Pleasure?
Amelie realized how foreign that word felt, how distant it had always been. With Alex, she had never truly known what it meant.
The affection he gave her had been enough at the time, not because it fulfilled her, but because she had never known anything more. Deprived of real love all her life, even the smallest gestures of care had felt precious.
But Gabriel… Gabriel had been different from the very beginning. He never looked at her with pity, but with a woman he wanted to keep by his side.
She was the answer to his unknown questions.
He had seen her in her most vulnerable time, heard her when no one did and cared for her in every step of the way.
And even now, with desire burning in his eyes, it was her comfort and needs he put first.
