Total pages in book: 161
Estimated words: 151410 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 757(@200wpm)___ 606(@250wpm)___ 505(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 151410 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 757(@200wpm)___ 606(@250wpm)___ 505(@300wpm)
Did my words leave Aurora a choice? I wasn’t sure she had one. I hoped she didn’t need one. I hoped she felt the same painful desire to spend her life with me until the very last breath I took. Because she’d better survive me. I wouldn’t live a single moment without her.
Aurora bit her lip with a soft smile as she nodded. “Of course, I’ll marry you!”
Before I could push to my feet, Aurora slid down from the bed and fell into my lap, her arms around my neck, her lips against mine. She clung to me as I sank down full on the warm sheepskin and hugged her to me, returning her kiss with every bit of love I felt.
Soon, her tears wet my face, and I pulled back to wipe them off.
The idea of tears of happiness had always been a mystery to me. Hell, I hadn’t even cried tears of sadness as far as I could remember, but seeing Aurora’s obvious joy, I understood tears of happiness finally, even if I’d never cry them myself.
“I guess you aren’t mad at me for making you cry this time?”
Aurora let out a choked laugh. “No!” I took her hand and slid the ring on her finger. Aurora shook her head as if she couldn’t believe it.
“What changed your mind about marriage?”
“Every day I spent with you did. Maybe marriage isn’t necessary, but so many things in life aren’t. I just wanted to call you my wife. It’s as fucking simple as that. And your name will sound fabulous. Aurora Falcone.”
I kissed her again, and then I made love to her under the luminous night sky.
THE END