Capítulo 62: In The Darkness They Remain

Eve~

I stared at him like he had grown a second head. First, I find out he has dimples, and now he's doing this?

"What…" I started, but he cut me off.

"Thank you, Red." He cringed—not like it hurt to say, more like he wasn't used to saying it. "For saving my nephew."

My eyes widened, and my tongue was paralyzed.

"You are not a liability, Red," he murmured, the softness of his tone disarming me. "You are my wife."

My heart sputtered in my chest.

Wife.

That damn word.

I swallowed thickly. "Hades, we talked about this." Memories of that time hit me, making my face hot.

"I won't be impulsive as I was then. I won't do anything you don't want to do," his voice took on a salacious note at the last part, but I refused to dwell on it.

"Remember what I said at the gala?"

"You said a lot of things," I dismissed, though I knew I remembered every single word.

"I am a bloody bastard, I know."