Stella realized that a week had passed when she got home.

Last time, she promised her husband they would sleep together in a week's time.

She had said a week.

The day she promised was today.

Although she still had some painful bruises on her body

Stella wanted to keep her promise.

Thinking about this, she felt inexplicably nervous.

She liked Dylan in her heart. His thoughtfulness, tolerance, understanding, and gentleness were all the things she ...