Lucian picked her up and took her to the bedroom. He didn’t know how long they had been sitting on the kitchen floor earlier, but Georgina had fallen asleep crying in his arms. When he laid his wife down on the bed and tucked her in, Lucian was surprised to feel her hand on his wrist.
“Stay.”
He had planned to go back downstairs to clean up, but he would postpone that. Times like these were rare, and he was making progress with her. Lucian didn’t want to lose the momentum. He took off his pants but left his shirt and boxers on, then lay down beside her. They fell asleep in each other’s arms, and when Lucian woke up the next morning, he was still in bed. They were in a spooning position, with him behind Georgina.
He missed waking up beside his wife. He inhaled her hair and couldn’t help
