“You’re radiant, Charlotte. They said that about you on our wedding day and now again that you’re pregnant, but you’ve always been radiant. And the first time I saw that beauty under my hands, I felt how I feel when opening a brand-new book. Do you know how that is? Where you only need to read the first few pages and you’re already thinking, ‘This might be a good one. One of the best ones. One of the rare finds that stays with you forever.’” A soft smile found his lips. “That’s how I felt, but I was far too bottled up and ready to explode to ever say something like that.”
