SEAN
Care had been worried all day long. She was trying not to show it, always smiling and looking like a nice and far too sexy nurse, but I could read it in the back of her eyes: something was bothering her.
So when, at night, she snuggled under the covers and settled into my arms, I asked her.
She sighed - her warm breath tickled my chest, and I didn't even try to hold back a smile. This new thing between us was strange, but I liked it. Despite the immense changes that were taking place in my life, seeing Caroline at ease around me, seeing her happy to be beside me, filled me with joy. It made me hopeful about the future.
"I don't want to be queen," she murmured. That surprised me too; she got straight to the point, without pretending that there was nothing wrong. A great improvem
