66. Parcel

Avalyn

"Ava, Love? I'm back." Nik slipped into the bedroom.

I almost thought he wouldn't come back tonight. He had a lot of work to do.

After I had finished my work, I came back from the packhouse and brought Nik his dinner to his office. I forced him to take a fifteen-minute break and have dinner with me. He told me that he still had a couple of things he needed to get done before the end of the night. And those few things had kept him in the office until midnight.

"Are you asleep?" he asked. "I'm sorry I'm late."

When he walked closer to me, I threw the cover off me and shot my hand out, pulling him on top of me. He fell with an 'oomph'.

I kissed him. "I've missed you," I said between kisses.

"I've missed you too." He held his weight up so I wasn't crushed underneath him.

I rolled us so I was on top of him and then sat on his stomach. I quickly discarded my robe and placed my hands on his chest. He had a dazed look in his eyes, like he had no clue what was happening but was v