Kieran's POV:I didn’t say anything, just stared at him. Then a small, private smile tugged at the edge of my lips. The kind that belonged only to him. “I feel safe with you,” I whispered, almost like a confession. He brushed my thumb along my cheek. “Good. Because you are.” The silence that followed wasn’t awkward. It wasn’t tense. It felt like the calm after a war. Peaceful and something we have earned. His breathing slowed, syncing with mine again. I pressed a kiss to his forehead and whispered against his skin, “You are mine now. In every way.” “I have always been yours,” he replied softly. Adrien held me tighter from behind, his chin resting lightly on my shoulder, the weight of his arms grounding me in a way nothing else ever could. I could feel the steady rhythm of his heart against my back, and it soothed something deep inside me. The kind of ache I hadn’t even realized I had been carrying. “You remember the first time we stood on a balcony like this?” he murmured, brea
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