60. The truth

Darius Simard had told everything to Jane Dover about him even if it was out of her inventiveness. He at least didn't lie to her. And she...

"Why the embarrassment? We are both husband and wife. You are my mate for ages. I'm not human like you, will you crush my wait, my struggle just because of this silly truth?" He was anxious.

"I... I lied to you." She held her palms near her chest.

He sniffed, "Lie? No. You can neither hide anything from me nor can you deceive me."

Was she joking?

Jane Dover turned back and looked at him intensely.

"You trust me that much?" She inhaled.

He held her face in his warm palms and looked at her with adoration.

"I love you."

The three words touched her heart, jostled it and stabbed it. She kept looking into his devoted eyes in which, and her beautiful face was clearly reflected.