you a wonderful life. If you will have me, I promise to make every dream you ever had come true.”
Without hesitation, Denise dropped into his lap and kissed him hard. When they finally parted, both were breathlessly panting and wanting more.
“Mr. Aggeliki, I never have and never will care about money or frivolous things. I don’t want some guy who can give me material wealth; I want you because I know you will give me the love I have always hoped for.”
Adam’s tanned skin glowed in the sunlight as his face lit up and his dimples appeared. Denise kissed each one in turn. He thanked her with a squeeze on her bottom.
“Adam, one thing I do want from you.”
“Anything.”
“Never leave me again. I don’t think I can take another man walking out of my life so suddenly.”
“Never again. I promise.” He crossed his heart and leaned forward and the kissed the tip of her nose. She ran her caramel fingers through his spiky jet black hair and sighed with contentment.
“Good. By the way,” she looked at him quizzically as her big brown eyes gazed into his green ones, “Aggeliki – what does that mean anyway? You said it’s Greek, right?”
“Yes. Mainly, it means ‘angel’.”
Epilogue
Denise surveyed her surrounding before plopping down on the hard king sized mattress splayed in the middle of the floor. Adam seated himself on the corner edge next to her.
“How is your mom holding up? I have heard divorces can get really bitter and ugly.”
Denise rolled over on her side to face him.
“Actually, she is handling this turn of events much better than I had expected. I really don’t think my father has the option of giving her a hard time. Mom never signed any kind of pre-nuptial agreement and dad has been having an affair – a well documented affair – for the entire course of their marriage. With all those facts in mind, I think she will be able to keep whatever she wants from the finances or request whatever alimony she thinks would be fitting.”
She crinkled her brows in thought.
“Really, I think she only wants some peace of mind. She mentioned possibly going on an extended cruise to Europe once this is over.”
Adam rubbed away the worry lines from his love’s forehead.
“You still have not heard anything from your father?”
“No,” she closed her eyes and reveled in his touch on her skin, “it’s probably for the best. If I was only part of an elaborate scheme to achieve success, we have nothing to say to one another for the time being. I think he loved us once but allowed his own needs and ambitions to dominate his life and ours. Maybe in the future we can all make amends. For now, so long as I have you, I am wonderfully happy and I have everything I need.”
Denise patted the spot on the mattress next to her and Adam gladly lay down, eagerly helping her position her body in a sitting position atop his own.
“I cannot believe we found this apartment so close to campus for only half of what we paid for housing on campus,” she smiled down at him.
“I know. Lucky, I guess,” Adam said as he looked around the room, “even if the only furniture we have is this lumpy mattress.”
The pair laughed at the observation.
“Well, let me be the first to suggest that we attempt to flatten out every lump as soon as possible.”
Denise leaned down and captured his strong lips.
“I concur,” Adam breathed against her mouth.
He slid the yellow spaghetti strap tank top over her head to reveal a blue lace sheer bra.
“For me?”
“Uh-huh, wait until you get to the bottoms,” she purred as she placed wet kisses down the side of his neck.
“Why wait?”
With a stealthy movement, Adam rolled Denise over so their positions were reversed. He removed the jean shorts she wore and his eyes almost crossed when he saw the matching lace bikini style panties waiting beneath.
“I am going to enjoy this.”
After a deep kiss where their tongues
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