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It was funny how a silance could ht burst from it

Any other day, he could drag me back upstairs Any other day But not today

The need for hiers to his neatly tri him back down to earth as I reminded him, “But none of this can ithout capital We need ht?”

Zero hesitation “Right”

And as I watched him watch me, a somber moment passed as I realized he would never truly understand what he meant to me

Pride filledme heady I was in awe of the man he’d become All I wanted to do was lose myself in him So, I did I stood on my tiptoes, slipped my arms around his neck, and touched my lips to his When hishands splayed across reedily, and even after all this time, I fell a little more

That was important

Most people thought once you fell in love, that was it The highest of the high And for some, it was, but it didn’t have to be

The goal was to fall in love with so

I was one of the lucky ones I had that And I was grateful

He had no idea Or maybe he did

I was so proud to call this indomitable man my own

Right then, as we lost ourselves in each other’s lips, the doorbell rang But Vik didn’t pull away from me, not immediately He slowed the kiss until the action had ceased, and he siently parted, and e both moved to back away, he wasn’t ready to lose the connection, hly intimate move that made my stomach shimmy

When the doorbell rang the second time, it was tier kiss to his lips before retreating with a small smile As I walked toward the door, Vik peered down atdown to cup hi his head slowly, his hooded eyes holding a promise of more to come later

And my core clenched, sure to hold him to that promise

Lord The way he looked at me… he did wonders for my self-esteem

I gave him a second before I opened the door, and when Sasha stepped inside, looking flawless in a light-gray suit and pastel blue shirt, I s forward to press a kiss to his cheek

He glanced down at ood”