Bonus Four

Taleela's POV

In the evening, Karanos proposed to me; I wasn't expecting it. I had just been coming down the stairs for dinner when I found him down on one knee with a plush red box that was open and had a diamond ring sitting on it.

I had nearly toppled down the stairs when I saw him in that position, and it had him bounding up the stairs in sheer panic.

We had both erupted into laughter, and I had kissed and kissed and kissed him, bursting into tears as he took a second kneel before me.

It's a memory I will never forget in a rush. The slow sex we had after his proposal, how he handled me gently, how he made me feel like the most special woman in the world.

For the first time in my life, I felt a rush of love I had never felt for so many people.

We had kept the marriage proposal secret, but somehow, Susan had spread the news across to everyone in her family and also Kal's family. What shocked me the most was how Achilles, Susan, and Karanos' mother conspired to plan a joint wedding.