Chapter 111.

Rune.

Throughout the night, I had to constantly fight the smile that threatened to overtake my face with how tightly Kane cuddled me in his arms.

I had given up on him coming to our bedroom because it was past the time I expected him to arrive, and it only got later. I was just about to lock the bedroom door from the inside out when the door flew open and he arrived.

Neither of us exchanged words but it seemed he could tell I was in a better mood now he’d arrived. Kane went on to clean himself and afterwards, he lay beside me, still in silence.

We stayed like that—not talking to each other for a short while before I felt his arms around my waist, pulling me to him. I surrendered to the pull, instantly feeling my body relax into his embrace.

“I’ve missed you,” he whispered into my hair and held me tighter, his palms settling on my bump, and that was how we slept.

**

For the first time, I woke up before Kane. I had the privilege of seeing what