I tilt my head again. “Hear for the sound of my blood. It’s louder in mortals, so you must focus. Simply pay attention.”

He nods, leaning a bit nearer, however then he gasps. “Rapha.” I flip to see him seize my sketchpad. “Oh my god. It’s… Is that this what I seem like to you?”

I nod. “Sure. Do you prefer it?”

His forehead creases as he stares at it, nearly touching, however not fairly as he traces the small print with delicate fingers. “You’re so gifted. I… I’m speechless.”

“You’re that stunning, Haven.”

He reaches up and touches the information of his fangs. “Wow. It’s humbling to understand how you see me.”

“How the world sees you. All I did was doc it.”

“And that is how I’ll look eternally?”

“Perpetually.”

He places the sketchpad down, smiling at me. “I really feel like crying, however no tears come.”

“It could take lots for that to occur. We really feel the identical feelings we all the time did, however our our bodies react otherwise.”

“Besides lust, as a result of I need to climb you just like the Eiffel Tower.”

Laughing softly, I pull him onto my lap. “I am keen on you.”

“Good, since you’re caught with me now.”

“I wouldn’t have it another approach.”

Epilogue

HAVEN

Six months later

I enter the condo after one other lengthy day at work. It’s solely been six months, however I’d swear they’ve been the longest of my life. Raphael is precisely the place I knew I’d discover him, arrange the place our eating room was once in what’s now his artwork studio. Since we got here again from our week-long fuck fest, a.ok.a. honeymoon, in Greece he’s been churning out artwork.

He drops his paintbrush and is on me in a flash, scooping me off my toes and carrying me to the sofa. “You look drained, my love. Vampires aren’t purported to get drained.”

I chuckle as Rapha works on eradicating my footwear whereas I steadiness on his lap. “My love?”

“Sure?”

“You need to know what I’m feeling. You all the time know.”

He flashes an harmless smile.

“You’re ready for me to say it, aren’t you?”

“I’ve been ready so that you can work it out by yourself.”

I nod, leaning into his shoulder as he undoes my tie and massages my shoulders. My eyes catch the gleaming diamond encrusted band on my ring finger. It’s been a wild 12 months.

Since taking up my grandfather’s firm I’ve realized a lot about enterprise, however the greatest lesson has been that this isn’t how I need to spend my life. It’s time I finished letting pleasure hold me someplace I don’t belong.

“I’ve a proposal. I’ve been eager about it for a number of weeks.”

Rapha nods, nonetheless smiling like he doesn’t already know what I’m going to say.

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