Antonio had Sadie out on the dance floor, she had her arms wrapped around him with her head resting against his chest, her feelings were in a spot that there was nowhere else she wanted to be, but in his arms. She started having flashbacks to when they first met, when Ethan took her out on a date trying to get Antonio jealous, to when they first made love, and declared their love for each other. She started thinking about Harlow, and began thanking her for her blessings to have Antonio in her life, and to help raise her children. She didn't know what woman would have been that caring, and giving, and felt Harlow was so selfless. She felt that it was Harlow's spirit that led Antonio to her that day, and offered her the job to care for their kids.

She often thought about where she would be to this day, had she not met Antonio. She was thinking she wouldn't have met her father, wouldn't have been reacquainted with her mother, wouldn't be married to Antonio, and wouldn't have the kids she has now. And felt she owed it all to Ethan, including Giorgia. The more she thought about her life, the happier she felt that Ethan was with her mother, and felt it was a gift for him from her, for everything he's done for her. She could see that he was in love with her, and knew he would do everything he could, to make her happy.

She felt her mother needed Ethan in her life, after years of abuse, and to not know what love is, or what it's like to be loved by someone the way Ethan shows his love for her, and knew Ethan would be perfect for her. He has shown her what love is, and what it's like to be loved by someone. She was feeling Ethan deserved her as well, he himself has been selfless. He listened to Harlow, and did exactly what she asked, knowing it would've been a challenge for him to hook up his brother-in-law with the nanny, losing his sister a couple years after losing his parents, and had nobody left close to him. He looked at Antonio as family, his brother, and developed a close relationship with her.

After what Melissa had done to him, she knew that by Ethan being with her mother, they would be able to help each other. She could tell just by seeing the two together, and the way they acted towards each other, that they loved each other. He was finally getting everything that he has ever wanted... a family.

Antonio could feel there was something on Sadie's mind, she was quiet, and could feel her smiling every now and then against his chest, and noticed at times how she would start squeezing him tighter. He curled his finger under her chin, and lifted her head up "What are you thinking about?" Antonio asked, holding her tighter against him.

"Everything." she said quietly.

"Like?"

"Just everything about us, how it all started, to where we are now. Ethan, my mom, the kids, and how everything had fallen into place through the years. I was also wondering where I would be, had we not met."

Antonio held her tighter, and kissed the top of her head "At times, I have wondered that myself. All I know is, that I couldn't be any happier, and I love where our lives are at right now. You mean the world to me, and I absolutely adore what you have given me through the years, we have the perfect family. You gave me six beautiful kids with another one on the way, you also shown me that life goes on when you think it never will, and I love you for that."

Sadie looked at him and smiled "You're the best thing that's ever happened to me, and I wouldn't change anything about it." She cupped the back of his head, and pulled him in for a kiss.

The song finished, Antonio slowly pulled away, and looked at the time, remembering Ethan asked him to do something for him "Shit, I'll be right back."

Sadie curiously looked at him, not letting go of his hand "Where are you going?"

"Ethan asked me to do something for him, would you like to come with and see? It may be something you would like to witness anyway."

******

Ethan looked into Grace's eyes, while caressing her cheek and started getting nervous on what he was about to say, and ask "You know, you still never answered me on moving in with me."

"I know." she looked away from him, thinking. She wanted to, and was enjoying waking up to him every day, but worried that it wouldn't work out. Now that she is pregnant with his children, she knew she better decide fast, hoping that it's the right decision to make "I'm sorry about that, I've been thinking about it a lot lately."

Curling his finger under her chin, he turned her to look at him. Hoping her answer will be yes, and hoping it will help him with the next question he had on his mind "And, what have you come up with?"

She nervously smiled, and stood there staring at him, hoping the decision she came up with, will be the best decision she's ever made. She reached up, and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, taking a deep breath before speaking "I- I will, I'm just nervous about it." she stuttered, speaking quietly.

"You don't have to be, I do promise to love you, and to take good care of you, and I want you to know, and realize that you'll never have anything to worry about with me." He felt another presence around them, rolled his eyes up away from Grace, and noticed Antonio, with Sadie standing back, waiting for his signal.

"I have a feeling, that I wouldn't have to worry about a thing with you, and that's why I have decided, to move in with you. I trust you." she smiled "It'll be a big step for me, and I need to quit being so insecure all the time. After what I went through, I hope you understand where I'm coming from.

"Good." he smiled "And I do understand what you've gone through, but with me, you'll always have security, and you can trust me. Which brings me to the next question I've been wanting to ask you..."

"What's that? she asked, tilting her head. She could sense him being nervous by the change in sound with his breathing, and the sweat that broke out on his forehead.

His hands started feeling clammy, and was feeling more nervous than he ever had in his life. Especially since it had taken her nearly a month to finally answer him about moving in with him. He tilted his head back, and ran his hands through his hair, trying to calm his breathing down. Grace noticed how he was acting, and became nervous herself, wondering what he was up to.

He took a deep breath, and looked back at her "I have something to say to you, and I want you to listen to everything I have to say." Taking her hands in his, he smiled nervously, and leaned forward, kissing her lips "You took my breath away from the very first time I met you, and over the years I couldn't stop thinking about you, I had always wondered what it would be like to be with you, and never thought it would happen in my lifetime. Over the years I teased you, and I want you to know that everything I ever said to you, I meant, even if it was in a funny way." he chuckled "To this day, you still take my breath away. Every time I see you, and even when you're in my arms, you give me these crazy feelings that I don't even know how to explain. The only thing I can say about that is, I love those feelings you give me, and how it makes me feel. I still have the same feelings for you that I had, from that very first day. These last few months have brought me quite a few surprises, and had changed my life forever. After all these years, we finally hooked up, even though it brought us obstacles that we had to figure out on our own. It brought us joy, as well as a surprise to everyone that we love. I've always wanted a family of my own. I found out I had a daughter that was kept from me, and we now have six babies that you'll be bringing into this world. As of right now, I feel like that part of my life is complete, and there is just one more thing that would complete my life, and my heart."

Grace had tears forming in her eyes, and had a couple tears that found its way to roll down her cheek. Everything he was saying to her was perfect, and she couldn't agree with him more. She then figured what was coming next, and smiled as she wiped the tears away "What would complete your life?"

Ethan gave Antonio his signal, and placed his hands on her shoulders, slowly spinning her around, brushed her hair to the side, and kissed the back of her neck "Look up." he whispered in her ear, giving her goosebumps. 

They both heard a loud bang, and jumped. He had to chuckle a little, after knowing it was coming, and when he heard her gasp at what the question was in the air Grace, will you marry me?

"Will you complete my life, by being my wife?" he asked quietly in her ear. The way he spoke in her ear, tickled, sending goosebumps throughout her body. He reached his arms around her, opening a small box, revealing a ring.

She gasped, and covered her mouth as she looked at the rings he was showing her, the engagement ring, a platinum band with a huge princess cut diamond in the center, along with princes cut diamonds running down each side of the band, and a platinum wedding band, with princess cut diamonds wrapping the entire band. 

Sadie stood in shock, and covered her mouth when she saw the fireworks, displaying a message for her mom. She couldn't be any happier for her, and was amazed that Antonio helped pull this off "Antonio? How long have you two been planning this?"

He smiled, and looked at her "A couple weeks. Basically, since we got in trouble that night Grace had to pick us up at the bar. During our meeting, he showed us the ring, and that was the other reason why the celebration began that day. I'm sorry I hid that part from you, but I was asked to keep it a secret. It was also a surprise for you, to witness what he had planned for her. Hopefully she is giving him the answer he is hoping for." he says, both turning to see her reaction.

Antonio placed his hand on the small on her back, and leaned into her ear "Come on, let's leave the two alone, I'm sure we'll get filled in, on the details soon." he smiled, walking her back inside.

Grace stood in shock, staring at the ring he was showing her, he spun her around, and lowered to his knee, holding the box out to her "Will you marry me?"

"Yes." she quietly said. Her hand started shaking as he took the ring out of the box, and held onto her hand, sliding it on her finger. He stood up, and pulled her in for a long, passionate kiss "You won't regret a thing, I promise." he said, smiling as he pulled away. Grace giggled when she noticed red lipstick on his lips, and wiped it off slowly with her thumb. While wiping the lipstick off his lips, she had an urge, and kissed him again, demandingly.

He felt his cock growing, and pulled away, resting his forehead against hers, and grinned "You're giving me a chubby right now."

Grace laughed, and placed her hand on his cock "You can wait until we get home."

"Now you just made it harder by touching it." he chuckled "Maybe it could use a little lipstick on the dipstick." he grinned, wiggling his eyebrows up and down fast

"You can wait until later." she smiled.

The next morning the kids woke up early, and ran into their parents' room trying to pull them out of bed "Come on dad, Santa was here." Matteo excitedly yelled in Antonio's face. Aria, and Carina climbed up onto the bed, and started jumping, wanting them to get up.

Luca, and Lilliana pulled the kids off the bed, when they heard their parents groaning. While the other kids were up trying to wake up Antonio, and Sadie, Brandon was sitting down by the tree, staring at all the gifts under the tree. "Come on mom, and dad." he kept saying over and over, wishing they would get up so they could open their gifts.

Antonio rolled over to Sadie wrapping his arm around her "We should get up before they come in here again."

"I know..." she moaned, rolling onto her back, and rubbing her eyes "What time is it anyway?"

Antonio laughed "Three in the morning."

"You should tell them to get some rest, I'd like to sleep in a little longer." she sighed.

"They're excited. Don't you remember what it's like Christmas morning when you were little? Plus, I remember you making me get up early for the kids years ago."

"I remember..."

"They're not going to go back to sleep now." he chuckled.

"I'm getting up." she says, removing his arm from around her stomach. She sat up, only to be pulled back down to him "Buon Natale, amore mio." He gave her a kiss, and were kissing for a bit until they were interrupted by Carina, standing at the side of the bed, staring at them. Sadie turned her head, and looked at her "We will be right down there honey. Are Isabella, and Gabriella awake?"

"No, not yet." she said quietly, being shy, and rubbing her eyes.

"Why don't you go wake them up." Antonio said to her, caressing his finger on her rosie red cheeks.

Antonio, and Sadie finally made their way down to the tree. The kids even woke up Ilona, and was sitting on a chair, covered in a blanket yawning away. "You can start opening gifts." Antonio tells them.

The kids handed out the gifts to everyone, and excitedly began opening their presents, throwing the wrapping paper all over. Antonio looked over at Sadie, and smiled "I can't wait until the older girls open their hidden gift." he smiled, kissing her on the cheek.

Sadie smiled, giggled, and snuggled herself closer to him "I hid them in the tree." she whispered. Antonio pointed when he saw Brandon pull a couple boxes out of the tree "Santa hid presents in the tree." he said looking confused.

"Who are they for?" Antonio asked, grinning.

"Isabella, and Gabriella." Brandon said, looking at the small boxes, then walked over, handing the boxes to them.

As the girls opened the boxes, Sadie, and Antonio watched on, waiting to see their reaction, and smiled when they both pulled out a set of keys, looking at them confused.

"Keys?" Gabriella asked.

"You're pretty smart, of course they're keys." Isabella mocked.

"But why?"

Gabriella, and Isabella looked at them, then it hit them, both running over to the window, looking outside. They saw two different cars parked in the driveway, and started jumping up, and down.

"Those are actually from your mother and I, not Santa." Antonio chuckled.

"But we don't even have our license yet." Gabriella sighed, as she turned around, looking at Antonio.

"No, but from now on, you'll be practicing in your own car, that way you'll get used to the car you're driving, for when you both get your driver's license."

Sadie smiled at them, and sat forward "Just think, you both turn sixteen in a few months, and you'll be able to take the road test, hopefully passing."

Antonio pointed at them, and gave them a serious look "Just because you now have a car, does not mean you get to take it out whenever you want, no sneaking out of the house with it, and you'll have to wait until someone can drive with you." Antonio said firmly.

"Can we go outside, and look at them?" Gabriella asked in excitement.

"Why don't you wait until it's lighter outside, it's still dark out." Antonio said, chuckling. Both the girls ran over to Antonio, and Sadie, giving them each a hug, and thanking them.

"You're very welcome." Antonio replied.

After everyone opened their gifts, Antonio quieted them down so he could let them know what their other gift was from him "Being that we hadn't had a family vacation in a very long time, I'm taking all of you to Europe for a few weeks, and I would also like to take you to Italy, to show all of you where I'm from, and where I grew up. Last time I was there, the oldest girls were about four years old." he looked over at Ilona, and smiled "Including you Ilona, I would like to have you come, and join us, you deserve it."

"Oh wow, thank you!" Ilona said shocked.

"No... thank you, thanks for all you do, and for all you have done for us."

Sadie was shocked, she didn't even know about the vacation he planned, and was thrilled about it. She couldn't wait to see where he was from, and hoped they would be going to Paris, a place she always wanted to visit.

"When will this all take place?" Sadie questioned, feeling excited about it.

"Your choice... we can go soon, or after the baby is born. It's all up to you. I was also going to invite Ethan, and Grace, maybe you can talk it over with them, after I bring it up to them later."

Later in the morning, Grace, and Ethan made their way over to Antonio, and Sadie's. He wanted to surprise the kids by dressing up as Santa, and knocked on the door, hoping one of the kids would answer. Instead, it was Sadie "Ho, Ho Ho." Ethan laughed as he, and Grace walked in. Grace walked in, and over to the kids, while Sadie talked with Ethan.

"Merry Christmas Ethan, thank you for making my mom happy." she says, while giving him a hug, still in awe about what he did the night before for her mom.

"Merry Christmas to you too." he said, hugging her tighter. "Thank you for everything."

"You're welcome... by the way, you look good as Santa."

"Thank you, you know, I'm just like Santa."

"Oh?"

"Yep, I see you when you're sleeping, and I know that you don't wear any panties to bed."

(Buon Natale, amore mio= Merry Christmas my love.)

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