Chapter Forty
Aksel
“So, Aksel,” Cammie says, leaning forward with a grin, “it’s been five years since you lost to your husband on Tattoo Spectacle, and the world is dying to know, what have you been up to? You’ve dodged interviews for years. Please, put us all out of our collective misery.”
Aksel exhales slowly, dimples cutting deep as he shakes his head.
“We’ve been living our best life,” he says easily.
“Hale and I opened Siren Ink with some of our fellow contestants. We built a family. We have two kids now, and Hale is currently pregnant with our first set of twins.” His smile softens, pride and awe bleeding through. “We couldn’t be happier.”
Cammie arches a brow. “I’m hearing a lot of we in that answer, but not much I. Is there a reason you avoid talking about yourself?”
Aksel doesn’t hesitate. “I don’t talk about myself in the singular,” he says simply. “Without my husband, I wouldn’t be who I am. Hale and our children are my entire world.”