Is this destiny?

~ Los Angeles, Cliffside house ~

Aiden is awake, in the bed, observing Sarah\'s sleeping face.

Quiet moments like this allow him to appreciate what they have... Allow him to appreciate her.

Image of Sarah dancing previous night replayed in his mind. The way she looks at him is a giveaway how much she loves him. Their drive back home, how she held his hand in silence… he would not replace it for anything in the world. Sounds of her moans as her nails dug in the skin on his back, and sweet whispers before drifting off to sleep… He hopes that he will not forget any detail of his time with Sarah. Ever.

He is not sure about many things in life, but he knows that there is this unbreakable connection between two of them which grows stronger with every passing moment.

Not so long ago, Aiden\'s heart was frozen, and he thought that those women throwing amorous gazes at him are stupid for their willingness to be with him. When he saw couples holding each other he was confident that he will never be one of them, because all that is just an illusion; eventually they will realize that feelings don\'t mean much, that being in love is useless and it will all fall apart.

And now he is in the bed next to the most amazing young woman he ever met. Sarah sneaked into his heart and thawed it… and now his heart beats for her. Aiden is absolutely spellbound with Sarah and he can only laugh at his previous self who was foolish to think that love is something non-existent or at least not important.

Aiden remembered that some time ago, at the beginning of their relationship, she asked him if he believes in destiny. He gave her an ambiguous answer, not fully understanding her question. But now, answer is clear… nothing other than destiny could bring two of them together.

There is no explanation other than destiny, when at first, he refused to go back to University to check out that new prodigy which showed up. He hesitated to approach her, but something invisible led him to the point when he reached out and asked if she is willing to work on a project which he made up. And he does not know what made him decide to take her on a date to Paris, because there was nothing logical that could justify that decision. Now he knows that right about that time he crossed the point of no return, and his life would not make sense without her in it.

He believes that his whole life, everything he did, led to the moment when two of them met, and when he fell for her… and when she fell for him. And no matter what happens, he will not let go. This feeling of belonging… he will never let go.

Sarah stirred and leaned her cheek on his upper arm for a second before shifting up and resting her head on his shoulder. She took a deep breath and smiled.

Aiden observed that her breathing is slow and steady. \'She did that in her sleep!\' He likes that.

He wrapped his arms around her and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead, careful not to wake her up. Yes, this feeling… he will not let go.

…

Sarah shifted her body and felt that she is in Aiden\'s embrace.

She peeked and saw that he is looking at her.

"Good morning, sunshine…", she mumbled and snuggled closer to him. \'Sunshine\', that is how she describes that dazzling smile which brightens up her day.

"Good morning, beautiful.", he greeted her back.

Sarah took a deep breath and a satisfied smile lingered on her face. There is nothing better than waking up in Aiden\'s embrace. Oh, and she loves to slip her hand under his top, feeling his firm abs. That is a perfect \'good morning\', right there.

"What are you thinking?" Aiden knows that she is still not fully awake, but he is holding her for a while, waiting for her to wake up. And he is eager to hear her voice.

Sarah yawned and answered with a sleepy voice: "You. Me… Us. Like this. I hope it never ends because this is closest to heaven I will ever be."

Aiden smiled, pleasantly surprised by her morning display of affection, no matter how drowsy it sounded.

He took her left hand in his and pulled her up gently. He kissed the engagement ring. "It will not end. Forever. Remember?"

She smiled. "Yes."

Sarah took her time waking up. She likes staying in the bed late, and Aiden likes that as well. If it\'s up to them they would stay in the bed and cuddle until lunchtime. Or longer.

"Are we going to office today?", Sarah asked eventually.

Aiden thought for few seconds. "We need to look into that phone number and email from Blanca. And also, to see if we can make sense of all data, we found related to Enrique... Let\'s see what we find and then we can decide if we are going or not."

She agreed. "That is a lot of data… Let\'s get Eve to sift through it. In that way, we might have something useful by lunchtime, and it will help advance her analytical skills." Sarah is more than happy with performance of self-learning modules she developed for Eve.

Eve\'s AI is evolving at a fast pace, and Sarah needs to keep a close eye on it. She wants to make sure that Eve does not \'grow\' in wrong direction. Right now, Eve is like a child, learning from things she is exposed to, and Sarah is closely monitoring things Eve interacts with. With those thoughts, Sarah started getting up.

"Where are you going?" Aiden pulled her back into bed.

"Shower… I thought we just talked about what we are going to do..." Sarah\'s voice trailed off when she felt his arms snake around her.

"Five minutes." He tightened his hug.

Sarah smiled and turned to face him.

"Only five? Usually we need much more than that.", she looked at him suggestively.

Sarah wanted to tease Aiden a bit, but seeing his expression change in an instant, and feeling his grip tighten, she realized that she made a mistake. His eyes full of gentle love turned dark and hungry and she forgot to breathe. Ah, she should know better than to tease this devil!

Normally, when she dares to tease him, she would dash for it, but he is holding her in place, and she is not in a position to run away.

Aiden\'s hug loosened, and in next moment, his palms moved over her body impatiently while his lips caressed her exposed collarbone… and she forgot why she wanted to get out of the bed.