Submitting to My Best Friend's Dad-Chapter 781 : Surprises

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I’d slept for a refreshing few hours before Mom came back with Emilia. Their walk ended shortly due to her fussiness, and I was all too happy to wake up to her cuddling up on my chest, with Mom already making lunch for all of us.

She had shooed out the cooks, telling them that her special ingredients couldn’t be seen as she made my favorite dishes. I was pretty sure that her special ingredient that she called, ‘Love,’ was actually just a placebo she used to make me eat vegetables as a kid.

But I wouldn’t tell her that.

It wasn’t long after I fed Emilia lunch that the front door opened up and faster than I had seen him run in a long time, Elio came dashing toward me with a huge grin. I barely had time to prepare myself as he tackled me onto the couch, pressing me down.

“Elio,” I gasped, wide-eyed as he snuggled his head into the crook of my neck, murmuring something I couldn’t quite hear. My shock melted away at his rare clinginess and I stroked his back with a giggle. “I’m guessing it went well?”

“It’s over.” He pulled back so I could see the wavering relief and joy in his eyes. “You and Emilia... you’re safe.”

His words were like a ripple effect and a massive silly grin spread across my lips as I cupped his cheeks. “Really?”

“Mmhmm.” He leaned into my touch, giving me a bright smile before I leaned up, taking his lips in mine.

I couldn’t care less that our daughter was still in the room–she was in her own little world–and I didn’t even mind my mother being only a room away.

The sheer happiness and relief I felt was like an explosion that rippled out and I could’ve laid there all day, holding my man in my arms like we were the only two people in the world but despite my wishes, we weren’t.

A loud cry startled both me and Elio and we pulled back, glancing in alarm at Emilia, who stared at us, whining loudly from her play mat as she waved her arms. It looked like she was struggling to turn on her tummy and crawl toward us, though of course she was way too small for that, though the determination in her little eyes was charming

We laughed and Elio slowly got off of me, heading over to pick up our fussy daughter.

“I’m sorry. Was Daddy ignoring you, huh?” He held her gently, eyes shining with love.

I laughed as she immediately stopped whining, reaching her little hands up for her Daddy’s face just like I had a few moments ago.

“I love you too,” Elio assured her, pressing a kiss to her forehead and we both grinned as she laughed in response–our beautiful daughter, our little gift.

Elio sat down with Emilia in his arms, allowing her to take fistfuls of his hair and stuff them in her mouth, not even caring as she drooled on him either, and much to my surprise and what I had thought, Elio kept his promise.

He shared everything about what happened, about Franky setting up the meeting with Ignacio and how they came up on top while setting up the truce. He laid out every detail he could remember, forgoing nothing and I grinned the whole while, feeling warm from my toes to my head.

“Everything’s going back to normal now,” Elio told me, a small grin on his face. “That means they won’t need me at work as much, so I actually have another surprise for you.”

“A surprise?” I frowned, wondering what on earth was he talking about, and as if on cue, in came Mom with a huge grin.

“What’s going on?” I sent them both a suspicious look as Elio handed over Emilia to Mom.

Elio grinned, coming around to take my hand and lay a kiss upon it.

“I’ve planned a trip for us. Your mom agreed to watch Emilia while we’re gone, so it’ll be just me and you.”

Elio revealed his surprise, and my eyebrows nearly went off my head as I stared at him.

As much as the idea excited me, I also felt hesitant as I glanced at my daughter, who was still so small and fragile. She’d doubled her weight and was not trying to sit up on her own, but I still felt nervous leaving her for a long period.

“Emilia will be fine.” Mom stepped in, seeing my worried look. “She’s fully on formula now and I can take care of her. We can video call every night so you can see she’s doing okay but I really think you need this, honey. You’ve been so stressed over the past few months and haven’t really had time to care for yourself.”

She was right. With MS13, my pregnancy had been hard and full of threats and even after birth, it had been even more stressful with all of my worries being bottled up. It had only been a matter of time before I exploded and Elio had been the unlucky one in my warpath.

I felt bad now that I had an actual rest for everything I’d said to him. And as he looked at me, pleadingly, waiting for my decision, I knew I owed this to both him and me.

“A vacation sounds lovely,” I smiled and Elio beamed in response, fully taking me into his arms. “So when do we leave?”

Elio smirked, and Mom stood to the side, revealing out of our workers and our fully packed suitcases.

“Right now,” Elio said proudly.

It was all a whirlwind from there as Elio literally swept me into his arms, princess-carrying me out the door after I started to give out tips to my own mother. I managed to squeeze in one last hug and kiss for Emilia, hoping she wouldn’t miss us too much before we were off to the jet.

As much as I already missed Emilia, I felt just as excited about having time for the two of us. It had been a long time since we hadn’t had to worry about anything, to just focus on ourselves.

To take my mind off of leaving Emilia for so long, I happily played our regular game of ‘Guess where we’re going?’ though as usual, Elio refused to tell me, only happily grinning as he rejected each one of my ideas.

“Paris?”

“Nope.”

“Rome?”

“Nuh-uh.”

“The Bahamas!”

“Try again.” Elio chuckled at my look of frustration just as the light came on allowing us to roam about the cabin.

I unbuckled myself, scooting over to sit on Elio’s lap and cuddling into him.

“You’re really not going to tell me?” I said coquettishly, pouting my lips as I laid my fingers under his shirt and across his chest, spreading upward to his neck.

Despite his stone-like face, I saw his throat move as he swallowed and I playfully laid a kiss on his jawline, purposefully lowering my voice, “Not even if I say please?”

He grabbed my other hand as it dipped lower down his abdomen, bringing it to his lips as he gave me a wicked smirk. “Now what kind of fiance would I be if I didn’t surprise you? But I’d to see how you think you can get it out of me before we land.”

“Flirt!” I laughed, ignoring that I had been doing the exact same thing seconds before as I cupped his cheeks, giving him a soft and sweet kiss.

“You know how impatient I am,” I whispered between kisses as his arm snaked around my waist, pulling me closer until we were flush with one another. I happily made out with my fiance, only stopping when the stewardess came to bring us lunch.

She pretended like she saw nothing though, completely professional as she gave us a polite and friendly smile. Even as Elio’s hand was on my ass and my neck had several hickies blooming already.

Elio fed me lunch by hand and I allowed myself to be pampered by him, sighing in his arms as we relaxed. The trip was much longer than I thought it would be, more than any of our other trips before, and soon our handsiness died down as we just rested against one another, savoring the physical contact.

“Falling asleep already?” Elio chuckled as he saw my half-closed eyes.

I yawned, nodding a bit as I suddenly felt that dreamy feeling rise upon me like the clouds we were soaring through. Despite my earlier nap, I was still tired somehow.

He kissed the top of my head. “I have a big night planned, so you might as well take a nap. We’ll be a few more hours at least.”

“That’s fine,” I yawned again, tears squeezing out of my eyes and I curled into him fully, getting comfy as I slowly started to drift off, my words slurring. “Can’t wait to see.”

It wasn’t just me who was exhausted because as soon as I fell asleep, I heard the tell-tale sounds of Elio’s light snores, his chest rising and falling like a lullaby only for me and I smiled, even though I was barely conscious myself.

We were exhausted parents–a nap right after we left for a vacation seemed right.

When we landed, I was still wondering where we were until we came off the plane and a huge sign declared the city right in front of us.

“Belize?” I turned to Elio in surprise and delight.

“Told you you’d be surprised,” Elio laughed, hugging me around the waist.

A nice sleek car came to pick us up, and I stared out the window as we drove into the massive city, the beaches visible from nearly every point.

The sun was shining, the sky was a bright sunny blue and even though it was sweltering hot, I didn’t mind too much. I was already researching things I wanted to see on my phone, marking them for Elio’s attention when we arrived at a very nice beach house.

Similar to a fancy version of a bungalow, My grin was wide enough that it physically hurt as we explored the house with a beautiful view of the beach. It was just off the public beach, close enough to walk to but without disturbing any of the residents.

But that wasn’t all of the surprises Elio had for me. Up in our room, laid out was a gorgeous dress that I absolutely fell in love with.

“Get ready ’cause I told you we have a busy night,” Elio laughed, heading to change himself as I held the silky fabric of the dress in my hands. I looked over the fire-red dress and grinned.

He really was too good at this, I thought. I couldn’t even begin to guess what else he might have planned for me.

But I knew I would adore it, just as much as I adored him.