*ELYSIA* ****THE NEXT MORNING*** I woke up with wet kisses trailing down my forehead, my nose, my lips, my ears, my cheeks, and then back to my lips. Grinning, I gently shoved him away but he came back like a pest. Nibbling the shell of my ear, he whispered. "Happy birthday, Love." My eyes flung open at once. Oh my goodness! It's my 21st birthday today. How could it skip my mind? I used to look forward to my birthdays but after I lost my older brother and father, I stopped. Simply because there was nothing to celebrate about being alive. Was it my loveless marriage to Dorian? The guilt of being alive, knowing my older brother and father died because of me? However, things were different now. My life had changed in one month and it was all because of the gorgeous man, lying be

