Page 126 of Stronger Than Fate
“We didn’t have an easy start, and I think that’s why they still don’t trust you much.”
Henry looked at me but didn’t say anything.
When we arrived at the parking lot, my brothers were already waiting for us next to Bastián’s car. Niky arrived right behind us.
“Let’s go to the suite,” I suggested.
As soon as we entered, I asked them to sit in the living room. Henry sat beside me and took my hand, and without delay, he took the lead in the conversation.
“Well, as I already said, I’m in love with Dalina, she’s everything to me, and I’m lucky enough to have her love me back. I know we’ve had many ups and downs in our relationship, and the vast majority of them, if not all, were my fault, but I can assure you that I’ll fight to make sure that doesn’t happen again. We have no doubts about what we feel or what we want. We love each other and want to be together, to share our lives, to build a family. I commit to doing everything in my power to make her happy, to care for her and protect her, with my life if necessary. She is... she is my world,” he said, looking at me with those beautiful eyes that at that moment were overflowing with love.
“I love him too. I know not everything will be perfect, and we’ll have good days, not-so-good days, and bad days too, but I want to experience all of them with him. Life is a balance between joys and sorrows, but with him, I know the joys will be more exciting and wonderful, and the sorrows more bearable. That’s why I want to spend the rest of my life with Henry.”
We looked at my brothers, but both were taking a moment, I suppose to reflect. Finally, Bastián broke the ice.
“So, this is serious. Dali, you love him,” he stated.
“With all my heart.”
“Very well. Henry Woollardy, you are the luckiest man on this planet because you’re getting a wonderful, beautiful woman with a big heart. If my sister loves you and she’s sure about this decision, I have nothing to say, except what I told you before: if you deliberately hurt her, you’ll regret ever getting involved with this family.”
“Are you threatening me, Dukart?” Henry asked seriously.
“Take it however you want,” he replied.
“And I second my brother’s words,” Lolo said. “If you love each other, we won’t stand in the way of your happiness, but don’t forget that this wonderful woman has two brothers who will always be there for her and will also protect her from anything.”
“For that, now she has me,” Henry said.
“May I speak?” Niky asked.
“Of course, Niky,” I affirmed.
“I’m happy. Knowing you’ll be part of my family makes me incredibly happy. I love my brother, and I know he deserves the love you feel for him. He might have been a bit confused, but I assure you he loves you with all his heart, and now that he’s cleared up his doubts, he’ll live to make you happy. You deserve each other. Fate may have put many obstacles in your way, but the love you feel, and a little help from yours truly, was stronger. Congratulations. I love you both.”
“Thank you,” I said, and stood up, moved, to hug everyone.
“Congratulations,” Lolo said, though I knew he wasn’t entirely convinced yet.
“Congratulations,” Bastián repeated.
“Thank you very much,” Henry said, emotional.
I hugged my brothers tightly. How I loved them. They had been everything to me, the best brothers in the world. Niky hugged Henry, and I saw that both were extremely emotional. I suppose her words had touched his heart. When I left my brothers to go hug Niky, I saw my brothers approach Henry to pat him on the back and shake his hand.
“Let’s start over, Woollardy, and forget the hard feelings,” Bastián said.
“It shall be so,” Henry responded.
When everyone left and we were alone, Henry looked at me. He was standing in the middle of the living room, and I had just closed the door. In silence, he began walking toward me, and I did the same, quickly closing the distance. When we were a step apart, we embraced in a tight hug. He pulled back slightly, and we looked into each other’s eyes for endless seconds until he lowered his gaze to my lips and kissed me. I melted into that kiss full of contained emotions, love, desire, passion. I barely contained the urge to cry, not knowing if it was the emotion of knowing he loved me or the immense love I felt for him. It was a long kiss that neither of us wanted to end. After a few minutes, we separated, our foreheads still touching.
“How much I love you, beautiful.”
“And I love you, champion.”
“I needed you so much...” he whispered in my ear.
“Kiss me. Please, kiss me and make love to me.”
