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Two hours later, I still hold her in my arms, in our bed.
I have just received a message from Odin, and as much as I don't want to leave Serenity, I know that it’s necessary to see what my cousin wants.
I carefully slide her away from my body and settle her on the bed.
I pick up the phone and leave the room.
In the message, he says that we need to do a DNA test to be sure about Nashon's suspicions. If he’s right, we'll have to find out who Serenity is and why she's taken the place of the Blanchets' real daughter.
Serenity
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
Days later
“He’s in love,”Debra says as she helps me stretch for ballet.
“How can you be so sure?”
“He lives and breathes you, Serenity.”
“I like the sound of that.” I sigh, looking at myself in the mirror in the main studio of the dance school. “I wish I was more experienced. Maybe then I wouldn’t feel so insecure about his mood swings.”
“Welcome to the world of women in love, dear. No matter how old you are, the insecurity will be the same. Love doesn’t come with any guarantees. It is always a risk, a leap, a gamble, and that is precisely why the act of love is so exciting.”
After feeling like I was losing him, on the night of my birthday, Ares returned to his normal self. In fact, he became even more possessive.
I just want to understand if all this passion ispassionin the literal sense of the word or love in the strict sense.
“Do you regret getting involved with him?”
“No. How could I, Debra? You said he lives and breathes me, and the opposite is also true. I love him, not just what we have in the bedroom but every nuance of him, even his bad temper and dominant manner.”
“There must be some biological explanation for why we women are so susceptible to ogres.”
“Was your husband like that?”
“A lot like that, but like your god of war, he loved with his soul too.”
“I don’t think he . . .”
“The fact that he hasn’t said it clearly doesn’t mean he doesn’t love you. There are men who declare themselves to their partners every five minutes and still cheat, lie, and deceive. Pay attention to his actions, Serenity. If it was only about saying the word, well, even parrots can do that.”
I must have fallen asleep. I arrived so tired from practice that I didn’t even eat; I just fell on the bed, still dressed, and passed out. I had already showered at the dance school.
As soon as I wake up, my belly makes a strange sound, a mix of rumbling and thunder, letting me know that it has been empty for too long.
I’m almost in the hallway when I see the suit Ares wore on that fateful night of my comeback performance, looking like it’s just come from the dry cleaners. Probably the maids didn’t know where to put it and left it there.
I pick it up from the armchair, but as soon as I move the packaging, a jewelry box falls to the floor.
I shake my head, thinking that with the confusion that day, he must have forgotten to give it to me along with the bracelet and earrings.
I’m about to put it back in the blazer pocket when curiosity gets the best of me and I open it. My mouth stays open. Inside, there’s a solitaire diamond of at least three carats.
The shape of the jewel is unmistakable. This is not justanyring; it’s an engagement ring.
Was he going to ask me to marry him?
