Chapter 39

• Now that I have experienced makeup sex, I can confirm what they say, it's the best of all. Perhaps it's due to the recognition of souls or simply the joy of feeling the loved one again when you thought they were lost.
• "When...?" I try to ask.
• "When did I make space?" he laughs and then releases me to embrace me around the waist. Once facing each other, he runs his thumb along my jawline and then traces the shape of my lips. It makes me shiver again. "When I had the house redesigned, I thought that maybe this would be necessary. Like I told you, I never lost hope, and half of this place will be waiting for you, just like the rest of this entire place."