THIRTY SIX_ALWAYS YOURS （FINAL CHAPTER）
The DeLuca mansion was filled with warm light.
For the first time in weeks, everything felt peaceful.
Aiden stood in the garden, watching the sunset.
Footsteps approached behind him.
“You’re hiding again.”
Aiden smiled without turning around.
“I’m not hiding.”
Alexander walked up beside him.
“You always come here when you’re thinking.”
Aiden looked at him.
“I like the view.”
Alexander smirked.
“The view or the quiet?”
“Both.”
They stood there for a moment.
Then Aiden spoke softly.
“Marco is really gone now?”
Alexander nodded.
“Yes.”
Aiden sighed in relief.
“That chapter is finally over.”
Alexander looked at him carefully.
“What about our chapter?”
Aiden blinked.
“What do you mean?”
Alexander stepped closer.
“In the beginning, this marriage was just a deal.”
Aiden nodded.
“I remember.”
Alexander gently took his hand.
“But now it’s real.”
Aiden’s heart skipped slightly.
Alexander looked directly into his eyes.
“You stayed when you didn’t have to.”
Aiden smiled.
“I told you before.”
“Where else would I go?”
Alexander chuckled.
Then his voice softened.
“Stay with me.”
Aiden raised an eyebrow.
“I already am.”
Alexander shook his head.
“No.”
His expression turned serious.
“I mean forever.”
Aiden’s eyes widened slightly.
“You’re proposing now?”
Alexander smirked.
“I’m a mafia king. I make my own rules.”
Aiden laughed.
Then he stepped closer.
“Well…”
He wrapped his arms around Alexander’s neck.
“I guess I’ll accept.”
Alexander smiled for real this time.
And then he kissed him.
Slow.
Warm.
Peaceful.
Not like their first kiss.
Not like the desperate moments during danger.
This one felt like home.
And for the first time since their strange marriage began…
Alexander DeLuca finally felt something he never expected.
Happiness.
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