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ARIELLAWhen Asher arrived, I had already packed my bags. I’d already had that talk with Leon and Maria. I told them we were leaving, that Asher was coming to get us.Leon was super excited, almost too much. Every five minutes, he’d ask, “Is dad coming? Is he here?” and I had to keep telling him to be patient.Maria, on the other hand, said she was going to stay behind a few more days at the house until she decided what to do. I told her we could wait for her, that we could go together, but she just smiled and said she needed a few days to herself. So, I had to let her have her way.When Asher finally arrived, the moment he opened the door, Leon was already there waiting. He had been sitting right in front of it, lunch plate and all, determined not to miss a second.And the moment the door opened, Leon ran straight into him, no hesitation, no pause, just pure, overflowing joy.“Dad! Dad! You came! You came! You didn’t lie!”For a moment, Asher just froze in the doorway, startled. I co

ARIELLA“I’m sorry. I know how much you loved Dominic,” I say, taking his hand.“It’s fine,” he says. “.... I know it's not fine, but it’s not like there’s anything I can do.”“Yeah, I know,” I murmur, “but I can see it still hurts you, and it pains me to see you like this, to watch you go through this. I want you to know that I wasn’t close to Dominic. I didn’t know him. But if you ever need someone to talk to, I’m here.”“Thanks,” he says quietly. His thumb brushes over my knuckles.“The only thing that I keep thinking about…” His voice falters, then steadies. “I loved him enough to have let him be with Dinara....even forever, if he had chosen to. Even if he had wanted to be with her and start q family, maybe I could have found a way for the two of them to be together, if it was real. But he knew Dinara was playing him. I gave him a chance to save himself…”I hold his hand tighter. “If there’s any part of you that feels guilty for his actions, I just want you to know that he was an

ARIELLAMy heart pounded. “Asher…”“Don’t say no,” he said gently, his thumb tracing the corner of my mouth. “You said you always dreamed we’d have a home, the three of us. This, this is how we start it. No more waiting. No more running. Just us.”I covered my mouth, laughing and crying at the same time. “You’re serious?”“Dead serious,” he murmured. “You could say I’ve been planning this since the day I found you again. You’ve said yes to me a thousand times without words. I just need you to say it once out loud.”I looked at him, at the man who’d been through fire and still held me like I was made of something worth saving. And suddenly, there was no doubt left in me.“Yes,” I said softly. “Let’s get married tonight.”His smile broke wide this time, unguarded and real. He pulled me in, kissed my forehead, and whispered,“Then it’s settled. Tonight, you become my wife.”The moment the word yes left my mouth, Asher was already moving. He pulled out his phone, started firing off comman

ARIELLAHe shifted a little, tightening his arm around me until I was tucked perfectly against him. Then he said quietly, “You know, it’s not that I don’t want you.”I smiled faintly against his chest. “I know.”“It’s just… I need to do this right,” he continued, his fingers tracing lazy circles on my shoulder. “We’ve both been through too much to rush into something just because it feels good in the moment.”I lifted my head a little, just enough to see his face. “You think it would ruin what we have?”“No,” he said, his gaze steady. “I think it would make me forget what I’m trying to protect. I want you to trust that this—” he brushed his thumb across my cheek “—isn’t temporary. That when I finally make love to you, it won’t be about trying to forget or to prove something. It’ll be because everything else is finally right.”My throat tightened, and I didn’t know what to say. I just nodded, my fingers curling into his shirt.“I get it,” I whispered. “You don’t have to explain. I und