No Longer Alone

Final Chapter

***Nicole's POV*** 

    Xander stood up, patting my shoulder, and walked over to his son, saying something before walking away , and Damian started to walk towards me, slowly, as if he was afraid I would run if he moved to fast.  When he reached me, instead of sitting next to me, he got down on one knee in front of me, carefully brushing away the last traces of tears on my face before he sighed.

    "Please forgive me for not telling you.  I fell in love with you and your family and I wanted so much for you to just love me, but I was so scared that you might not be willing to or that once you knew you would have nothing to do with me." He started right away, and I could see the tears forming in his eyes, and the regret.  "I don't want to loose you Nicole, you and your family have become