Page 112 of Roots & Ruin

“I saw the test. Hiding it back in the box that I noticed had been wasn’t your smartest idea.” He says and we both laugh as I mentally scold myself for not hiding it better.

“I came down as soon as I seen it. Took you long enough to tell me.” He laughs as he picks me up and places me on the kitchen counter.

“We’re going to have a baby.” I say breathlessly as I hold his face in my hands, continuing to wipe away his tears.

“We are.” He says, looking into my eyes and shaking his head in amazement.

“I love you Willow. I love our life. I love our baby. Thank you for allowing me to love you and for all the love you have given to me.” His voice cracks at the end of his words and he doesn’t even try to hide how many tears are flowing from his eyes now.

I pull him towards me, crying just as hard as he is from pure happiness.

“I love you more than I will ever be able to put into words and I know you are going to be the best father. I know you will always protect me and our baby and I wouldn’t want the life we live with anyone else other than you.” I tell him as he pulls away from me to lift me up and spin me around.

He sets me down and brings his hands to my stomach, his thumbs gently stroking me.

“Our baby is in here.” He whispers as he gets down on his knees in front of me, lifts my t-shirt and places a kiss to my belly. He looks up at me from his knees, still stroking my stomach and his eyes are filled with so much love I can physically feel it in my heart.

“You are going to be the best mama.” He says as he kisses my stomach.

“And you are going to be so loved.” He speaks again, planting more kisses to where we know I am growing either a little mini me or mini Dragna.

“Okay, we need to get you seen by one of our doctors. That’s what we can do today.” He says as he stands quickly and pulls his phone from his pocket going into boss mode.

“What happened to the morning back in bed?” I ask him with a smirk on my face knowing he would be like this as soon as he found out.

“Can we even do that without harming you or the baby?” He asks and I can see he is genuinely clueless which makes me bark out a laugh.

“I’m not going to break Dragna, we can still keep doing everything we do and living a normal life.” I tell him and he raises an eyebrow at me.

“Normal life… Nothing about our life is normalmoya dusha.Just let me take care of you and our baby and get all the information from the doctor. If I hurt either of you, I would never forgive myself.” He says as he pulls me back in his arms and I feel like my heart is going to burst at how he is already talking about our baby.

“Okay, we’ll see the doctor, then when you find out everything is fine, we’ll be going back to bed.” I tell him sternly because I can’t get enough of him.

He leans down and kisses the top of my head before going back to messaging for a doctor to come see me.

I watch him for a minute before I go back to making our coffees. When he gets like this, all commanding and protective, I can’t help but fall more and more in love with him every time. I know he would truly do absolutely anything for me, and now, for the baby I’m growing that will be here before we know it.

I smile to myself, relishing in the happiness of knowing this mans love knows no bounds, thinking about what our life is going to be like very soon and wondering how anything else could possibly make me happier.

“Willow.” Dragna’s voice sounds out from behind me and I turn to face him.

He’s holding his phone in his hand and he looks between whatever is on there and me before finally speaking.

“We found her.” He says and I inhale sharply at his words.

“Ella is alive and we know where she is.”

The only sound after he speaks comes from the smashing of the coffee mug that I drop in complete shock.

Ella.

They know where she is.

What he has just told me starts to sink in and I clutch my chest and my stomach, happiness filling me completely.

They’ve found Ella.

She’s alive and they’ll finally be able to bring her back to us.