Olivia North

"That was his favorite toy, you know." Esme spoke as she entered Dylan's room. She's referring to the brown stuffed rabbit I was currently holding. 

She sat beside me and continued.

"We bought him that while we were at the park. I can clearly remember how happy he was when we gave him that rabbit. Since then, he would always bring that anywhere." She chuckled softly. I remembered that he would always hold this stuffed rabbit.

"But when you gave him the stuffed Hippo, he instantly forgot about this and made the Hippo his favorite." I smiled at her sadly.

"I'm sorry if---"

"No, don't be. We're actually happy that it was replaced by Hippo. The one that you gave to him." She held my hand and continued.

"You know Olivia, when we heard from the news that Niccolo's dating the North heiress, at first we didn't like it because of the news circulating about you. But when I saw a picture of you carrying Dylan while feeding him strawberries with your white business clothes and not caring for the stains. That's when I knew that you're far from the North heiress the media talks about."

"You see, you made my boys happy. You filled the need Niccolo has been denying since he had Dylan, a good partner and a mother for his son. They're lucky to have you in their lives, Olivia." I shook my head immediately.

"No, Esme. I am the lucky one because I have them in my life. Nick and Dylan gave to me what I thought I will never, ever get to experience, that is genuine and unconditional love. They treat me as Olivia not as the daughter of a billionaire."

"However, what they got was a complete fail when it comes to house chores." I chuckled when I said it to her quietly.

She sighed.

"And so? Nick's there to do everything. I taught him how, you know. And if you want to learn, I am just a call away. Also, you're doing a great job being a mother and partner to them." She said and a lone tear escaped from my eye.

She wiped my tear and another one fell until it was uncontrollably streaming down my face.

"I'm worried about my son, Esme. It's been 12 hours since he was kidnapped by that woman." I choked.

"I know. We can only hope that he's fine while their looking for them." She held my face and leaned it on her chest in a motherly gesture then caressed my hair gently. I remember how my mom used to do that whenever she would comfort me.

"This is all my fault, it's because of me, I put my son's life in danger." I cried onto her.

"Shh. It's not your fault and nothing's going to happen to Dylan. Nick and your brother are doing their best to find him, so stop blaming yourself. It's not your fault." She comforted me but it wasn't enough to give me comfort knowing that Dylan's been compromised because of me.

If anything happens to him, I don't think I can forgive myself.

We were in that position for like five minutes when Tessa entered the room panting.

"Mom, Olivia, they've located Cassandra." I immediately stood up and ran downstairs to Nick's drawing room where we all huddled up since yesterday.

When I entered the room, I saw Nick talking on his phone. I went straight up to him and held his arm, he looked at me and smiled.

"Okay. Just make sure that my son's safe. Tell your men to not leave him alone." He said to the person he's talking to.

"Can we talk to my baby?" I asked Nick desperately and he looked at me sadly.

"He's currently sleeping, my love." He said and I nodded.

"Is he fine? Did he eat already?" Nick smiled weakly and nodded at me.

"We're on our way. Don't let anyone come near my son unless it was me or  Olivia, understand?" He said sternly and hung up the phone.

He looked at me with ease and spoke.

"Our son is safe. We can take him home." He announced happily and  I couldn't contain it anymore so I hugged him and wept. He returned the hug and embraced me tightly.

"Thank you. Thank you for finding him." I mumbled and looked at him, he gave me a quick peck on the lips and wiped my tears.

"Let's go get him." He said and held my hand.

"We're coming with you." Everyone uttered.

"As much as I wanted everyone to come, I didn't want to overcrowd the police station because that would just create media attention." Nick explained.

"Jericho and I are coming." Tom announced.

"Me too." We looked at my brother and I nodded at him.

"Alright. Let's go." Nick held my hand and walked towards his garage.

We were on our to the police station which is an hour and a half drive from Nick's house. Domenik and Markus' team teamed up to find Cassandra as well as Dylan. One of their men tracked Cassandra when she stopped at a gasoline station to fill up her gas as well as buy some snacks/food at the convenience store by the gas station.

Fortunately, the cashier on that store was friends with one of the men that is assigned to find our son. He immediately called the man and notified him about Cassandra. They sent him a picture of her as well as Dylan to confirm, once he confirmed that it was her, he pinned her down, locked her to their stockroom, and called the police. Then, he took Dylan from the car and gave him food as well as milk.

Even though they assured us that Dylan was okay, I couldn't help but feel nervous. I would only feel relieved once I saw and held my son.

I felt a hand on my lap and looked at Niccolo.

"He's fine, Olivia. Stop worrying." He stated and I intertwined my hand to his.

"I'm just worrying about him. It's almost morning, Niccolo. He's been taken from us for like 12 hours now. What if he got traumatized about it?" I said worriedly.

Nick took pur hands and kissed the back of my hand to assure me.

"He won't. He's a brave kid." Nick assured me and I sighed quietly.

As we arrived at the station, we immediately went inside and asked for our son. We showed them our IDs for proof and then they let me and Nick in while Tom, Jericho, and Zac handled all the legal stuff.

We were lead to a small room by two women officers, they opened the room and we saw Dylan sleeping peacefully on a small bed while being guarded by two men Nick identified as one of Domenik and Markus' men.

Nick thanked them and I went straight to my son. I scanned his body for any scratches or bruises and thankfully there's none then I held his little hand. I felt the small bed dipped beside me and Nick's hand caressed Dylan's hair.

"I told you he's fine." Nick stated after a minute of us staring at the our little devil.

"He is." I said and leaned onto him. He kissed the side of my head and we heard and felt the shuffling of the bed.

We looked at Dylan and he lazily opened his eyes. His eyes looked at me sleepily and spoke.

"Mommy, peepee." He said and extended his arms for me to help him stand up.

"You want to pee, my love?" I asked him softly and hugged him. He nodded sleepily on my chest and I chuckled, tears threatening to fall down.

"Then let's go do number 1." I announced and Nick assisted us to stand up.

After helping him pee, I carried him for him to continue his sleep. Niccolo on the other hand went to the confrontation room where Cassandra's being questioned. But before he went in, he waited up for Zac to be on our side.

"I'm glad that this little one is safe now." Zac lightly ruffled Dylan's hair.

"Thank God." I smiled at him and spoke lowly.

"Rebecca's right, Cassandra doesn't harm children however, she perceived Dylan as hers. She kept in telling them that Dylan's her son and that begging them to not harm him." I frowned at Zac's statement and looked at him in question.

"She's mentally ill. I didn't mention this awhile ago because I didn't want to scare everyone more." I gasped when I heard it. What? How?

"When Francis forced her to abort the baby, he also told the attending physician to remove her ovaries. That's his revenge to her, you know.  He knew that there's no more hope between you two that's why he blamed her and did that to her." He explained.

My knees gave out when I knew it and sat on the metal bench near me. I hugged Dylan tighter, I felt like I wanted to cry because of what she went through.

"This is why she hated me so much." I whispered.

Zac put his arm around my shoulder and leaned me to him.

"It's not your fault, Olivia. Don't you dare think of that." He gently stated and I nodded.

Oh my God. I couldn't believe Francis could do that kind of evilness.

"Where's Francis?" I looked at Zac.

"He's in jail now. Cassandra made sure that he will pay for what he did to her child and to her. She framed him up into a drugs bust. He's charged with a 30 years imprisonment." He told me and I nodded weakly.

At least she got justice for what he did to her.

When Nick, Tom, and Jericho came out, we stood up from our seat then went home.

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It's been a month since that incident happened. Cassandra was charged with kidnapping, she's at a women care mental facility for rehab and will be serving 6 years imprisonment.

Thankfully, Dylan did not developed any trauma from that incident. Cassandra really took care of him and did not harm him.

Today, we're busy preparing for Nick's surprise birthday party. I asked him if he wanted a party but he just laughed while telling me that a simple dinner with me and Dylan will suffice. I agreed but I didn't promise that I will do it because seriously, I've been itching to throw a birthday party for him since before everything transpired. So no can do.

I secretly emailed everyone that I will be throwing a surprise birthday dinner for Nick so they better bring their gifts to him.

When Esme received the mail, she volunteered to do all the cooking. Nana on the other hand told us that she will be baking Nick's favorite carrot cake as well as banana muffin.

And yes, I just called Mrs. Knights Nana. Since the day we took home Dylan, she talked to me and apologized for what she had treated me. I told her that I didn't took it personally because I know that she's just looking out for both of her grandsons, since then, I called her Nana.

As per my brother and Nick, Zac is still playing hard to get. He keeps on ignoring Niccolo whenever he tried to talk to him. I tried to talk to Zac about his rudeness to Nick but he just shrugged and told me that he's serious about not forgiving him.

I didn't know what to do about him anymore so I let him be, someday, he and Nick will be best friends again.

My phone rang pulling me out of my reverie, I looked at the caller ID and saw Dad's name.

"What up, old man." I greeted him and he chuckled.

"I'm just checking if Niccolo's kitchen is still in good condition and is not yet burned down." I chuckled silently and rolled my eyes.

"Whatever dad. I'm not cooking, I'm assisting Esme and Nana. And I'm doing a pretty good job." I said proudly and placed one by one the freshly baked muffins on the cooling rack.

"I'm glad to hear that. Anyway, what am I going to wear? Do I have to wear a formal suit for dinner?" My dad asked. Honestly, I find it cute whenever dad calls me asking me what to wear whenever he's going out. Poor old man, he used to wear those suit and tie for 50 years, but I didn't care because I'm so happy to shop clothes with him.

"Just smart casual. No need to wear formal clothes." I answered him and placed the phone between my ear and shoulder as I was going to pour another set of muffin batter to the mold.

"Alright."

"Dad, I'll disconnect now. Don't forget to come here before 6, okay." I reminded him and he hummed.

"See you later, dad. Love you." I said and hung up.

After everything has been prepared and were in place, I bathe Dylan, took a bath at our bathroom and gotten ready --- no we're not yet living together, it's just that Nick's being peeved whenever I say his bathroom, his room, and what not, he said that what's his is mine already.

At exactly 6pm, all the guests were here. Nick's family, Dad, Zac, Erin, Jowee, and Alex. At 6:30pm, Nick called me informing me that he's on his way home.

When he arrived and entered the house, we immediately shouted surprised and boy it was so funny to see him getting startled. He was going to run and it was so funny. Alex took it as his chance to put the party hat on his head.

He thanked everyone for coming then he went beside me and carried Dylan from me.

Everyone went to him and greeted him one by one. After greeting him, Maria announced that it's time for dinner, when Dylan heard it, he immediately wiggled from Nick's arms. We all laughed and he put him on the ground then ran to the dinning room. Everyone followed him and left us.

"So this is what you've been doing the whole day." He said and grinned.

"Yup."

"I thought you we're in a meeting because I kept going to your voicemails. I even called Nikkie and she said that you're very busy today."

"I know. I told her to tell her that because I know you'll be calling her to check up on me." I said and put my arms around his neck.

"Do you like it?" I asked sweetly and inched forward.

He circled his arms around my waist and pulled me closer until we're glued to each other.

"Of course. Thank you." He said lowly and was going to kiss me but stopped when we heard Jowee's voice.

"Reserve that later. We're famished." She said loudly and we looked at her. She winked at us and went to the dining room.

"Yep, they're about to make out." We heard her announced it when she entered. I hid my face to Nick's chest because it was embarrassing, not Jowee catching us but what she just announced. Even though Nick's family has already accepted me, it's still embarrassing.

"I will kill her later." I mumbled at his chest and he laughed.

We entered the dining room and took a sit at our places. We enjoyed the food, Tessa teasing him that he's old now, Dylan singing happy birthday to him.

After dinner, it was time for us to give him our gift. Tom and Esme gave him a watch, Nana gave him neck ties, Jericho and Jesse gave him a fountain pen, Erin gave him a free accommodation for 3 days and 2 nights at their hotel in Hawaii and to complement her gift, Jowee gave him a box of condoms a which he was going to use when we're about to go and have a vacation there, it was so embarrassing, I tell you.

Good thing Ellie and Dylan were so engrossed at the chocolate pudding their gobbling. These two, I know they planned this gift.

Anyway, Dad and Alex gave him  bottles of scotch while Zac gave him a pair of cufflink.

When it was my turn, they all looked at me and I smiled widely. I stood up and offered my hand for him to take.

Everyone's eyes were on me and were confused except of course my two best friends.

When he took my hand, I lead him to the front door while others were trailing behind us. As we arrived at the entrance, I stopped and asked him to close his eyes. When I was sure that he's not peeking, I nodded at my friends and they whispered to everyone to not react when we got out.

As I opened the door, I assisted him and went down from the steps. When we arrived at the spot, I heard light gasps from behind us and smiled.

"Open your eyes, my love." I whispered and when he opened it, his eyes widened and he blinked repeatedly when he saw the limited edition Sian FKP37.

"Do you want me to slap you?" I asked him and he looked at me.

"Is this mine?" He asked and I nodded.

"You're not joking, right? This really is mine." He confirmed to me and I chuckled.

"That limited edition Lamborghini Sian FKP37 is yours, Niccolo." I pronounce every word so it will sink in to him. Then he grinned slowly and lifted me off the ground and twirl me.

"Oh my God! Thank you, Olivia!" He said and kissed me slowly.

"Go look at it." I said after we pulled away from each other and hand him the key then he excitedly went to the car.

"Take it for a spin." I suggested and he went to me.

"You'll come with me." He said held my hand.

"Dylan, my son, mommy and daddy will just go somewhere, okay." He informed him and he just nodded while still stuffing himself with the chocolate pudding.

We drove around the city and took a rest by the bay and sat at the hood of the car where we can see the whole town lit up by the beautiful lights.

"Thank you, Olivia." Nick broke the silence and he faced me to him.

"Thank you for coming in to my life, for giving me another chance, for accepting Dylan as your son, and most especially for loving me." He sincerely said and it melts my heart.

"No, Niccolo. Thank you for agreeing to my Dad's wish. If it wasn't for you, I am still the plain old North heiress. You and Dylan are the best gift dad has given to me, that's why I would do and buy everything to make you two happy." I caressed his face and I made sure that my love was reflecting in to my eyes.

"And you are also the best gift that you're dad has given to me." He said.

"I love you, Olivia." He said while inching towards my face.

"I love you, Niccolo." I replied and kissed him.

I guess we have to thank Dad for playing cupid between us.

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