A happy life

Chapter 1

It had been 2 weeks since vincent had recovered from his illness. Catherine stayed below in the tunnels and had asked Joe for a short sabbatical from her work as an assistant district attourney

so she could look after vincent and she was still trying to come up with a way to tell him that they had loved and she was now pregnant with his child. Her emotions were in turmoil as she paced up and down her chamber.

"Catherine, is something wrong my love?" asked vincent from her chamber entrance. Catherine turned to him with tears in her eyes as she heard the voice of the man she loved so deeply. The loss of the bond they shared had affected their closeness but vincent had no idea as to what could have caused his catherines frantic pacing.

He opened his arms and like a bee to the honeypot, she glided into his strong embrace.

"Vincent...I" she paused

"my love, don't ever be afraid of the truth" he was begging her to be honest with him

"I love you so much, vincent, I have been so afraid you would push me away but those were selfish thoughts, you are meant to be recovering" vincent pulled back and looked at her curiously

"My love, you could never be selfish" he lifted her chin and gave her a gentle kiss, catherine was so moved by this simple intimate gesture she collapsed in his arms and sobbed her heart out in relief. Vincent held onto her tightly as he could very worried about the state she was in

"Vincent, we loved, in the cavern....I'm pregnant with our child" she blurted it out.

Vincent pulled away from her and turned his back to her

"A Child" he whispered

"Yes, a miracle borne of our love, please....please don't turn me away now...I love you....please"

she collapsed on the bed in gutwrenching sobs fearing the worst thing ever, his rejection

He turned around in surprise as he witnessed the woman he loved fall apart in her heartbreak.

"Oh catherine, what have I done to you my love?" he embraced her tightly and tuck her head under his chin.

"My dearest love, I could never reject you or hurt you like that, what's done is done my love"

"You mean it, I won't have to raise our baby on my own....please promise you will never do that!"

"I love you, I promise I could never abandon you my catherine, now we had better go and tell father and then I want you to take your place at my side....in my bed....as my wife. Will you marry me catherine?" She looked up at him trying to make sure he wasn't joking

"Yes Oh Vincent Yes!" she squealed as she threw her arms round him.

Vincent took the initiative and kissed catherine as he had always longed to kiss her

She responded with a moan as their tongues tangled

"Oh vincent, I want you so much my love....please make love to me my darling one" vincent pulled back from the kiss and looked at her with so much desire in his eyes.

"Yes, Oh catherine I will make love to you now, my body remembers you. I want to remember as well. And I will have you now!" he growled as he swept her in his arms and within a few short strides placed her gently on the bed.

"Get this thing off you, undress for me, let me see your divine body.....oh please my love please"

He didn't have to ask twice, she gave him a sultry look just before she pulled the tunnel gown over her head and threw it aside before she diligently worked on undressing her beloved. She gave his erection a gentle squeeze as she unbuttoned his jeans. "Oh catherine please touch me there, you feel so good." Catherine pushed his jeans down his legs and they both gasped as they molded their bodies in a passionate embrace. That night the only sounds heard were loud moans and roars coming from catherines chamber as the soulmates fulfilled their dream to it's inevitable conclusion.

The next morning father was making his way to vincents chamber when he noticed the two lovers walking hand in hand just gazing at each other. It was clear they were both very happy. And jacob the elder noticed how at peace vincent was, he greeted them both with a hug and a loving smile.

"Good morning father, I was wondering, could you gather the community in the dining chamber?" he looked to catherine and she nodded her head

"I have an announcement to make before breakfast and we want to share our news with everyone."

"Why yes of course vincent" said father with a knowing smile. He took a second glance at catherine who was positively glowing with happiness.

Father sent a message on the pipes and told everyone to be in the dining room at 10am sharp

The noise in the dining room was deafening as everyone tried making guesses at the news that vincent wanted to share. Catherine and vincent entered holding hands tightly, both were nervous.

"Please everyone! I know you are all eager to hear our news but at least be quiet my dear friends"

shouted vincent

"First, i want to thank you all for your support during my recovery. It meant everything to me. But my time for getting sick again will never repeat itself because I have just had a miracle given to me by my catherine! We would like to announce our forthcoming wedding and also in 8 months. Catherine will be giving birth to our first child!"

The silence that followed was even more deafening than the noise before the announcement.

The whole room cheered at once as people started crying with happiness for vincent. Mary was sobbing as she grinned widely. Pascal had very moist eyes and Father was gobsmacked. they had done it. They had proved everyone wrong including him. Oh yes Catherine was most definitely his son's soulmate, his everything and on top of that. He was going to be a grandfather by a miracle of chance.

"Father? please be happy for us. This is the dream we have always wanted to come true."

begged catherine

"Catherine my dear girl, you have given me a miracle grandchild, why would I not be happy for you. The both of you have endured so much. You both deserve this happiness, and I for one could not be more proud of you if I tried, thank you catherine, thank you my son, i love you both"

In shock catherine reached out and pulled father into a fierce hug as she cried in joyfullness

Vincent wrapped his arms round the two people he loved dearly and cried with joy

"Yes, yes, now you two go and get some rest and spend the day having fun. Got it" he admonished

They both chuckled watery eyed and nodded

Vincent swept his beloved into his arms and carried her back to their chamber and they weren't seen until the next morning.

'Now that is a happy ever after'