Xyla Quest instantly felt a sense of warmth spread in her heart. “Thank you, honey…” She said.

“You’re welcome, darling. Whatever it is you want, I’ll make sure you have it…” Once again, Stanley Batton hugged Xyla tightly. He rubbed his distinctly shaped lips against her earlobe.

This sentence made Xyla feel weak in the bones. At that moment, she felt as if her skin had been zapped by electricity and set on fire.

Even her heart started to beat out of tempo.

“Honey, meeting you is the luckiest thing that ever happened to me,” Xyla said.

“Isn’t meeting you the luckiest thing that happened to me, too? Xyla Quest, I used to be impenetrable. This all changed when I met you. I’m willing to give you all my love in this lifetime, and I’ll be with you until the day we die,” Stanley enunciated each word as he looked deeply into her eyes.

When Xyla heard all this, her eyes started to fill with tears.

“Honey, you’re wonderful. I love you very much,” Xyla said.

“I love you too, darling,” St