♥ CHAPTER NINETY''SEVEN♥

Elisabeth.

Right now I'm bathing Harry while Alex and Thomas are taking care of the other two. They are really in love with their children and that makes me very happy, because there are parents who leave the mother to take care of everything alone, even abandon her.

I leave the bathroom wrapping Harry in his washcloth and I see Alex playing with Thiago, he is making faces and I laugh.

“Be careful not to frighten your own child, love.

He gives me an offended look and Thomas and I laugh.

“That hurt, love. '' Pout. “I'm just trying to make my son laugh.

I roll my eyes.

'' Love, it's only been a week since they were born, they won't laugh now, it's going to take a while.

He makes another pout.

'' How boring! '' he replies and goes back to playing with Thiago.

I put my son on the bed and dry his body, put talcum powder on his bottom so he doesn't get roasted, then I put on his diaper and his clothes, comb his hair and finish with perfume.

'' Ready. You are too beautiful, my love. '' I kiss your belly.

“It's so beautiful to see you taking care of our children, love.

I look at Thomas, who smiles at me.

'' Thank you my love.

We put them in the baby basket and go downstairs. Alex takes Thiago's basket from my hand and I hold on to the railing to go down carefully. As soon as we go down the stairs, I take Thiago's basket again and we head to the kitchen.

'' My goodness, did anyone have a year? '' I ask seeing the table full of food.

“Come on, girl, I knew you'd wake up pretty hungry, even more so after feeding them.

“Thanks Rose, I'm really, really hungry.

We put the little baskets with the boys inside on the counter, which is huge.

“Let me see my grandkids. “She goes over to them while the boys and I sit down to eat.

We watched Rosa play with our children.

'' Good morning. '' The other three enter the kitchen.

“Good morning, loves. '' I say and take a sip of acerola juice.

They come closer and each of them kiss my cheek fondly.

“Where are our little men?” Lorenzo asks, walking over to them. '' Are here.

It makes me laugh. Christopher takes Henry in his arms and showers him with kisses.

“What a sweet''smelling baby. '' Speaks, sniffing his neck.

I keep eating while they drool over their kids. I'm really lucky to have them as companions.

“Queen, we want to speak with you after breakfast. Dylan gets my attention.

'' Right.

After breakfast, we go into the living room and I sit down. I have Thiago in my arms while Dylan and Christopher are with Harry and Henry, respectively.

"So what do you want to talk to me about?" I ask, and they look at each other.

“We want to take a step forward in our relationship.

I'm confused by this.

'' One step? Like this?

Christopher passes Harry to Thomas and walks towards me, surprising me when he kneels in front of me.

“Elisa, we all know that you are the woman of our lives, and we want to have you as Mrs. Thompson. He pulls something out of his pocket and opens it, startling me to see it's a ring. '' Elisabeth, will you marry all of us?

I feel my eyes water and then I jump into his arms.

'' Of course I agree to marry you, I love you so much!

He kisses my shoulder.

'' We love you very much too and want you to be our wife.

I kiss his neck tenderly and look at the others, who smile at me.

'' I love you all. '' I say, all excited.

“And we love you too.

Christopher places the ring on my finger and kisses it.

“Actually, we all knew you'd accept, and we've got everything ready for tomorrow.

I stare at them in surprise.

'' Tomorrow?

Everyone laughs.

“Yes, we want to have you as a wife as soon as possible.

I get up off the floor and look at them.

“But what about the dress and decorations?

“We sorted all that out yesterday.

Wasn't that mafia stuff?

"So you lied to me?"

Shrug.

'' We prepared everything for tomorrow to be perfect. We're also taking a break from the mafia, leaving Akira, Jackson and David to take care of her. '' Dylan informs.

'' Because we want to prioritize our family, that's something our mother taught us, family comes first, then other things. '' Lorenzo amends.

'' So let's take care of our family, we want to be present in their first smiles, in their first steps, in their first words. '' Now it's Alex's turn, giving a huge smile.

'' You and our children are important to us, Elisa, we've wronged you a lot in the past, but now we want to make it right. I don't believe in happily ever after, but I want to be happy with you, our kids and my brothers. Thomas speaks.

'' So we decided to take this break because you and our children are important to us, nothing will get in the way of that. Christopher concludes.

I'm already crying because of these words.

'' I love you. I kiss Christopher's lips in a peck and walk up to his eyes, kissing them too. “I'm the happiest woman in the world to have you. You made a lot of mistakes, but you made up for it by changing your attitudes and I really appreciate that. You have become wonderful men that any woman would like to have in her life. I look at them with a smile. '' I'm very happy to have met you, we've been through a lot together and along the way we've matured a lot, so the only thing I can say is that I love you, and I'm happy to marry you.

They approach me and hug me carefully, so as not to crush our children.

“Oh man, what a thrill. “We look at the door and find Kelly crying. “I want to be part of that hug, too. “She comes up to us and hugs us. “I love you,” she says, all emotional.

'' I am the happiest woman in the world! '' I smile sincerely.

***

"Elisabeth, wake up!" '' I am startled by Kelly's scream, who enters the room. '' It's today, deny, you can get your ass out of bed.

Sigh.

'' I wanted to sleep even more, but unfortunately I won't be able to.

'' Stop sulking, get up and go take a long shower.

'' All good.

"Hurry up, you still have the transformation." I'll get your dress from my room.

I look at her.

“Why is my dress in your room?”

She rolls her eyes.

“Because the boys brought it to me. Dona Rosa is getting her grandchildren ready with the greatest pleasure in the world, so go get ready soon.

'' Yes.

I get into the shower carefully because of the stitches, I should have taken them out already, but the guys told me to leave it on for a few more days as a precaution. What a fucking worry these men have!

But I love them anyway.

I moisturize my hair to make it silky, scrub my body several times and shave, spending hours in the shower and leaving Kelly desperate.

'' Finally! '' She celebrates when I go out and find several people in my room.

"Who are these people?"

'' It's the beauty professionals the boys hired, they'll make you look amazing.

A woman in white smiles and approaches me.

“I'm Nurse Karen, I've come to get your stitches.

'' Oh, sure.

Everyone waits outside while the nurse performs the procedure. I confess that I was a little embarrassed, but everything is very fast.

'' Even if you don't have stitches, unfortunately, you still won't be able to have sex.

They fucked up.

'' For how long?

“Wait for another week and then you're off the hook.

'' Thank you for the help. She smiles gently.

“You don't have to thank me, and best of luck to you.

I smile and as soon as she leaves, everyone returns.

"Let's start the transformation!" '' Larissa says, all excited.

I don't know how much time has passed, but thank God I'm ready and I'm surprised to see the result in the mirror.

'' Wow! That's me? '' I ask, delighted.

My dress is very long, it looks like the ones the duchesses wore in the past, it's extremely beautiful.

“You look very beautiful, my friend. Kelly praises.

'' Thanks.

My hair is tied up in a really cute bun. I actually look like a different person right now.

“You look like a princess. “I smile at that. “Now it's time to see your princes.

'' Try.

We leave the room and I head downstairs with Kelly helping me.

'' Where are my children?

'' Dona Rosa already took them to her wedding venue.

'' Ah, sim.

We leave the mansion and I see a man waiting for us.

“Good afternoon, miss, I'll take you to the wedding venue.

We get into the car and I pull my dress carefully so it doesn't get caught in the door and the driver starts the car.

Kelly leans over and whispers in my ear,

“This is Jackson.

I widen my eyes.

"Is it the coward?" I ask quietly and she laughs.

'' Try.

I roll my eyes and sigh, very nervous.

“Did you take your vows?” ’ he asks, out of nowhere.

“No, I'll say what's in my heart.

She nods.

“I'm sure they'll like it.

****

I almost go crazy when we arrive at the venue and Kelly helps me get to the church door.

“I'm surprised a priest would allow such a marriage. I say and Kelly laughs.

“Do you think anyone would refuse?

River back. If he refused, he would die.

I close my eyes and take several deep breaths.

'' I'll go in the back, see you inside, friend. She kisses my cheek and runs over.

Calm down, Elisa. Today is your wedding, even if it's short notice.

The door opens and I walk in, seeing them widen their eyes when they see me. I'm a little embarrassed, but I smile.

I look to the side and see Dona Rosa holding Thiago while the others sleep in the basket. I smile at her and go back to facing my beautiful bride and groom.

As soon as I reach the altar, Alex holds out his hand to me and I stand between them, on my left side are Alex and Thomas, on my right Christopher, Lorenzo and Dylan.

“We are gathered here to unite these men and this woman. Please start your votes.

I think they asked the priest to speed up, these men really have no way.

Thomas turns to me.

'' We didn't want to spend so much time talking, so I'll speak for all of us.

I smile, shaking my head.

'' We never thought that one day we would fall in love with someone, because love did not exist for us. We faced many betrayals until you came along, Elisa. A wonderful girl like you, who suffered a lot to become the beautiful woman you are today, when we saw you for the first time, it was love at first sight. “He took my hand. '' Elisa, you are the love of our lives, someone who brought us out of loneliness and darkness, you saved us from our old bitter lives and pain. You showed us that love really exists, we all went through a lot to be together at this moment, we fought, we lost, we made you suffer, but we changed to be able to be with you and our children. We love you so much and we love our children so much. We want to give them a wonderful life, we want to have you by our side forever. We all love you queen, we promise to always protect you.

I'm already crying right now.

'' Right. '' Deep breath. '' When I lived at the orphanage, I always thought, why is my life like this? But thank you for being there, because I met the loves of my life and had my beautiful children. I also love you very much and I promise to always be by your side. I always want to be with you, I really love you all and I want us to have the new happy ending.

“Where are the rings?”

We look to the side and Kelly brings the six rings.

Thomas takes my hand and places the ring on my finger, giving me a kiss when he's finished. I do the same thing with the five.

"I pronounce you husband and wife." You can… Kiss the bride.

I smile slightly at that.

Thomas kisses me the way I like, but he doesn't deepen the kiss too much. Soon after comes Lorenzo, Alex, Christopher and Dylan.

'' I love you. '' I declare, smiling.

“And we love you too, Elisa.

Dona Rosa brings our children and I smile with this beautiful family that I have been blessed with. The boys kiss our children's little heads and a tear runs from my eye.

I look at Christopher.

“We have our happy ending, love.

He smiles and puts his arm around my waist.

“Yes, maybe you're right.

I look at my men, who are playing with our children.

Yes, we have our happy ending. I do, in fact, love them all, even if one finds it impossible to love five people at once. I say, it's possible, because I love them with all my life. And forever I will love them.