Kiara stared up at Xavier as her heart fluttered with an unidentifiable emotion. She was terrified of her own heart’s reaction to him. “Tyler has been given the task of drawing up the papers for the surrogacy contracts, but due to the event of this morning and our new impending marking ceremony,” Xavier rolled his eyes, “ they now need to be altered. Nothing about our previous arrangements has changed. He is just adding an addendum stating that we must mark each other,” he continued, his thumb along her cheek bone. Kiara’s body grew colder as she comprehended everything he was telling her. “I’ll give you some time to think over your decision, but only so long as it takes him to draw up the new legal documents,” he offered. For the first time in her life, Kiara was being given a choice.