Book 5: Epilogue

Maddox held her hands in his and kneeled before her. His eyes glazed with raw emotion as he stared at her. Esme grinned knowingly while Deborah gasped with pleasure. But Iris stared at the gorgeous man before her.

Was he proposing? It couldn’t be. After what she had gone through, she considered herself God’s unloved child. She had never been lucky. Then how did God fulfil her dreams this time?

“Oh!” she gasped and stood in a daze, placing a hand on her thumping heart.

Maddox smiled, knowing exactly how she felt. This was an ethereal moment he hadn’t thought he’d experience ever. The world stopped revolving around him, and the only one he could see was Iris.

“Iris, from the moment we met, I knew you were my missing piece. I don’t believe in love at first sight. Yet I fell for you that very moment. I tried every way to keep you by my side. Maybe it worked, and you stayed by my side. Every day, I fell more in love with you until you left me abruptly. I went crazy. Yet