Page 58 of Sheikh's Unexpected Triplet Babies

His free hand came up to gently touch her face. She leaned into his touch with a murmur of longing, and he pressed his forehead to hers.

“But I do mean it. Bedelia, the things that you make me feel, the love that you bring to me, this is a gift beyond measure, beyond words, and I was a fool to deny it as long as I have. I love you, and I want you as my wife.”

She stared at him, and she started to shake. This couldn't be true. It couldn't be. “Jahin...”

“Say yes,” he said softly. “Say yes, and I will marry you, and we will belong only to each other. We will love, and fight, because we are only human, and we will teach our children to do the same. Only say yes, Bedelia. Say you love me, and I will make the world yours.”

She felt as if the breath was caught in her throat, but her heart was shouting it so loudly that she was almost surprised he couldn't hear it.

“Yes,” she whispered, tears in her eyes, and then he was standing, crushing her in his arms. “I love you, and all I need is you. I don't want the world, I just want you...”

“Thank you,” he said, his voice little more than a hoarse whisper. “Thank you, I love you, and you will be mine for as long as the sky lasts, as long as the mountains stand.”

She laughed a little. “That sounds like something out of a story. Like I've just woken out of a hundred years of sleep, and you're the one who has awakened me.”

He grinned, and she was shocked to the core by the tears in his eyes. She had traveled the world and seen many things, but this was possibly the most rare and wonderful thing.

“This is a fairytale,” he said tenderly. “Yours and mine.”

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