Page 130 of Stronger Than Fate

On time for me to fall in love with you”

I love you

Your Dalina

When we finished buying everything we had planned, we were really tired from so much walking, so we decided to leave the gifts in our cars and go back to sit in a café to have coffee and eat something nice. We took the opportunity to talk about Christmas Eve dinner and some details about the wedding. Time flew by, and it was Henry's call that made us realize it was after seven in the evening.

“Hello, my love,” I said as soon as I answered.

“Hello, beautiful, where are you?”

“I'm still at the mall with Niky.”

“You're still shopping? Did you leave anything for those of us who haven't done it yet?” he asked, and I heard him laugh.

“We're done. Now we're sitting in a café chatting.”

“Hi, brother,” Niky greeted, leaning toward the phone so he could hear her.

“Send her my regards,” Henry requested.

“I will. Are you at the hotel already?”

“Just arrived. Will you be long?”

“I don't think so. I suppose I'll be there in an hour,” I replied. “Since it's Friday, we could go out for dinner,” I suggested.

“That's a good idea, my love. Don't be long, I'm really missing you,” he said in his sensual voice, and my skin tingled all over.

“I won't be long. I love you.”

“And I love you.”

When I ended the call, Niky was looking at me with a big smile.

“That look of being in love says it all. There's nothing more beautiful than seeing how much you love each other. I'll tell you something—when I met you in Mykonos, I was certain you would be significant in my life. I never imagined it would be through my brother; I simply thought we would end up being great friends. But life not only gave me the chance to have you as a friend, you're my sister, you'll be the mother of my nieces and nephews, and I swear, I'm very happy. I love you so much, Dali.”

As I listened to her, my eyes had welled up with tears. I took both her hands across the table.

“I love you too, Niky, and I’m so happy to have you in my life.”

“You’ll give me several little nieces and nephews, right?”

“I don’t know,” I said, emotional, “I hope life blesses us with one or more children. Actually, I don’t even know if Henry wants more than one.”

“He better get to work right away because my brother is already getting pretty old.”

“Don’t say that, Henry is very young,” I insisted.

“He is, but if you want more than one child, he should decide quickly because otherwise, his kids will be calling him ‘grandpa,’” she said, smiling.

“If he hears you, you won’t get a present,” I said with a smile.

“I doubt it. That man has such a huge ego, my comments don’t even make a dent.”

We both laughed, knowing she wasn’t far from the truth. After a while, we decided to leave. I was eager to meet up with Henry. When I reached the parking lot and approached my car, a strange feeling came over me and I froze. All four tires were flat. Niky had parked next to me, and I noticed she became nervous.

“Dali, it’s a bit strange that all your tires are like this. It seems deliberate.”