Page 103 of Unexpectedly In Love

“I’m not filing shit. Look at me.” I lift her chin up with my index finger.

“I agree with everything you are saying. Over the six months I learned there is more to life than power.” I press my forehead against her and breathe in her smell of cocoa butter and perfume. I miss her smell, her face, I missed her so much.

“I will pass my power to Khaos. I will remain president of Oceania, but Khaos is perfect for the position.” Lifting my head, I place my hand on the side of her cheek and caress it with my thumb.

She shakes her head. “No then years later you leave me again no.”

“Ani, I’m most powerful with you at my side,” I say out loud.

She shakes her head. “No, you will feel animosity toward me and Kai then you leave,”

I chuckle. “I promise to never leave you again. Ani, I crave you… My peace of mind has left me since you arrived in my life. I want everything from you. I crave to do everything with you. I want your pink bonnets in the bathroom, I want your scent on my bed.”

I wipe her tears aways. “I love you with something fierce. I want to lay on the bed on Sunday evening in our underwear watching tv and making out. I love you, Anise Loveridge. If I were to die before you, I would wait for you, because I want you in this life and the next.”

“Okay, Shakespear!” Cassia shouts out from behind the corridor wall.

Anise and I both chuckle at the outburst.

“I hope to find you in every life that we live, Eryx,” Anise says. “What I’m trying to say is I love you too.”

I can’t hold back. I hold her against my chest, spinning around. I haven’t felt this happy in years.

She slides down my chest, presses her lips against mine, and pulls away. “I have rules.”

“Tell me.” I hold her softly by the throat, rubbing my thumb against her chin.

“I want a proposal straight out of a fairytale with fireworks brightening the night skies. I love over-the-top romantic gestures. I love corny proposals. I want my puffy dress and a beautiful wedding by a lake. I want it all. I want my sisters in front of me,” she shouts.

“Make it corny, I got it.”

“I want to live in the apartment, let’s try dating and getting to know each other more. I will move back in when I am officially married.” She leans her head and waits for me to disagree.

“We are married…but okay. I can do that,” I say, my smile stretches so wide it almost hurts.

This is about to be the quickest engagement she has ever seen.

In a burst of joy I scoop her up in my arms leaning her against the door, letting her feel how much I missed her.

I press my lips against her, the kiss deepens when my tongue seeks hers. My cock pushes to her center and she moans.

“Oop, none of that in my house, young man.” My erection immediately wanes, and I let Anise go.

“Mama!” Anise cries.

The next hour I sat with my new family, enjoying their company. My soul feels happy.

Rosemary leans over to me and says, “No hard feelings.”

I chortle. “None taken.”

“But if you mess up again—” Rosemary passes her index finger under her chin.

“Is that a threat, Rosemary?” I whisper.

“I don’t make threats, but I make promises.” Rosemary taps my shoulder and continues eating.

“You okay?” Anise asks.

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