Chapter 118. Going Ahead

Proserpina

I woke up, smiling as I felt Lucien's strong presence beside me. Turning to look at him, I felt a strange sense of apprehension.

It must be because he is going in for a fight tonight, I thought, looking at the man slumbering beside me. His harsh face was relaxed in sleep, and I wanted to kiss his mouth, kiss away the cruel look he had when he was awake.

The world knew him as The Boss, cold and unforgiving. But for me, he was Lucien, my lover, my husband, the father of my three children.

I smiled inwardly.

And, I thought, placing my hand lightly on my flat stomach, perhaps the fourth child if I was not mistaken.

But I had to make sure before I told him. Besides, how would he react? I was not sure. He was bogged down by the matter of Dmitri. He kept us close, the children and I, cloistered in the house. Although I had created a niche for myself, working online as the Director of a Japanese unit of the Buddhist Studies, at