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During dinner, his mother interacts more with him, and he even smiles every now and then. My heart aches for him, but I also hope things will get better from now on.
The next day, we wave goodbye to them from the top of the marbled stairs, and Kieran wraps his arms around me.
“It’s just you and me now, wife.”
Oh, heart, stop fluttering like this.
We spend the day sunbathing and swimming. It’s the kind of Sunday that I never want to miss again. Everything is brighter, painting everything in vivid colors and sounds.
“I never thought it would be like this.”
He takes my hand in his and places a kiss in the center of my palm.
“Me neither.”
Vulnerability cracks that strong façade of his. He is good at guarding his feelings, but I have learned to peek through the opaque curtain.
“Kieran?”
“Already know me so well?”
At my pointed look, he adds, “I don’t know what I would do if I lost you.”
His head drops, and he runs a hand through his hair. “I thought I could control my feelings for you. I guess I found something I can’t control at all.”
“It’s okay to feel fear once in a while.”
“There’s a first time for everything.”
“I am right here.”
“Sweetheart. I am not letting you go anywhere.”
It used to scare me. It used to anger me. Now it reassures me, comforts me.
I challenge him with a look and he challenges me right back. Then my back hits the grass, his fingers splayed on my bare thighs. Unapologetic possessiveness burns in his eyes, but it’s him, and the whole package he represents is fascinating, savage, and mine.
“So sure of yourself?” I say playfully and thread my fingers through his hair. He bites my jaw.
“Aurora, I’ll destroy this world to find you.I’d bring heaven to your feet. I’d take over hell just for you to be safe.”
I believe him. I cup his face and peck his lips. Our breaths mingle, our foreheads pressing together. “You’re the best thing that happened to me. I don’t deserve you, but I don’t care either, because you’re mine.”
“Are you mine?”
“I have been yours since I was a boy who watched over you. I am yours as the man who can’t live without you.”
His confession shocks me to my core, fills me with endless euphoria.
He drops onto his back next to me as we stare into the cloudless sky. He interlaces our fingers. I breathe in and let life seep through every crevice of my being.
The night reigns outside, while next to me in bed, my wife reigns over me. My eyes take her in; a beauty no poem could express, no painting could capture her essence. She’s a song not written yet, because the verses are trapped in heaven where no mortal has access.
I watch her sleep, thinking about how she’s changed everything. Even my mother started to like her. It shocked me that she kissed my cheek before she and my sister left, and called me her boy. All because of this woman, this good woman of mine who lays in my bed. Asleep, protected, safe, and loved. My love for her chased the sleep away, but I don’t care.
What did you do to me? Bring me to my knees so swiftly I had no time to react. Aurora stirs in her sleep and her eyes open, a small line appearing between her brows.
“Can’t sleep?”
