Her cheeks heating at his barrage of sweet words, Mia smiled. “I love you too, Elias. I’m lucky, too. I met you during one of the most difficult times of my life and despite the fact we barely knew each other, you offered to do something huge and utterly life-changing for no benefit to yourself. I can’t thank you enough for that.”
He gave her a peck on the lips. “I was happy to help, darling, even back then. I hated the idea of your cousin being in a position to take everything you held dear away from you. Nobody deserves that, even without having just lost a parent. And yes, at the time there was no benefit to me—except perhaps getting my mother off my back about my single status—but look at how much it’s paid off now. I’ve got a gorgeous wife who I’m madly in love with. We live in a bea
