Forbidden Salvation

Chapter 53 - Fairytale Wedding

"Papa, papa, papa, papa." Dahlia keeps blabbering over and over.

I swear she is doing it on purpose to try to make me jealous of her father.

"My little flower, I'm right here." Ace takes her from Anna's arms.

I notice the way Silas looks at him. It's like if it's very foreign of him to see his friend being so sweet. He seems very weirded out and I find it quite funny. His expression then changes, and his eyes soften when my daughter looks at him and smiles. Ace doesn't seem to like that she stops giving him attention so soon.

Silas slightly waves at her and the little girl smiles big, showing her teeth that have recently grown in.

"Would you like to hold her?" I offer him and he immediately shakes his head.

"Thank you but I'm fine." He seems terrified at the idea.

"So you aren't scared of murdering people for a living but you're scared of carrying a baby?" Anna laughs at him and he slightly glares at the floor.

"I've never held a baby before. They're so small and fragile I'm afraid of hurting them." He explains and I honestly think that is very sweet way of him to think.

"You won't hurt them if you're gentle." I kindly smile at him.

"I thought you were looking for a wife. You aren't getting one anytime soon if you're afraid of holding a baby." Ace starts and I know what he is doing.

"I also thought you wanted children. No woman wants to have a child with a man who will be useless in taking care of them or looking after them." Anna adds on immediately after.

I can see Silas's brain working fast as he takes in their words.

"Shut up." He tells them. "What if I hold her too tight that I hurt her or what if I don't hold her tight enough that I drop her?"

"Just be gentle and don't overthink it." Anna tells him as Dahlia pulls on Ace's beard. She giggles when she puts her small hands on his lips, and he kisses them.

"How about you practice with a fake baby?" I suggest to him as I grab Dahlia's baby doll that is on the couch behind me.

Silas nods and I begin by showing him how to hold a newborn all the way up to when they're about Dahlia's age or older. He surprisingly did well except for when he accidentally dropped the doll once, but it was an accident and it happened when he wasn't practicing.

"I think I'm ready now." He seems quite confident.

I look at Ace who seems hesitant to hand over his daughter.

"How about you go and experiment with someone else's baby." He kisses Dahlia on the cheek.

"Ace." I give him a look at the same time that Silas glares at him.

Ace looks at me and immediately gives in by the way he sighs and turns away.

"Fine, but if you drop her or even make her cry, I will shoot you in the dick." Ace walks toward him and Silas holds his hands out.

He very carefully takes my daughter in his arms and holds her. He seems shocked with himself but quickly recovers when Dahlia smiles and stares at him. He smiles back, gently squeezing her cheek between his fingers which causes her to giggle.

"I'm holding a baby." He states.

"No shit." Anna replies, rolling her eyes.

"Ace take a picture. I need to show my mamma. I'm sure her and papa will be so proud." He urges and Ace being the good friend that he is he pulls his phone out.

"Yeah, they'll probably put the picture up on a wall too." Anna laughs.

With an unpleasant look he takes the picture of Silas smiling big and proud with Dahlia in his arms who is pulling his beard as hard as she can.

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With a light smile on my face, I watch my love put my other love in her crib. Ace gives her a big kiss on the head before looking at her with a smile of adoration.

Sensing my stare he looks up and his smile grows when seeing me. He walks toward me and kisses me while pushing me out the room and closing the door behind him.

"You don't know how happy you make me." I say between kisses.

"I don't think you know that I need you to breathe." He tells me between our kisses.

I smile while he continues to kiss my lips. He only stops to hold my face and look at me. There is always this certain look in his eyes when he looks at me. It's so beautiful because it makes his brown eyes look shiny and twinkly. It's how I know that he loves me. I hope it's something I get to see everyday at every second for the rest of my life.

"We're going to spend the rest of our lives together. This happiness that you feel isn't temporary, sunflower. I promise that we'll grow old together, but we'll never grow out of love." His words warm my heart and body up.

I wrap my arms around him, burying my face in his neck. His hugs bring me so much comfort. Even his sole scent makes me feel so at home.

"I love you so much." He tells me quietly.

"I love you so much too." I respond, closing my eyes as I feel so serene with him.

"Let's go to bed, amore." He tells me but basically carries me to the bedroom.

It doesn't take long before we're both done with our nightly routines. We're now both in bed, warm and cozy under the thick and comfortable covers and blankets. It's cold outside and I'm sure it will rain later in the night.

Ace pulls me into his arms and I happily hug him while resting my head on his chest.

"We should start planning our wedding." He suddenly speaks.

"I have it planned already." I tell him, smiling, although he can't see it.

"Right." He lowly chuckles, remembering.

"I want it to be magical and beautiful. I want it to be perfect for us. It will be like those happy endings in fairytales." I tell him, feeling my eyes begin to get heavy.

"That's exactly how it will be, sunflower. You'll get your fairytale wedding of your dreams. I'll give you anything you want and more." He kisses the top of my head.

"We're going to have a flower boy." I speak after a while.

"Really?" He asks and I hum.

"Orion because I promised him once. He has been practicing for years on how he will scatter the petals around." I inform him.

"I think he is perfect for the job then."

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