As soon as they were back inside their room. Yera locked her husband in a very tight embrace.
Tears started to shimmer in her eyes as she whispered, "Thank you."
Xander absorbed his wife's mesmerising scent and warmth. This lingering feeling was more than enough. They stood there hugging and saying the words 'I love you' to each other over and over.
No one was willing to get defeated because they both wanted themselves to be the last to say those words to one another.
"Darling, let's now move forward to our bed?" Xander, who was laughing, suddenly lifted Yera in his arms and walked slowly towards the bed, carrying her close to his chest.
Xander put Yera tenderly on the bed, staring at her glowing face and sighed as he laid on Yera's side, with his elbow on the bed supporting his head up sideways for a better view of his wife.