ASHK POV: Past “Alex,” I murmured his name as he rubbed patterns on his chest after a long soul-soothing love-making session. Maybe it was the only way for him to show me how much he had worshipped me from the day he met me. He was gentle and steady as he made me believe that if it was other than death tearing us apart, then he wouldn’t have let that happen in a thousand years. He showed me in every way what I meant to him. He cherished me all night long. I couldn’t stop the tears from sliding down every time he kissed me anywhere. But every time I cried he kissed those tears away. He was the most gentle person I have ever met in my life and I believe he would be the most tender and forbearing man I would ever meet in my life. As I have always said, he was the man that every woman woul

