Modern Romance Collection December 2024 Books 5-8 by unknow
Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2024-11-22T22:01:11+00:00
CHAPTER TWELVE
THEY PRIDED THEMSELVES on falling a little more in love every day.
They worked on it.
They did not keep scoreâthough Apostolis took some time before he forgave himself.
Jolie was quicker.
But then, she had a secret weapon.
When things did not seem to be going in the right direction, all she needed to do was smile in that sharp, barbed way that never failed to get his attention.
âAre you certain you wish to smile at me like that?â he would ask, dangerously.
âYou sound like a small man making big noises,â she said once in responseâ
And then laughed and laughed when he swept her up and tossed her, fully dressed, into the pool.
Then spent a good deal longer kissing her dry in the privacy of their bedroom.
Because they liked a spark. They would never run out of their fire.
She wouldnât know them if they did.
Mathilde settled into life at the Andromeda beautifully. At first she didnât want to leave Jolieâs side. The two of them spent hours and hours together, first comparing notes. Then building new memories.
And it was no more than a couple of years later that Mathilde came to them and said that she thought it was time she tried a bit of independenceâand she knew just the place.
Because by then they all knew about Dioniâs adventures in New York.
âI cannot quite get my head around choosing a concrete city when there is all this,â Apostolis confessed one evening.
The sunset was settling in, spectacularly. The guests had drifted out from the terrace to gather at the cliffside, the better to truly take it in.
âEveryone must find their own path, my love,â Jolie told him.
He looked down at her, that smile on his face that was only hers. âAs long as your path always leads to me, latria mou.â
Jolie let him pull her into his side as the sun put on its nightly show. Later, there would be dancing. It was that kind of night. Later still, they would walk back across the drive and laugh as they found each other in the dark hall.
They had no secrets left. He knew she understood Greek. She knew every last detail of his dealings with Alceu and the soft heart he kept hidden so deep inside of him.
There was only one thing that she was hiding from him, but it was new.
And she resolved she would tell him. Tonight.
Later, when they were both naked and breathing too hard, she turned so she could prop herself up on his chest and look deep into his fathomless eyes. And so both of them could bathe in all the moonlight pouring in the windows.
âI have something to tell you,â she said. Solemnly.
Apostolis smiled. âI was wondering when you would get around to it.â
She felt her smile bubble up from the deepest place inside of her. âOf course you know.â
âMy darling wife,â he said, kissing her in between each word, âmy favorite stepmother, fos tis psihis mou, I love you. I know everything about you. It is my religion.
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