Niccolo Knights

"Didith, book me a flight tonight to Italy, I'll be there for a week. Also tell Ryan, the procurement head, that he and one of his managers will accompany me there tonight. Send my flight details to my email, understand?" I said sternly at the intercom. My meeting with our Italian client went well but they requested for us to be physically be there in their site while installing all the hard drive that they ordered from us as well as making sure that the software that they bought from us are safely and properly installed in their system.

I'm actually fine with that but I am not okay with me departing tonight. It's too sudden, who would take care of Dylan for a week. Both mom and dad were in Hawaii and will be back the day after tomorrow. Oh right, maybe my brother and Jesse will take care of him. I dialed Jericho's number but it went to voicemail, I tried Jesse's but it also went to voicemail. Oh my God, where should I leave Dylan? If I take him with me, who would take care of him? I tried calling my brother again and what do you know? It went to voicemail again.

I threw my phone on my desk and let out a grunt. I leaned back on my chair and closed my eyes to think.

"Are you okay?" I immediately opened my eyes when I heard Olivia's voice. I looked at the door and saw Olivia strutting her way inside my office and sat in front of me. I didn't uttered any word because I shamelessly stared at her. She's extra beautiful today in that burgundy dress that looks like a blazer.

"What's wrong?" She asked me, I can see the concern in her face.

"Tonight, I have to fly to Italy and stay there for a week. No, nothing happened, Livy it's actually good for my business but not good for my son." I sighed and continued, "I don't where should I leave Dylan for a week. Mom and dad are in Hawaii and will be back the day after tomorrow, I tried calling my brother and Jesse but I believe they're busy because their voicemails are activated. Theresa on the other hand can't because she has classes to attend to. Olivia I can't take Dylan with me to Italy, I know I can't take care of him there." I said and placed my face on my palms.

"I can take care of him. He can spend the the week with me." I looked up immediately and I was stunned when I heard it. I searched in her face if she was joking but nada, she's serious.

"Olivia, I can't bother with Dylan, you're a busy person too. It would be..." I stopped when she narrowed her eyes at me.

"Nick, Dylan's my son, I can take care of him. Now, I'm hurt that I didn't cross your mind when your thinking of someone to take care of Dylan." She said sternly and folded her arms on her chest. I didn't know what to say, I mean she rendered me speechless when she said Dylan is her son my heart just somersaulted. Before this beautiful woman in front of me gets even more angry, I stood up and sat in front of her.

"Livy, I'm sorry if you think that way, but I just didn't know if you could handle him when you're busy working." I held both of her hands and kissed it gently, she removed her right hand and caressed my cheek.

"Niccolo, when it comes to you and especially to Dylan I am not that busy. So keep that in your mind." She said gently and smiled, I kissed her quickly and stood her up for me to hug her.

"Thank you, Olivia." I uttered on her neck and I felt her hand playing with my hair.

"You're welcome."

"By the way, what are you doing here?" I asked pulling myself from her and rests my hand on her hips.

"Oh yeah right. I forgot to give you this." She got out of our position and went to get the paper bag beside her bag. I took the paper bag from her when she gave it to me, I raised my brows questioningly.

"Open it." She said gently.

I opened it and saw the signature big box of Patek Philippe, I widened my eyes and looked at Olivia, who's currently smiling sweetly at me.

"Olivia?" I uttered her name and tilted my head for an explanation. She just smiled at me and pulled me to sit on the chair.

"Nothing. When I saw that in the store last week, I thought of you immediately and knew that that watch will look good on you, so I bought it." She smiled again.

"But... I-I..." She placed a finger on my lips to shush me and spoke.

"Just accept it, okay. And uhm, actually, I also shopped for Dylan and I kinda got overboard." She slowly said and chuckled lightly.

"Please don't get mad." She quietly said and looked around the room but me.

"Why would I get mad?"

"I-I don't know, really. Or maybe because what if you don't like what I bought for him? Or... I just don't know, okay. This is my first time to buy baby clothes that's why I'm kinda freaking out." She said nervously and looked me in the eyes.

Seeing her like that made me smile, she looked so adorable when she didn't know what to do. I leaned forward to her until our faces were inches apart, I placed ny arms on the armchair to cage her and she raised her brows at me and I just smiled at her. My eyes travelled around his face to her lips and I leaned even more, she closed her eyes and waited for my lips to crash on her but instead of kissing her on her lips, I kissed her forehead, the tip of her nose, her cheeks, and lastly, her lips. I kissed her gently like she's a fragile human being.

She opened her eyes and smiled widely.

"What was that?" She asked

"That's how I calm Dylan when he throws ome of his major tantrums, minus the last kiss." I smirked and returned to my seat. She rolled her eyes at me and spoke. "Whatever, Nick. Just open that." She pointed at the box that sits on top of my desk. I cannot believe that she bought me a watch just because she thought that it looks good on me. I smiled at her and gently opened the lacquered box and then there I saw the luxurious watch. It is a black Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar, I've been planning to buy this for my upcoming birthday and yet this woman bought this just because she thought of me. I didn't know what to say. I just smiled at the watch and hugged Olivia.

"Thank you, Livy. I love it." I heard her chuckles and pecked her. "You know I've been planning to buy this for my birthday. Oh my God, thank you." I thanked her again and removed my wristwatch to try it on.

"I'm glad you loved it." She smiled at me. Once I wore the watch, I tidied up my desk and held her hand.

"Come on, let's have lunch and after this, I'll have to go home and pack my stuff." I said and grabbed my briefcase as well as the paper bag.

"I'll come with you, I'll pack Dylan's clothes too." I put my arm around her waist and kissed her temple before we went out of my office.

After an hour, I finished packing my stuff and went to Dylan's room to see if Olivia's done too especially she's the first one to pack. But when I entered the room, mountains of clothes were littered all over Dylan's floor and both Olivia and Dylan were nowhere to be found until I heard Dylan's giggles from his adjoining bathroom. The door to the bathroom was slightly opened but I still knocked and opened it. Upon opening it, I was welcomed by an unpleasant smell of Dylan's poo. This is quite normal for me but to the woman who's currently covering her nose and looks like going to vomit anytime soon, it was as if she's placed in a septic tank.

"Dylan, you're done now, go to your dad. Nick do me a favor please put some pants to him." She washed her hands on the sink and I nodded at her. After I put Dylan's pants on, she emerged from the bathroom with her face scrunched.

She sat on floor and started matching Dylan's clothes.

"That's unimaginable and unbelievable. What kind of food do you feed to your son? It's... I don't know what to say." She sighed and looked at me.

I laughed so hard. Oh Olivia, you're the newest victim of Dylan.

"You little devil, come here. Why does your poo smells like that, huh. Come here. And you're laughing? Come here." She stalked Dylan who's currently laughing at the other side of his room, she slowly went to him and Dylan ran towards me. I picked him up and placed him on my lap and hid him from his mommy. Olivia quickly took Dylan from me and laid him on his bed to tickle and bite him playfully. He was laughing hysterically and screaming "Daddy, help me" repeatedly. I took a picture of them first before I joined them.

I hugged Olivia to restrain her and said "Go Dylan, go." He immediately went out of his bed and ran towards the door but I released Olivia immediately and she took 3 strides and carried Dylan and assaulted him with kisses while she sat beside me on Dylan's bed. I joined the fun and assaulted him also with my kisses. Dylan was laughing so hard until he begged us to stop because he was tired already. We stopped and he hugged Olivia's neck and leaned on to her chest.

"Aww, is my baby tired already?" She spoke and caressed his hair while I patted Dylan's back.

He yawned.

"Love, daddy will hold you while mommy resumes packing your stuff, okay." She gave Dylan to me when he nodded. She sat on the floor and resumed her mix and match session.

"I don't know why you took so long packing his clothes? I mean it took me only 30 minutes to pack his stuff." I spoke after a while of silence.

"Nick, I'm looking matching his outfits  per day, okay." She said flatly while laying out the clothes. Holy molly, why was it so many?

"Why are you packing that many clothes? He will only stay for a week, I think that amount clothes is for a month's supply. You're not planning to take him away from me, right?" I joked and I felt a piece of cloth on my face.

"I was just joking." I raised my free hand as if surrendering.

"Shush, I'm concentrating." She said, I took this opportunity to just look at her, she's so serious on this and I must say that I liked seeing her like this, being a mom. She may unconsciously doing it but it suits her and I could get used to this. I don't think I would want to marry another woman if it's not Olivia.

"Nick, are you done packing your stuff?" She asked me as she zipped Dylan's luggage, she went to us and checked the little devil who's currently napping on me.

"Oh he's asleep now." She added and sat on my left were my shoulder was free.

"Yup." I agreed and answered her question at the same time. She placed her head on my shoulder and her right arm around my waist while her left arm on Dylan's back.

"You know I'll be missing you, we both will." She said quietly and placed her chin on my shoulder, I looked at her smiling and kissed her forehead.

"Really?"

She nodded and hummed a silent 'hmm'.

"You take care of yourself, huh. Call me when you arrived at your hotel. And call me every night, huh." She said seriously.

"Yes mom." I joked and she narrowed her eyes at me.

"I will punch you in your gut." She pinched my arm.

"Ouch. Why are you so violent. You alwa..." She cut me off when she crashed her lips on mine. Oh dear God, I'll be missing this gorgeous woman beside me as well as the little devil on me.

I'll be missing my family.

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After landing, I thanked Ryan and Peter for their hard work in Italy. I went straight to my car where Jenko was currently waiting.

"Welcome home, Mr. Knights." He greeted me and I nodded at him smiling.

"Thank you, Jenko. Let's go see my girlfriend and son, head straight to Livy's apartment please." I said and went inside my car.

I've been in Italy for 6 days and there were no days I didn't miss Olivia and Dylan. We videochatted but it wasn't enough to satisfy my urge to see and touch them in person. I always looked at the pictures she had sent me as well as the pictures I took. I even showed them to Franco, the Italian client, when we were out having a couple of drinks.

Missing them kills me so when I saw an earlier flight home, I booked it immediately to surprise them. Originally, I should've landed tomorrow but we finished everything early so I booked it. Now, let me surprise them, it's Saturday so I know they're in her apartment.

When I arrived at her apartment door, I rang the doorbell and the door was opened by Belle, Livy's personal secretary. She smiled at me and I nodded at her.

"Are they here?" I asked her and she nodded at me and whispered

"They're currently napping on her couch, Mr. Knights." I raised my brows at her and she lead me to them.

What I saw melted my heart. Olivia's leaning back on her couch while she's hugging Dylan, my son on the otherhand was straddling her and his head's on her chest. I took my phone out and took a picture of them. They looked so peaceful sleeping and I didn't have a heart to wake them up, so I went to them and kissed them both on their foreheads. I looked at the time and it was 5 in afternoon so instead of sitting here and do nothing, why not cook dinner so when both of them woke up, food is ready.

I went to Olivia's kitchen and look for the ingredients. Before I started cooking, Belle went to me and told me that she has to go home now. I nodded at her and started cooking. By the time I was done, I checked both of them and they were still fast asleep. I woke Livy first.

"Olivia, wake up. Olivia." I gently shook her and she opened her eyes. She looked left and right and when she settled her eyes on me, it widened but it quickly turned to frown, she extended her hand to cupped my face and gasped.

"Your real! Oh my God, Nick!" She whisper-yelled when she realized Dylan's on her arms sleeping. She scoot closer to side hugged me and pecked my lips.

"Why are you here? I mean, I thought you'll be here tomorrow?" She whispered smiled widely.

"Yeah but I booked an earlier flight." I tucked a stray hair to her ear and kissed her forehead. "Come on, dinner's ready, wake Dylan up." I stood up and helped her stand up.

She woke him up and when he saw me, he smiled and repeatedly uttered, "Daddy" until I carried him.

"Did you miss daddy?" I asked him while I held Olivia's hand and we walked towards her kitchen. She looked at me and asked, "Did you cook this?" I nodded and placed Dylan on the high chair and out his bib on. Livy on the other hand took out a pitcher of water fro her fridge.

"Let's eat?" She asked me when she settled on her seat.

"Let's." I replied and we ate in silence.

I waited for her to have a taste to see if she likes it or not. She gasped and moaned when she tasted my food.

"Niccolo, this is delish!!! Oh my God." She said and started digging her food. I chuckled and eat also.

"Spend the night here, Nick." She suggested and I nodded.

"I'm planning to." I smiled and resumed eating.

Once we finished eating, Livy offered to wash the dishes while I will bathe Dylan. I freshened up also by taking a bath at Livy's room after I secured a permission from her to use her bathroom and toiletries.

Once done, I saw Livy in her kitchen drinking some tea and Dylan was on the living room playing.

"Hey." I called her.

She smiled at me, "Hello. Do you want tea?" She asked, I shook my head and sat beside her. Then I noticed some band aids on her fingers, I took her hand and examined it.

"What happened?" I asked concerned. She removed her hand from me but I held it tightly.

"It was nothing." She was still trying to remove her hand but I didn't let it go.

"Olivia." I called her seriously. She sighed and stopped her struggling.

"Okay, fine. I was learning how to cook these past few days and that was just cuts. That's all." She said carefully and smiled sweetly at me. I furrowed my brows, I was starting to get mad.

"Just cuts? These are not just cuts, Olivia. What are you thinking? Was this about what Nana said to you? Olivia I told you to not let her get to you, don't listen to her. You don't need to..."

"But I wanted to. Niccolo, what she said was true, I should learn how to cook for you and for Dylan. I am to be your wife and I want to be a suitable wife and mom for you and for Dylan. Just like my mom." She said sadly and I didn't fail to notice longing in her eyes when she said mom.

"You don't need to learn how to cook, you're perfect for us. Besides I know how so don't worry about it. Stop this nonsense, Olivia." I said angrily, she cupped my face and smiled at me sadly.

"Nick, come on. I really wanted to learn how, please. Please." She pleaded and hugged me.

I sighed.

"Okay fine, but if you hurt yourself again..."

"I won't, promise." She said and kissed my lips.

"Mommy, daddy, can we watch Smurf tonight, please." Dylan stood in between us and held both of our hands.

"Sure baby, why not." Olivia said and Dylan dragged her to her living room.

By the time the movie ends, Dylan was sleeping soundly on Olivia's lap. I turned off the tv and carried Dylan to his room, we tucked him in and went to her room.

"You know I can sleep beside Dylan tonight, if you're uncomfortable." I said loudly for her to hear because she's doing her nighttime routine im her bathroom.

She went out in her pink silk pyjamas looking so fresh.

"Nick, we've already slept beside each other once so I'm fine and I know that you won't do anything to me without my consent so zip your mouth and lay down." She said in a duh tone and went to her side of the bed. I laid down and pulled her gently to me so I could hug her. I took a deep breath and smelled her hair, I miss her vanilla rose smell.

"I missed you, Livy." Closed my eyes and hugged her even more.

"I missed you too, Nick. And I love how you smell like me." She said and kissed my collarbone.

"Yeah, I do smell like you and somehow I kinda like it." I said quietly.

"Very good. Good night, Niccolo."

"Good night, Olivia." And darkness took over me.

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Photo above is what Livy gave to Nick. Kikiki. Anyway, please vote for this chapter.

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