Chapter 87: Chapter Eighty-Eight

“Yes, with all I am. I should have told you before I left for Australia and made a mess of everything. But I was too blind, too stubborn to accept what was right in front of my face.”

“And what’s that?” She rubbed her tears away with the back of her free hand. Not caring if she ended up rubbing snot and tears everywhere. This moment was too surreal and beautiful to care about anything else but what was going on in their little bubble.

“That you…” Rafiq softly pressed a kiss to the fingers, “… are the most incredible woman I have come across. I almost let my doubts… Izbah’s betrayal… I almost let it all ruin what I’d found. But your love melted it all away.”

“Really?” The fact that she questioned that made him want to reassure her of it for the rest of his life.

“Really.” He nodded. “I think I started falling for you while we were on our honeymoon. That’s when I started learning the real you.”

“I love you and I’d be an utter fool to let you go.”