Thank you guys so so so much for this journey. I'm glad people liked this story, even though it wasn't my best (in my opinion). This is the last chapter and I hope you are satisfied with how it ends.
Also I was asked if I will be writing another story... and the answer is YES! I've been working on it for a few weeks now and I hope to upload it next Friday! It will be called I Always Will. So keep an eye out, because I can't wait to share it with you.
4 years later…
"Hey," I smiled as I walked into our house.
"Hi," he walked over to me, placing a tender kiss on my cheek. "What'd you get?" He noticed my shopping bags.
"Just some clothes," I shrugged. "So guess who I ran into?" I said, setting down my bags on the couch.
"Who?" He sat down.
"Vanessa," I sat down beside him.
"Oh," he looked caught off guard. "H-how is she?"
"She seemed really happy," I remember seeing her big smile. "She was pregnant."
"Really?" He looked surprised. "Good for her," he looked genuinely happy.
"Yeah," I agreed. "She was with her new husband shopping for baby clothes."
"Crazy," he shook his head. "Did she ask about us?"
"Yeah," I nodded. "When I told her we got married last summer, she seemed happy for us."
"That's good," he looked relieved. "So she didn't get angry or anything?"
"No," I shook my head. "And when her husband went to check out, she told me she was glad everything worked out the way it did…" I cleared my throat. "She said she loved you, but she always knew deep down there was something out there better for her. And better for you."
"I'm glad she's not… You know- bitter about everything," He looked at me. "I wouldn't blame her though, if she still hated me."
"I don't think she does," I said honestly. "It was strange," I admitted. "But it makes me feel a lot better knowing she's moved on."
"Me too," he sighed in relief. "Come here," he pulled me to his chest so I could rest my head on his shoulder.
I twirled his wedding band with my free hand. "Did you ever think you would be married to your assistant?" I smiled.
"You mean ex-assistant?" He joked.
I rolled my eyes, "Whatever."
"No," he sighed. "No I never thought I would meet a girl as amazing as you."
I blushed as he kissed my forehead, "What'd you do today?"
"I fixed the lock on the back door," he intertwined our fingers. "Then I booked us a trip for Hawaii next week."
"What?" I pushed away from him, so I could look at him. "Why?"
"Well I figured it's our anniversary an-"
"No its not," I gave him a funny look. "Toby, we got married three months ago, it's no-"
"I meant, it's the anniversary of when you started working for me. It's the anniversary of the beginning of us," he smiled at me, resting his hand under my chin.
"Toby," I leaned into his touch. "Are we going to celebrate every little detail of our relationship," I made fun of him.
"Maybe," he kissed the tip of my nose.
"You are unbelievable," I shook my head. I leaned in for a kiss, my arms circling his neck.
Without hesitation, or effort, he scooped me up carrying me upstairs.
"Where are you taking me?" I giggled.
He didn't answer me, he just kept walking towards our bedroom. He set me down, once we passed the door way. He looked at me, like he was waiting for me to say something.
"What?" I eyed him suspiciously.
"Notice anything different?" He moved his head to the left.
I followed his gaze. "What?" I noticed a door, that wasn't there this morning. "What's this?"
"While you were out, I had some help," He scratched the back of his head.
"But why?" I wondered.
"Go see for yourself," he smiled.
I walked to the set of French doors, opening them up. I already knew what was on the other side. It was one of our guest bedrooms. I was very surprised to see that it was empty though. "Where did everything go?"
"I gave everything to Goodwill," he shrugged.
"Why?" I looked at him confused. "Are you going crazy?"
"No," he came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist, burying his head in my neck. He laid a few kisses on my neck. "I figured, it would be faster to get to this room with these doors. Rather than going out into the hallway."
"We never use this room," I scrunched my eyebrows. "Why would I need to get to it faster?"
"I was thinking," he swayed back and forth lightly, still holding tightly on my waist. "It would be nice when our baby is crying and we need to get to him or her faster, we can use these doors."
I spun around in his arms to face him. "How do you even know if I want kids?" I smiled at him.
"Oh please," He smirked. "I saw you practically drooling over Hanna and Caleb's baby when we went to visit them in the hospital."
"He was cute," I wrapped my arms around his neck.
"He was," he agreed. "I was thinking…" He searched my eyes. "What if we use Nicholas for our boys middle name?"
I felt the lump rise in my throat, "It's perfect." I kissed him sweetly, "What about Marion for our girls middle name?"
A huge smile spread wide across his face, "I love it."
"I love you," I responded quickly.
"I love you," he looked deeper into my eyes. "So is that a yes, to the kids question?"
"Well since you already put in the doors," I joked.
He rolled his eyes at my sarcasm, "What do you say?"
"I say…" I pulled him by his belt loops back to our bedroom. "We better get started right now."
"Now?" He looked surprised.
"Unless you'd rather do something else?" I bit my lip.
"No," He shook his head, connecting our lips. "Now is good."
A/N: Super short, but sweet. Love you guys!