This book is officially over. I can't believe I finished it. There were times I wanted to give up. Times I did at some point, but for some reason, I always found the energy to push through. I want to thank everyone who gave this book a chance. Without you, this book wouldn't be as successful as it is today. You were everything and I can't wait for us to meet again in the next book. A lot of you have been asking if there is going to be a next book and who it's going to follow, well, the answer is yes, there is going to be a next book and as for who is going to follow it will be none other than Aaron and a new female character, Elle and it will take place a few years after the last epilogue. That's all the information I have for you now and if you want more you can join the official readers group on F* called 3thel's R0m@nce H@v3n ❤️
Nikolai There's a solid second that follows after I see her, where the two of us just stare at each other, neither one of us willing to break contact first. Fuck. She wasn't supposed to be here. How the hell did she even find this place? "Ava, wait," Her eyes widened, a flicker of panic crossing her features. The words are barely out of my mouth before she whirls around and bolts. Fuck. “Should I go after her?” Ivan asks and I shake my head. She’s my wife. If anyone’s going to go after her it’s going to be me. “Ostavaysya s nim. Ubedites', chto vy poluchite otvety, prezhde chem ya vernus.” (Stay with him. Make sure you get him talking before I return.) I order, shoving the pliers into his hand, and he nods. I spare no second, stripping off my apron and tossing it to Ivan before I go after her. Ava’s fast, too fast for someone who claims to hate the sport. She runs like her life depends on it, flying up the stairs, her breathing ragged and desperate. She stumbles, a sharp ga
Ava I haven't had a dream about Bear since I was rescued all those years ago. Last night was the first time and I haven't been able to get him out of my mind ever since I woke up this morning. “What do you think?” Kira's voice jolts me back to reality. I blink and then look down at the piece of paper she currently has shoved in my face. I was presently in Kira's playroom, where she'd dragged me after she caught me coming down the stairs this morning. She said that she’d heard I was good at drawing from her papa and wondered if I could help her draw a picture. I wanted to tell her that I already had plans for the day but the pleading look she'd thrown my way had stopped the words dead in their tracks. Eventually, I found myself cancelling my plans to meet up with Cara and googling the image of the character Kira wanted me to draw. I sat beside her on the floor where I'd spent the last twenty minutes replicating the image I'd found on the internet with the pencil she'd given me.
Ava "This is all your fault" My wife yells at me as her body threatens to rip itself from the inside out. I flinch at her outburst, my eyes wide and a crack in the calm facade I've been holding up all day finally reveals itself. Where the fuck is the doctor? We’ve been here for six hours. Six agonising hours. And in between the screaming contractions and moments when the epidural numbs her just enough for her to catch her breath, she’s been hurling every curse in the book at me. I think she might have invented a few new ones too. "Breathe, Solnyshko," I beg her, even though every nerve in my body is frayed to hell. I hate seeing her like this. In so much pain, knowing I can do nothing to help. "You're doing so good, baby" It's all the encouragement I can utter at this point but it's met with a glare from my wife. Fuck. I reach over to brush away the dark curls sticking to her face in thick clumps but she turns her face away before my fingers can fully graze her skin, her
Two years laterNikolaiMy wife hasn't stopped smiling since I came home and It's becoming scary.And that's saying something because a lot of things do not scare me but I never thought my wife's smile would be one of the things to."Solnyshko, are you okay?" The words are out of my mouth before I can stop them.She faces me, tilting her head slightly to the side, "Of course, why wouldn't I be?"Why wouldn't she be?She'd called me earlier and asked me to come home early today, and after quickly rounding up what I could for today at work and leaving what I could not for later, I rushed back home, expecting to find some sort of emergency waiting for me.There was no emergency.Instead, I came home to find my wife and my daughter giggling while setting a carefully prepared dinner table.Which was the first red flag.Because I've been married to my wife for two years now and here's what you need to know about her and cooking.She doesn't like it so she does not do it. I do not have a pro
AvaToday is my wedding day.Can you believe it?My actual wedding day.It's finally here.Today is not someday forced upon me by a man who wants me for his sadistic son while my father stands in the background and watches as my life is ripped apart.No, today is a day randomly picked by a game of darts between me and my husband.A crooked smile tugs at my lips just thinking about how it happened.He’d hung the calendar on the farthest wall in our bedroom and told me to “aim well” while sipping his espresso like we weren’t deciding our entire future on pure chance. I missed. Twice. He laughed, handed me another dart, and said, “Third time’s the charm, Solnyshko.”And it was.June fifth.Today was perfect for a wedding.There was nothing particularly special about today's date. No hidden meaning. No special happenings. Nothing. It was simply the fifth day of June Yet somehow, it felt right. More right than any day that’s ever been chosen for me.And maybe that's because I chose it mys