Cross One's Heart

Aleksander held Izabella close as she quickly dozed off while he remained awake and continued to caress her naked shoulder.

He took a deep breath before carefully stepping away from his wife. His eyes were helplessly focused on Izabella's face as she drifted off.

She fought not to sleep, and he knew why but by watching her silently every night, she was asleep almost at dawn. Ultimately, her body gave in to the wave of weariness.

He knew why she didn't want to sleep by chatting about anything and looking back at how they met. And he was just happily listening to her while memorizing every aspect of her voice, the expression on her face as she kept talking. And once in a while looked at him with those eyes in a trance, and he would bring her back to reality when he kissed her with an earnest desire. And then they would just be content just staring at each other. Words seemed not to describe how they wanted to convey their feelings. With the shadow of tears he could see lurking in her