Twenty - two

Epilogue

One year along the line…

Hayes stood by the door of Maryse 'room admiring how she had curled up beside his girlfriend in a peaceful sleep.

They were currently in their final year of university. Remy and Raine were engaged to be married in a couple of weeks.

Willow and Neo had welcomed their quadruplets , three girls and a boy.

After Kaia's disappearance, he had not heard anything about her. She had not reached out to him about Maryse.

Though he did not want her to, she should have made an effort just to prove that she cared.

"How long have you been standing there?" Mila asked. He hadn't noticed she was awake and watching him.

" Um, for a couple of minutes," his ears turned pink.

Mila chuckled at him carefully getting out of bed in order not to wake Maryse up.

Phebe and Niel were going strong. She was helping him manage the family business by interning there.

She was happy for her friend with how things were falling in place for her.

Mila had never imagined being w