Lying on the bed after a mind-boggling round of pleasure, Sian thought.

'Oh, I forgot to use almond oil... Well, it doesn't matter, I will use it next time.'

When he turned his face to the side, there was Ophilia, lying next to him with her usual adorable smile.

As he ran his fingers through her straight hair, he suddenly remembered something. "Have we met before?"

Looking a little confused at his sudden question, she said. "I think not."

“When we were at the orphanage yesterday, I had a feeling of déjà vu. For a moment I felt as if I had heard your name before, as if I had already met you...” After a brief pause, he said. "Well, as my memory sucks when it comes to remembering people, that may have been just my imagination."

"Although I had a feeling of familiarity when I met you at the brothel, I don't remember seeing you before." Looking thoughtful, she continued. "I don't know how to explain it, but when we were at the brothel, the feeling of familiarity seemed to increase more and more."

Looking into her eyes, Sian said. "I hope you answer me honestly, what kind of feeling do you have for me?"

"I love you!" She replied without hesitation. “I know it is hard to believe that I started to love someone in such a short time and unlike you, there is nothing influencing my feelings. Although this has happened in a strange way, I am sure that my feelings are true.”

"In a strange way?" Sian asked.

“Yes, as I said, I felt a feeling of familiarity, but that feeling was growing by the moment. So I immediately realized that I had fallen in love with you, but I decided to ignore it.”

Pausing briefly, she continued.

"Even though I realized that, I was afraid to accept that feeling... I was just a slave and besides, I am much older than you. So I always held back, even though you insisted.

But when you said you wanted to raise a family with me, I was very happy. It was at that moment that I decided to completely accept yours and my feelings. I thought that maybe this was the chance that I could finally be happy, build a family and live a normal life.

I also had a small hope of being able to find my daughter again…”

The moment she finished speaking, Sian hugged her and gave her a kiss. Moving away from her lips, he smiled. "Perhaps our union was the work of destiny, because now, besides having a lovely wife, I also have a beautiful daughter."

“I don't know how to explain it, but somehow, I feel comfortable and pleasant around you. I feel like I can fully expose myself to you.” She rested her head on his shoulder.

"I believe we're the same at this point." Sian stroked her hair again.

After a brief moment of silence, Ophilia said. "Did you realize that I tend to act differently when we're in bed?"

"It's hard not to notice." Sian said. “Usually you always have a kind expression with a sweet smile on your face. But when we are in bed, you become a lustful beast.”

"Then you realized it..." She said with a bitter smile.

"What's wrong with that?" Sian asked confused.

"I want to do my best to be a good wife." Looking a little unsure, she continued. "But I don't think that's how a good wife should behave."

"Why not?" He looked even more confused.

Hesitating a bit, she said. "Because that was my behavior as a prostitute, I always had to do this to please customers and without me realizing it, it seems to have become part of my behavior."

Sian looked into her eyes and caressed her cheeks. "Just act as you feel most comfortable."

“Is it okay for someone as important as you to be with someone who acts like a prostitute? Aren't you going to ask me to change the way I act?”

"You are my precious wife, I will accept you regardless of the way you act, so just be yourself." He said smiling.

Staring at Sian, she seemed to want to say something, but she stopped herself, pressing her forehead against his.

"Is there a problem?" He asked.

"It's nothing, I just... I'm very happy, so happy that it feels like a dream... The moments I spent with you were so good..."

Lightly squeezing her cheek, he said. "Rest assured, you are not dreaming."

"It's just that everything has changed so suddenly... Whenever I compare the now and the before, it's hard to believe it's true." She said with a vague face.

"Why you say that?"

“Before I met you, I lived almost half my life as a slave and sex for me was always a must. So I always had to say what customers wanted to hear, just to please them and make them feel pleasure.

I often made myself look like a person I am not, said things that did not make me feel comfortable. Even if I was in pain or feeling bad, I needed to look good to make them feel good…”

Her eyes began to tear up.

“Many times we were injured or caught strange illnesses from customers, luckily, Mr. Badonis is a mage, so he always healed us.” Her voice was tearful. "I never wanted to sleep with unknown men, but I had no choice... I always had to do what the customer ordered... Even if it was painful... ”

"It looks like you had a hard time in that place." Sian ran his thumb over the tears that flowed. "But don't worry, from now on, I won't let anything bad happen to you or Emily."

Although it seemed calmer, the tears kept flowing from her eyes.

As if she wanted to feel his touch more clearly, she closed her eyes and placed her hand over his. “But now it's different, even though I was your slave initially, you never mistreated me or forced me to do anything. On the contrary, you are always so kind and always care for me. You even allowed me to find my daughter and promised to accept her as your own.”

"This is just the beginning." He smiled warmly. "From now on, I intend to do even more for you and our daughter."

"But-"

Sealing her lips with his index finger, Sian said. "No buts. Even if I haven't spent so much time with you, I can imagine what you mean. So just accept it, you don't have to worry about unnecessary things. ”

Upon hearing his words, she buried her head in his chest and whispered. "Thank you."

With a smile on her face, Sian put his arms around her and snuggling into each other, they fell asleep.

***

While they were still asleep, Sian suddenly woke up to the sound of a door creaking as it opened.

Even without looking at it, he already knew who it was.

Getting to his feet immediately, he woke up Ophilia, whose face was oozing happiness even in her sleep.

"Hmm... What happened?" She woke up dazed.

"Get dressed quickly, Emily is back!" Sian spoke softly while getting dressed.

Ophilia's sleepy expression was immediately thrown away by nervousness. Jumping out of bed as fast as she could, she grabbed the clothes she had left on the dresser.

Meanwhile, short footsteps sounded on the other side of the door. But unfortunately for her, her panties were still all sticky, because Sian had forgotten to clean it with magic.

With no alternatives, she ignored her panties and started putting on the rest of her clothes.

Finishing getting dressed, Sian noticed that the small steps were getting closer and closer.

Trying to buy time for Ophilia, he went to the bedroom door and the moment he was almost putting his hand on the doorknob, it turned and the door was pushed.

The person who was there was a beautiful little Dogkin girl, staring at him with her big light brown eyes. But luckily, the angle of the opening did not allow her to have a view of where Ophilia was.

"I'm back!" Emily called out, immediately jumping into Sian's arms.

"Welcome back my little princess." Holding her in his arms, he left the bedroom and closed the door. “So, how was your afternoon? Have a lot of fun?"

"A lot!" She opened her arms cheerfully. "Auntie Anna is very cool and everyone liked her."

“Auntie Anna?” Sian asked.

"Mm, she told us a lot of stories."

"By Auntie Anna, are you talking about her?" Sian pointed to Illianna, who was standing beside the table.

Emily nodded.

He looked at Illianna suspiciously, but when he was about to speak, Ophilia opened the door.

"Mommy!" Emily shouted, holding out her arms for her.

Sian passed Emily to Ophilia and approached Illianna. "I hope you haven't brainwashed my lovely Emily."

"I don't need that, children love me naturally." She said. "But that doesn't seem to be your case."

Putting his hand on her shoulder, he smiled presumptuously. "My patience is completely recharged, your provocation doesn't work on me."

"It's not a provocation, they really don't seem to like you."

Ignoring her words, Sian went to the window and opened it, allowing the faint orange rays of sunset light to enter. Taking a long breath of fresh air, he propped his elbows on the sill and admired the view.

Outside, even though there was little time for dusk, there was still a considerable flow of people on the street.

Turning, he said. "It is getting late, we are going to have dinner and when we get back, I have something to say."