Dropping a small kiss on the end of her nose “I want a wife…..I want you to be my wife”.
Mina had stared at him in shock, her beautiful eyes shining so brightly now as she had stared at him “D…d…did you just ask me to marry you?” she had eventually stuttered, seeing as he had laughed.
“Well I had planned on doing it more romantically” his voice more serious as he had smiled lovingly at her “But yes…Mina Lane. If you will have me…I am asking you to marry me and be my wife”.
A sob had left Mina, as her hands had flown to cover her mouth, before she had thrown her arms around his neck, laughing so happily “Yes…yes I’ll marry you. I love you so much” the two holding the other tightly as they had laughed at nothing other than their sheer joy of that moment. Finally they had both laid still, the atmosphere no longer funny, but filled with a barely contained need for the other.
As Nikos had dropped his mouth to kiss her it had been slower, more languorous, their lovemaking tender, both knowing that they had the rest of their lives together. Finally he had realised that Claire had been wrong. Mina was not meant to be a mistress nor had her mother been. She was meant to bring love to one person, just as her mother had. His stepfather had realised this he knew, finally letting go of the anger he had harboured to the man for so many years with the realisation of how hard it must have been to only share snatched moments with the woman he loved. Gazing lovingly at Mina he had been thankful at having her enter his life, the life that had unknowingly been so empty, his eyes full of love as he had whispered gently against her “I love you Mina Lane” her smile against his mouth answer enough before there was no more talking.