Chapter 87. Rediscovering Each Other

Proserpina

They say the morning after you spend your first night with your lover is a magical one. For me, it took three children and a whole lot of heartache to experience that feeling!!!

It was obvious that Lucien did not want to leave to attend to his business that day. He had come back to my room after breakfast and we had spent the time in each other’s arms. There were so many things to say which lay unsaid between us. But healing would take time although I knew that the process had begun.

I gave myself up to his lovemaking which was tempered with gentleness as he caressed my rounded belly and made me cry with the exquisite feelings of joy…

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I had cooked up a storm that afternoon when Lucien turned up with Schwartz and Shark in tow. Lucien followed me to the bedroom, his hands roving over my body as we kissed hungrily.

Ria and Piers seemed rather annoyed at lunch and I was genuinely puzzled. They had seemed fine as they we