Chapter 72

“You are so beautiful,” Julian drawled, then gave a small cough. “Red, I have missed you so damn much, so much that I stayed up at night thinking about you. It was never just about sex for me”.

Nina smiled up at him, tracing lines on his chest with the tip of her finger. “I have missed you too. I’m so sorry that I hurt you, Julian. I didn’t mean to push you away like that. I cared but I was just so worried about what people thought so much that I didn’t know I was torturing myself, and hurting you too, but now… With the baby, I don’t care so much anymore. My priorities has changed all of a sudden”

He laughed—and it sounded so good. To see him relaxed, smiling, was like glimpsing somehow a different man, and all she knew was that she wanted more of this. He ran his hand over her warm, naked body and she squirmed with pleasure, couldn’t believe she was lying naked in his arms in the middle of the day and feeling only beautiful.

“Am I one of those priorities now?” he