The next day.
Morning arrived with a gentle chill. The sky appeared pale, and the air felt crisp enough to pinch Evelyn's cheeks as soon as she stepped outside.
The trees around the house had started shedding their leaves, exposing thin branches to the cold breeze.
Winter was coming, slowly but unmistakably.
As usual, Evelyn accompanied Axel to the front yard, where his car and Liam were already waiting.
She shivered slightly, but it was impossible not to pause and admire him. Axel looked devastatingly handsome in a fitted charcoal suit that hugged him in all the right places.
The cold air only made him look sharper. Strong jaw. Tousled dark hair. A tie she had fixed for him herself.
Her husband looked like the type of man who could ruin entire nations with one glance.
'Okay, this is just my wild imagination, okay. Don't judge me...' Evelyn laughed inwardly, hearing her own mind. She would never say that out loud.
However, her thoughts can't easily leave her.
