“Looks like our family is off to a good start,” he said, after a moment. Michelle giggled.
“Indeed,” she answered with a nod. “Though, I think Ethan will be a handful.”
“Wouldn’t have it any other way,” William said. “According to my mother, I was as well.”
“Yes, she’s finally managed to tell me all the stories about you and show me all her photo albums,” Michelle said teasingly. William snorted.
“I’m glad you’re not that bad about it, love,” he said. “It was most embarrassing having the chaps over and her descending on them with baby pictures.” Giggling, Michelle reached up and touched his face with her fingertips.
“I promise not to embarrass him like that,” she said, looking up at her husband.
His eyes turned to hers. In them Michelle saw a reverberating emotion, as if his very heartbeat had become visible.
“No chance of that,” he said, quietly. “You’re a wonderful mother.”
Michelle smiled. She gave her husband a fond look.
“Thanks to you, I am,” she returned. “Now twice over. I could not have imagined a better life for myself, William. I couldn't even have drawn anything this good.”
Pausing his stride, William slipped his arms around Michelle's waist and looked down into her eyes. The golden-green color of them still arrested his attention, spreading warmth throughout his being. He could see into their very depths; nothing dark or hidden lay therein.
“I cannot imagine my life without you, Michelle,” he told her. The low tone of his voice carried great feeling. “My life is better having met you on that crowded corner, looking like a rose growing among rocks.” Michelle gazed back at William as he spoke. Nothing in the world did she love more than this man. The very last, tiny shards of a once-great well of loneliness left her.
William leaned down and kissed his lady, not caring who saw. After a few moments they walked back towards their little boy, stepping into a life drawn out for them long ago.
The End of Book One
Read more about Michelle & William’s continued life in London in the sequel, ‘Paint Me a Dream’.
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