Authors: Anna Belle
"Nathan, finally, when are you coming?" William's voice was heard on the other side of the line.
"I'm staying." He said with a long pause. "I'm getting married."
"What're you talking about?" He asked seriously, unsure if he heard the young man correctly.
"I'm staying in Texas and I'm getting married to the most beautiful woman here." He said quickly.
"Well congratulations and all but I still don't understand what's going on?" William didn't was confused at the sudden announcement.
"You'll need a man here anyway, to look after the new business."
"Yea, but ..."
"Well Will, I'm your man." He cut him off.
"I see that you thought this through." William laughed on the other side of the line. After the shock wore off a bit, he could talk business again.
"I guess I'll be blaming Marie for this." He joked.
"We miss you here."
"I miss you two as well. Especially when you're so happy."
"When will I see you again?" He asked quickly.
"About three months. I need to go back to New York and pack up my things anyway."
"I can't wait to meet her then." William joked.
"Just don't fall in love with her." Nathan joked back.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure everyone knows that the big bad Nathan has a wife now. Anyway, I'm happy for you and I'll get the papers ready to make you official over there." William said as he hung up the line.
As soon as Nathan put his cellphone down, he got up and walked over to Marie's office.
"Everything is taken care of." He said with a smile as he leaned towards her and kissed her.
"Taken care of what?" She asked.
Her green eyes looked at him, full of love and passion, and he took a moment to wonder if he should continue talking or if he should take her right then and there.
"I'm staying here." He said as a wide smile appeared on his lips. "I'll be getting a new position." He brought her out of her chair, sat down and had her sit in his lap.
"Nathan! That's amazing!" She hugged him tightly and covered his face in small kisses. "Dad is going to so happy when he hears that you're staying here. I didn't tell him anything about our plans so he'll be ecstatic when he hears." She looked him in the eyes. "What about our second plan?"
"We'll go to New York as soon as the wedding is taken care of, but in the meantime ..."
"In the meantime ..."
"We'll talk about how we can grow our family." He said with a sly smile.
"You bad boy." She said as she hid her red cheeks in his chest.
"Did I tell you how much I love you? Especially when you get all shy like this." He moved the strands of hair that were covering her face and kissed her.
"Mmm." She murmured happily.
"And how beautiful you are?"
"Mhmm."
"Seems like I talked too much then, time for me to get to work." He brought her head up again and kissed her.
"Lola, what's wrong?" O'Conner asked as he walked inside the house. When he got closer, he could see that she was trying to hide her tears.
"I'm happy that you came for dinner." She said as she wiped her tears away with her apron. "The house is so empty ever since those two left."
"I miss them two." He said. "But I'm happy that Marie found someone that she truly cares about and that they're both happy." He added, remembering the day they got married.
"I should be happy that I don't have to lie for her anymore and have to listen for hours how she wasn't in love with him, but ..." She stopped herself.
"But you still miss her." He finished her sentence and smiled. "The only way to help fill this house again is to persuade them to grow this small family." He said with a smile as he waved his hands around the large house. "They can take care of the business, while we raise the little ones."
"I already know what I'd teach them." She said as she remembered all of the times Marie got in trouble when she was younger.
"Don't worry, it'll happen. Just be easy on them." He said with a smile as he went upstairs.
"Go easy on them? I went easy once and never again." She said as she went into the kitchen. Then, she smiled to herself knowing that she would never follow through with what she said.
"Of course I'll go easy on them, I just need someone here to take care of." She whispered to herself as she set out to prepare dinner.