The intense, gnawing regret he used to feel for all the time they lost had begun to fade, replaced by happier memories. These days it was easier to look toward the future. Their future. The past, and the pain it contained, would always be there, but it could only hurt them still if they allowed it. Alec paid his penance a dozen times over. Now that he had Lottie, and they had a life of their own, he would not waste any of it.

He stilled his fingers and opened his palm to cradle the back of her neck. “Don’t you ever grow tired of being right about me?”

She smirked and sank against his chest. “No. Do you ever wish you could go back to being the mysterious, globe-trotting agent of intrigue, instead of just another boring old husband?”

The thought of being anywhere else with anyone other than her held absolutely no appeal.

He placed a finger under her chin and gently tilted her face up to his. “As long as I’m your boring old husband,” he began and watched her eyes glaze over as he drew her mouth closer. “Never, my dear,” he whispered against her lips. “Never.”

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