EPILOGUE
Xavier's pov - 5 years later
A smile grew on my face as I took in the beautiful sight in front of my eyes: my family.
It was July, and like every year since Erik arrived, we were on vacation to Sardinia: Em and I had bought a piece of land right in front of a beautiful cove five years before and built there our summer retreat - a simple white two-story house, with bougainvillea-covered walls, connected to the beach by a short path lined with lush oleanders and hibiscus.
Emily was on the beach, surrounded by our children: Erik, our three years old twins Abigail and Conrad, and little Astrid, who was just three months old, comfortably accommodated in her stroller. Emily, Erik, and the twins were building a huge sandcastle - or at least, she and Conrad were, because Erik and Abig
