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“A sexy guy without a shirt fixing me coffee,” she murmured into my chest, inhaling deeply. “It’s a dream come true.”
A smile touched my lips. “I live to serve you.”
A blush rose to her cheeks. God there was so much I wanted from her. Her smiles. Her happiness. More children. I wanted everything from her. But her reluctance to set the date fucked with me.
Maybe I wasn’t good enough. What I felt for her was so fucking deep, part of each breath and heartbeat that sometimes I worried I wouldn’t function without her. The only thing that kept me going over the last four years was bits and pieces of information Branka fed me.
Pathetic, I know.
Yes, I could have had Nico provide me with a daily detailed report on her but I didn’t. I thought it was best for her that I let her go. Until I learned what my father had done. To our son. I should have been there to protect her.
Bottom line, I was all in.
Although I wondered what Autumn would do if she knew how far my obsession went. From the moment I laid eyes on her eight years ago in her bedroom while the birthday party below us was in full swing.
She was too independent. Too normal. Maybe it was exactly that which drew me to her. She repaired all my broken, cracked parts with just her touch or a smile. She was my cure. My healing started when I met her.
“A few of my friends are coming up,” I told her. “Can your parents watch Kol so you can come along? We’ll pick him up on our way back from the restaurant.”
Her hazel eyes met mine. “Wouldn’t they rather just see you?” she asked.
I shook my head. “You are part of me.”
She studied me. “Don’t men usually prefer to hang out without women around?”
I smiled. “I don’t. Neither do my friends.” When you’ve gone through life without something and you finally found it, there was no letting go. Autumn was that for me. Áine was that for Cassio. Aurora, my half-sister, was that for Alexei. “Their wives will be there.”
“What should I wear?” she asked.
My eyes roamed down her body. She wore one of my long-sleeve shirts. The collar was slipping off her shoulder, and she had the sleeves rolled up her forearms. She looked perfect. And mine.
She rose to her tiptoes, brushed her tongue against the corner of my mouth, and breathed against my lips. “I really like when you look at me. Like I’m the best sight you have ever seen.”
Satisfaction ran hot through my veins. “Youarethe best sight I have ever seen.”
The only sight I wanted to see for the rest of my life.
Her and our children.
Chapter35
Autumn
Alessio and I had fallen into a routine.
He’d fix breakfast. When Kol woke up, we’d eat it together. Then we’d tag team getting ready and we’d escort him to work, while Kol and I would go visit my parents. Or meet up with Branka.
Today was no exception.
After breakfast, the three of us slid into his car, Kol safely secured in the car seat between us. The moment Alessio shot the partition between his driver and us, I turned to face him.
“What time should I be ready for dinner?” I asked him, bringing back our original topic.
“I’ll be home by five.”
Home. I came to think of the penthouse as home. Alessio and Kol were my home.
I pulled out my phone and typed a quick message to my parents.
