Chapter 43
Samantha's POV
Alaric's words touched me, and I felt so happy. I hadn't been this happy since the first day I held Adrian in my arms. I couldn't believe that all these years had amounted to this. It felt good, too good to be true.
"I have to go. Adrian would be waiting for me," I said. As much as I wanted to stay with him tonight, I had left Adrian alone. Not that he didn't ever stay alone, but I always told him I'd be absent the very few times I had not stayed over. Alaric parts my hair as he looked at me, his eyes filled with passion. I didn't want tonight to end; I just wanted to keep seeing that look in his beautiful eyes.
I felt those sparks; it only intensified after we confessed our feelings.
"You don't have to," he said, caressing my cheek. "I can ask Adams to look
