The Divorced Military Queen Awakens (by Sadie Baxter) novel Chapter 435

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Chapter 435 Proving Your Love

Chapter 435 Proving Your Love

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Quinn answered with a steady smile. “By staying at your side and letting time speak for me. If you rush to push me away, you’ll never know how deep my love runs. Wouldn’t that be a pity?”

A barely visible tremor crossed Julius‘ eyes.

Her words landed like a stone tossed into still water, striking the center of his curiosity, sending rings of yearning across the surface of his guarded heart.

He wanted–no, needed–to know just how deeply this woman loved him.

Julius held her in an unwavering stare. “Time, huh? How much time do you need, then?”

“Six months,” Quinn answered without flinching. It was the window she had promised Rowan, the half–year span in which Julius would donate his stem cells to Lena.

Six months felt long enough for Julius to believe her feelings were real–rooted in love, not guilt, and certainly not in the hope that he could save Lena.

As long as she displayed affection deep and steady, the tremor inside him might settle, allowing him to trust her love at last.

“Six months is too long,” Julius retorted.

“Then how much time do you want?” she asked, caught off guard.

“One month,” he said resolutely. “That’s all I’m giving you. If you can prove in thirty days that your love for me is enough, we’ll reunite. If you fail to do so, I never want to see you again.”

In thirty days, my web of informants would be able to pinpoint my father’s whereabouts. Once he’s captured, Quinn will no longer be in danger. Whether we stayed together or not after that, no one will dare come for her. Yes… That’s the best plan.

“One month is too short. Give me at least three,” Quinn countered, bargaining hard.

Given Julius‘ current resistance, she doubted she could thaw his heart in only thirty days.

“I’m only giving you one month, Quinn. That’s how long I’ll be in Celosia for. Fail to prove yourself, and it’s over between us once we’re back home.”

“Fine,” she said at last, though her voice betrayed reluctance.

One month? So be it. She resolved to squeeze every moment from the thirty days. If she still

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failed, she would figure out the next move back home.

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At worst, she could beg Gavin for one of his more “special” concoctions and see if chemistry might sway the stubborn man.

“Then for the next month, may I move in with you?” she asked.

“Do as you like,” he muttered.

It’s only thirty days. It will all be over before we even know it… Besides, this one month is nothing more than giving us a chance to let go.

That night, Quinn insisted on sharing Julius‘ bed.

“Since you granted a month, sleeping beside you shouldn’t be out of line,” she said evenly.

“What if I refuse?” he asked, lashes trembling.

“Then I’m afraid I’ll have to force you. Of course, considering we’re both injured, I’m not sure who’d be stronger. The doctor did warn me not to knock my right leg before the cast is removed, though, because another impact might worsen it.”

Julius pressed his thin lips together. He knew she was baiting him, yet the mere hint of injuring her froze his limbs.

Bracing her palms on the mattress, Quinn leaned in until her breath fanned across his face. “So, Julius, do you agree now?”

“And you? Why do you insist on sharing my bed? Are you feeling sorry for me because of my insomnia?”

She looked into his eyes–dark, glassy, impossibly deep. They were the surface of a silent sea. Under that calm sheet, entire storms of feeling lay chained and thrashing, and he forced every last wave to stay hidden.

“I’m not pitying you, Julius. My heart aches because I love you, and loving you means hurting when you hurt,” she replied before leaning in and placing a soft kiss on the corner of his eye. “Forgive me. I made you fearful of losing me, but that ends here. There will be no more secrets and no more lies. I will stake my very life, if I must, to show you how fiercely I love you.”

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