By the time he had made love to every inch of her body, it was already four in the morning.
Opening the door of their bedroom with all the care in the world, he found Noémie lying on her stomach. The sheets covered her naked body while her dark brown hair draped her back.
Four years ago, after she gave birth to Lovette, Ajax hadn’t waited to propose to her. He had done what he should have done a long time back. And that was to listen to his heart. A round brilliant diamond-cut ring he had gotten for her, hoping she wouldn’t absolutely hate it.
She didn’t.
Something told him that even if he hadn’t put on a grand gesture and hadn’t showered her with yellow plumeria (her favorite) on the roof of the old Halest Villa, she would have loved him all the same. She would have said yes despite e
