Chapter 62. Hot Intimacy

Leander

I knew the moment I woke up and Hycinth was gone, we were right back to square one. Maybe it was unrealistic, but I'd hoped the progress we made the night before would continue. I'd hoped when she saw how good we were together, how good the bond was for both of us, she'd want to choose me.

I should have known better.

Fantasizing about our future together was not a good idea, not if I wanted to survive after our four weeks was over. The pain in my chest nearly suffocated me. Hope was a bitch when it was torn away, and the only thing left behind was cold empty despair.

But I had her in my arms now.

And I would do everything in my power to keep her there.

I kissed her on the forehead. She looked up, lake blue eyes finding mine. Stepping back, I took her hand. "I want to show you inside." She nodded and walked with me through the wide opening.

Every aspect of the interior of the cottage had been carefully thought-out and crafted. I gestu