I was hurt but I still love you" Lucas says after, earning a glare from Kai at the last part. I roll my eyes and let out another loud cry of pain that makes everyone wince and cringe.

I smile at Lucas after "I'm sorryy-ahhhh" I try to say

"Your contractions are really close together and your baby must really wanna come into this world. I need you to lay down and start pushing" the midwife says

Kai grabs hold of my left hand whilst Rachel takes the other, I push as hard as I can whilst gripping onto both of their hands.

"I think you've broke my hand" Rachel laughs out

"I'm sure it's nothing like the pain I'm feeling now" I reply

"True" she laughs

...

"Come on Ellie one last push you can do it" the midwife says

"I-I can't, I can't do it" I cry out, exhausted

"You have to, only one more big final push and it'll be over" she tries to encourage me

Tears are steaming down my face, as I shake my head tiredly. "I can't"

"Come on baby, one more" Kai says and kisses my sweaty forehead

"You can do this!" Rachel says lightly squeezing my hand

With all the strength I can muster I let out one last scream as I push with everything left in me and slump back down tiredly once I feel my baby's been carried out of me. Not even a minute later I hear crying and I smile, my eyes threaten to close but I manage to keep them open as I watch the midwife hold my little baby. I look to my left and frown when I realise that Kai wasn't there. Until I look down to find him sprawled on the floor and Oscar picking him up. He fainted. I want to laugh but don't have the energy in me.

My attention is torn away by the midwife "congratulations Ellie, you have one healthy little girl. Would you like to hold her?" She says

"It's a girl?" I smile

"It is" she smiles back

I hold out my arms and cry with happy tears as the midwife places my baby girl in my arms. Suddenly I'm no longer filled with tiredness, I'm filled with joy and love.

"She's so small" Lucas coos

"She's adorable Ellie!" Rachel says

Just then Kai stands up with the help of Oscar. I smile at him "it's a girl" I say and his face brightens up

"Can I hold her?" He asks

"Off course you can, she's your daughter" I say and shuffle over a bit in the bed for him to beg in beside me. I hand our little baby girl into his arms and watch with admiration as Kai holds the little baby in his arms and a tear falls down his face.

"Have yous got a name for her yet?" The midwife asks

I look at Kai and he nods. I smile up at everyone and nod "everyone meet baby Freya" I smile

"That's so cute!" Rachel says "I love it!! It's the perfect name"

"Welcome baby Freya" the midwife says

After just sitting in awe and silence for like 10 minutes the midwife speaks up "Ellie, would you like to come with me and we'll get you all cleaned up and in some fresh clothes?" She asks

I nod my head and with the help of the midwife I stand up, Oscar comes to my other side and supports me. I look over at my baby girl one last time before leaving the room. I can't wait to get back to her already!

After half an hour I'm finally all clean and fresh and with the help of Oscar I make my way to my room and to my daughter and her dad.

As we enter I see that Freya is in the cot beside my bed sleeping. Kai is sitting on the bed watching her. Oscar helps me over to the bed and I sit down beside Kai. As I sit down he pulls me into him and I rest my head against his shoulder.

"I'll leave you two alone" Oscar says

"Thank you Oscar, I'll see you later" I smile up at him appreciating that he is giving me and Kai some space

As soon as the door closes I let out a sigh

"What's wrong?" Kai asks

"Nothing I'm just tired" I reply

"Why don't you get some rest? I will stay here and watch Freya whilst you sleep and we can talk after"

"Okay, thank you"

Kai kisses my forehead and then lays me down and tucks me into the blanket. It's weird seeing him like this. We haven't spoke much over the last couple of weeks so I know we need to talk about some things. But right now I need rest. I'm so tired.

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When I wake up I notice that Kai and the baby are gone, I immediately jump up out of the bed regretting it the moment I do with the sudden pain that takes over my body, I let out a cry but push through the pain as I've more important things to worry about, I rush over as fast as I can to the door and just as I turn to walk down the corridor I'm met with Rachel.

"Hey how are you fee-"

"Where's Freya?" I interrupt Rachel, feeling bad as I do but just wanting to know where my baby is

"She's safe El, calm down I can practically feel the stress coming off of you. Do you honestly think Kai would let anything happen to her?"

I let of a sigh of relief, she's right Kai wouldn't let anything happen to Freya.

"I'm sorry I know she'll be okay with him just when I woke up and they both weren't there I panicked"

"I understand the feeling" Rachel laughs "it's totally normal it's just your mother instincts but try not to let them get in the way" she says, I nod showing that I agree with her and she smiles at me and then gives me a hug. "Congratulations again, you an Kai made a beautiful baby"

I tear up and immediately just want to see my daughter, I have no doubt that she's safe, I just miss her and can't wait to see her adorable little face again.

"Thanks Rach, so do you know where they are?" I ask

"You know Kai he's probably in his office" she realises and I nod how did I not think of that. I say my goodbyes and give Rachel a hug before making my way to Kai's office.

When I walk in I notice that there's another baby cot right beside Kai's chair. I smile immediately when I see Kai rocking Freya in his arms, he looks up at me hearing the door close softly behind me and smiles "hey, sorry I wasn't there when you woke up. Freya started crying and I didn't want her to wake you up"

"That's okay. Thank you" I say walking over to him and sitting down on his desk in front of him, I lean over and give him a kiss of the head

"What was that for?" He asks

"I love you Kai, I'm so sorry about how I've acted in the past, it was unfair and selfish but I hope you can understand to some extent on where I was coming from. But it stops now, for real this time I promise you" I pause reaching for his hand and linking our pinky fingers together, he laughs at my gesture but allows me to shake our pinky's together "I promise to love you and never leave an-"

"This sounds like wedding vows" he interrupts me with a chuckle and kisses my hand in his "I love you Ellie and I love Freya. I understand why you did what you did, it hurt like hell and I was so pissed bu-"

"Don't curse in front of our baby" I scold him, he chuckles

"As I was saying, I was so mad about you leaving and trying to run away with our baby, truth is I've always wanted children and not to have some heir to my business but to love and spoil and cherish and I love you so much, I have done for a long while and I know sometimes I don't show it or I act like a di- bad guy" he corrects looking down at Freya. I smile at him and he continues "but I do love you Ellie, I'm so glad you found that gun" he says and I laugh all this over a gun who would've thought that back then we would be where we are now with a baby girl in our arms all over the fact that one of his men dropped a gun and I picked it up.

"That'll be a story to tell Freya" I laugh "How did you meet daddy? He kidnapped me cause I found one of his guys guns.. I think we may need to make up a cover story until she's old enough to hear the real reason of how we met"

"I like the original one better" he laughs and i shake my head  "again back to what I was saying, you need to stop interrupting me women"

"Sorry" I laugh realising I did it again "sorry continue I won't talk again until you finish"  he kisses my cheek this time and thanks me before continuing

"We need to stop all this running around in circles, it's like we take a step forward and then three steps back and I don't know about you but I'm getting dizzy, there's no reason why we can't make this work. We are both adults and yes I've done some things I'm not proud of and I've said some things to you but let's put every bad thing that's ever happened between us behind us and start over, you forget about what I've done and I'll forget about what you've done and we'll start over" I nod agreeing with everything he said, we have a baby now so if not for us we have to make this work for her, I love Kai I know that this will work if I put my fears behind me

"It won't be easy but nothing in life is and I'm willing to try make this work for real this time, no more running. This is our wee family and I don't want that to change" I say, Kai reaches down and gently sets Freya in her cot and then grabs me by the waist and lifts me onto his knee. I hug him tightly and we both lock eyes

"I'm sorry for everything before, here's to the future" I say and kiss him

"I'm sorry for everything I've did and said, I can't wait to build a proper relationship with you" he says and kisses me

End of chapter 21

Aww 🥰 Ellie has given birth to a little girl. So cute

What do you think about Kai and Ellie's wee heart to heart in his office? How long do you

think that will last?

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