Chapter 678: A Plan
Erasmi and Caius were already in bed when Ava returned from dropping off Hannah. With a sigh, Ava closed her eyes and breathed deeply. She didn’t know why, but finally, now that she’d decided to fight back, she felt different.
The first thing she did, after entering was to clean the couch and the area around that. She didn’t know why but somehow it felt catharic to clean what ever that bit*h had touched.
Next, she went into Cai’s room and smiled. Her little boy was still the same even though he was growing up and was almost as tall as her. He would sleep with the blanket on him but then somehow how, the blanket would end up under him while he shivered with cold. Carefully, she pulled the blanket out from under him and tucked it around him. Quickly he burrowed into the blanket as if he’d been cold for a while, but the next moment, his foot shot out from under the blanket. She grinned and kissed his forehead before carefully adjusting the temperature and then walking out of the room.
At the door to her own room, she paused, feeling butterflies in her stomach. Tonight was the first time, she was going to make a move on Eramsi. Always, she’d been a willing participant but she’d never had the courage to actively seek him out. She knew the reason of course. It was her own complex feelings about his past and hers.
She inhaled slowly and walked into the room, determined. She had to make sure that Erasmi would be with her, see her as someone who wanted him and did not just tolerate his presnce in her life. She was sure that if he was convinced that she wanted him and desired him, he would not look at another woman. Love or not, Erasmi was a person who was loyal to the core.
Inside the room, the lights were dim but he’d left a night light on for her. It was what he did when she was late to come to the room. She smiled softly as she walked towards him. His breathing telling her that he was already asleep.
For a moment, she just stood there, absorbing the quiet intimacy of the moment, the way his chest rose and fell with each breath, the peacefulness that seemed to surround him. This was the man she had fallen in love with, without even realizing her own feelings. She’d fallen for his quiet strength and his determination in protecting her.
He’d stood by her side, patiently, as the doctors had poked and prodded at her. All because she was the mother of his son. She knew he could have taken Cai away with a click of his fingers. Nothing could have stopped him, even if she’d fought tooth and nail. But instead of taking what he wanted, Erasmi had given. He’d given his understanding, trust and everything she could have asked her.