That, without a doubt, was confirmation that Catarina was the woman he wanted to spend his life with.

Knowing that she felt the same way, that she longed for his presence with the same urgency that he longed for hers, made Henri certain that there was no more time to waste.

He wanted her with every ounce of his being, with every beat of his heart, as he had never wanted anyone before.

And that new, intense, overwhelming feeling, one he had never experienced for any other woman, made him realize