Chapter 99: Office of the Luna...
Selene POV
This was the longest and most peaceful I’ve slept since I married Noah.
Maybe the thing they say about intimacy putting you in a good mood wasn’t a fallacy after all. Stretching like a cat, I slowly opened my eyes, through my eyelids, I spied a face hovering over me. When I looked properly, it was Noah’s face. His lips were smiling but his green eyes were filled with a desperate vulnerability that seemed to pull me into their depths.
"Hey," He murmured, reaching out to brush a few stray curls from my cheeks and eyes affectionately. "Did you sleep well?"
"Better than ever," I gave him a bright smile and began to stretch languidly again. But Noah caught my hand and brought it to his lips, his lips brushing ever so gently against my knuckles sending a delicious shiver down my spine. I inhaled deeply as I readied myself for a kiss, Last night was the best night I’ve ever had and I didn’t want it to change.
"Selene," he said in a reverent tone, gently caressing my hand as his eyes searched mine "I realized last night that I love you much more than you can ever comprehend even more than I let on. Last night..." he trailed off with a deep inhale "after everything I realized I can’t keep going like this. I can’t keep letting things spiral out of control. I love you and I want to fight for our union because you mean everything to me,".
My breath hitched at the desperateness in his voice as I stared at him, not knowing what to say. He leans in closer, and cradles my face in his hands, staring at me solemnly
"I thought long and hard about it throughout the night and it doesn’t make sense for us to be taking breaks when we’ve only been married for a few months. So, this is me telling you that we cannot separate, Selene... I cannot be limited from having access to you at any time I want and this doesn’t have to do with the intimate part... No!" he shook his head "It has to do with me putting my foot down and fighting for my marriage ... for the woman I love,".
Part of my heart melted at his ardent declaration while the other part wanted to laugh out loud and remind him what happened the last time a man told me these same words. The same man who happened to be his nephew. But this was the Noah that had fallen so hard with me.