NIKOLAI
The look on Hunter’s face was crushing, as he said he thought this was what I wanted, and I closed the gap between us in a single stride before folding to my knees before him and taking his hands in mine.
“Of course it’s what I want… more than anything,” I said, placing a kiss on his knuckles, and he asked then what the problem was, adding that I looked like I was about to reject him. Cradling his head, I kissed him, my heart twisting at his words.
I didn’t know what was happening or what the voice was that made me hesitate. Maybe it was because this wasn’t my first rodeo, but I couldn’t let my past experience matter because my previous marriage had been a marriage of convenience more than anything.
Things were different with him. I loved him, so I shook my head, cupping his
