*Epilogue*

*Ben's POV*

After quickly leaving my office me and Evie quickly ran through the castle looking for Mal; we even startled my parents as we burst into my mother's library. They also fell into shock and panic when I told them that we couldn't find Mal; and they offered to help us look for her.

As I started to hear the panicked footsteps of my parents start to echo around the neighbouring corridors that me and Evie were searching I started to feel sick. Mal promised that she was never going to leave me again! So where was she? I couldn't go through losing her again; especially as I knew that we both had a son together. Surely she wasn't going to be that cruel by letting me getting close to her and Edward for her to just leave me at the first opportunity that she got? I thought she loved me! She saw how bad her leaving me had affected me; so how could she leave me like this?

My panic and fear started to get even worse when Mal didn't answer me and Evie calling out to her; and it only got worse when she wasn't even answering her phone either. So I decided that I had to go into our rooms to see if there was any clues to see where she had gone; and if there was nothing I was going to go to the cottage to see if this is where she had gone.

When me and Evie ran into our rooms my eyes quickly swept across the room; and I took in a couple of deep breaths to help steady myself as fear continued to consume my body. My eyes landed on the open balcony door and before I could stop myself I quickly ran onto balcony and me and Evie quickly froze at what we saw.

I felt the panic leave my body as a wave of relief then started to engulf me as I saw Mal asleep on one of the dark blue hanging chairs on the balcony. She had her feet propped up on one of the stools from our room and she had a light dark blue fleece blanket over her. It looked like she had fallen asleep sketching with her music still playing in her earphones - which answered why she hadn't been answering us calling out to her.

Me and Evie then both gave each other a reassured look; and I started to feel guilty at the fact that I had doubted Mal. And this is something that I would talk to her about; I just hoped she would understand why I had thought that she had left me.

"Can you go and find my parents?" I muttered as I looked back over to Mal.

"Of course" she answered and she quickly ran back into our room so she could leave our suite and go and find my parents to tell them that Mal was still with us.

After I saw Evie had left us I then slowly and carefully picked up Mal's sketching pencils and pad and I smiled at the drawing of me and her that she had obviously fallen asleep doing. I could see that there was meant to be a bundle in her arms; she obviously had been thinking about what our life is going to be in a very short weeks.

I then carefully took the earphones out of her ears; and I quickly carried them back into our room before returning back to my soul mate. I started to think about what to do next and I decided that I would take Mal back to bed. So with this in mind I slowly pulled the fleece blanket off her and I threw it over the top of the hanging chair. I then slowly and carefully slid my arms around her and picked her up; I watched as she stirred in her sleep.

"Ben" she muttered in her sleep; and I went to answer her but immediately stopped when I noticed that she was still asleep. I grinned down at her and I pressed a kiss against the top of head; I then carried her back into our bedroom. I carefully placed the mother of my child slowly down onto the bed and I stared at her for a few seconds in complete awe. I then kicked my shoes off and shrugged out of my blazer and threw it down onto a nearby chair. I then walked around the bed and as I did this I undone my tie and undone my top button of my shirt. I then climbed onto our bed and lay on my right side and watched as she slept peacefully next to me.

I hated the situation that me and Mal had to go through; I hated the time that we had missed together. But the main thing is that we were back together now - me, Mal and Edward. And I was going to make sure that nothing like this ever happen again. Mal and Edward was my world and I would protect them with my life. And even though we weren't doing anything at the moment just being in Mal's presence like this was very soothing. And here I would wait until she woke up so we could have some much needed, valued and wanted time together.

Hey guys, I don't know what more to say but thank you for coming on this journey. I have enjoyed going on this journey that this story has taken me on. Yes there was a time where you were going to get a completely different version but I am glad that I withheld this story. The version that you have just read has taken me just over a year to prefect; and I can't wait to see what you think. A second thank you for the patience that you have afforded to me for the time taken on this story.

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