Desired Fate

Epilogue

The September sun shone through the slightly agape open French doors, the sun was still warm but the breeze was getting chillier. It was a welcomed break from the stifling, hot and humid weather that had been this summer. 

I opened my eyes to see that I was alone in bed, then I heard the sound of the shower running in the en-suite and remembered that Aidan said he would help Alice move today. 

I took my phone from the bedside table and checked the time to see it was seven am, I groaned inwardly and sunk my head back onto the pillow as I stared up to the ceiling. 

It had been two and a half weeks since that visit to the cemetery since the full truth was finally revealed and our relationship changed forever but the words of that conversation had stayed embedded into my memory. 

The sobs that emitted from our shaky breaths mangled together into one sloppy but powerful kiss, a kiss that was so raw and full of emotion that it left me breathless. Our skin was stained with liquid tenderness and we clawed at each other like we were trying to shred the pain from each other's bodies. 

Aidan pulled away first and rested his forehead against mine, his warm breath fanned my face and I could still taste the salty tears in my mouth. 

"None of this is your fault," he whispered. 

"I thought you would be angry and would want me to leave. After all, I'm a constant reminder that the monster that I lived with killed your girlfriend and daughter," I barked out. 

"No. You are just as much of a victim in this as Katrina and I was," Aidan tore his skin away from my forehead which left chills on my face. 

"But I stayed with him after what he did, I feel like I enabled him in some way to carry on with his destructive path," my eyes looked to Aidan's trembling lip.

"No," Aidan shook his head. "That subhuman scum abused you, he raped you, he manipulated you, he took advantage of you but most of all he trapped you with no hope and no way to escape from him." 

"Aidan," I whimpered as tears streamed down my face once again. 

"Let's not pretend he didn't do any of that because he doesn't deserve you protecting him," Aidan tightened his grasp on my cheeks, I blinked away the tears and looked him dead in the eyes. 

"You said he died, right?" Aidan confirmed, he dropped his hands from my face and I nodded back. 

"He was drunk, he wrapped his car around a tree. Thankfully there was no one else involved this time." 

"I call that karma," Aidan snapped. 

"But I..." Aidan cut me off as he pressed his aroused lips against mine. This kiss was soft, sweet and designed to serve a purpose. 

"Katrina would want me to be happy again," Aidan wrapped his arm around my waist and took in a breath in an attempt to compose himself. 

"When Katrina died it was the worst day of my life, when he died it was the best day of yours. We're opposite sides of a coin, two broken halves that fit together. Katrina would want me to find love again and as much as you've been caught up in this painful disaster, somewhere deep down I think she sent you to me." 

"That's a beautiful way to think about it," I croaked. 

"Now come on, we've got about nine hours left of the twenty-four hours to make a baby," with that Aidan slammed his lips back onto mine. 

The purest of emotion bounced around in the electrical bubble that we had created for ourselves. The tenderness of the heart was somehow being encouraged to heal by the love that was emitted from the sensitive kiss we had commenced.