Married to the Devil's Son novel Chapter 162

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Heaven asked her handmaiden Kate to bring her maid's clothes. While Zamiel waited outside in her garden, she quickly changed. She could not go out with her fancy dress.

Once she was ready, she went back to the garden. Zamiel was sitting on a bench, waiting. "Do I still look breathtaking?" She asked playfully once Zamiel looked at her.

"No dress can make you look any less." He told her looking into her eyes.

Heaven had never felt so excited by compliments before, and people complimented her often.

"Where are we going?" She asked.

"Heaven. You father told me you have many enemies, and I failed to protect my family. Do you still want to go out with me?"

His eyes reflected so much guilt. Heaven could see he had a hard time letting go of the fear of failure to protect her.

She went to to sit next to him. "Ask me what I truly want, Zamiel?" She said.

"What do you truly want?" He asked, turning to her.

"I want to live. And I want you to live."

He looked at her, confused.

"There is a difference between living and existing. I don't want to only exist. I want to live." She explained. "Staying protected keeps me alive, but it doesn't make me live."

Zamiel seemed impressed by her words. "How can someone as dead as me make you live?"

"You already did. Perhaps not purposely, but your belief that a woman could rule made me believe in myself."

"Do you really want to become a ruler?" He asked.

Heaven had to think. It was a question she was still struggling with. "No one wants to be responsible for so many people. People who want to ruler either have no choice or want wealth and power. My father didn't become a ruler for the people of this kingdom, but caring for them made him a great ruler."

She didn't know exactly what she wanted to bring about with her words, but Zamiel seemed to understand.

"You seem to like white flowers." He said looking around her garden.

"Yes. They look like the moon and stars at night."

Zamiel smiled. "Why don't you just look at the sky."

"They seem far away then." She said.

"There is a way to bring them closer." He told her.

Heaven was surprised to hear that. She knew ancient demons had special powers, but how could he bring the moon closer?

"How?" She asked.

He stood up and offered her his hand. She took it and he drew her into his arms. Before she could blink he had already taken her somewhere else.

Heave felt she was standing on a soft surface. When she looked around, she realized she was on a beach and there was the ocean stretching beyond reach.

Zamiel released her, and Heaven turned to the still and quiet ocean. She had seen a sea before, but never at night. The water was dark, reflecting the glowing moon and shining stars.

Now she understood what Zamiel meant, and it brought a smile to her face. She turned to him and found him staring at her. For a moment she forgot what she wanted to say and stared back. He looked as beautiful as the night. His hair was like the dark sky and his eyes glowed like the silver of the moon.

He smiled at her. "Now you can swim among the stars." He told her.

Heaven looked back at the ocean. She wondered what it would feel like if she walked into the water. She wanted to try it.

"Do you want to try?" He asked.

Heaven nodded eagerly.

Zamiel began to take off his boots and then his jacket. Heaven panicked. She didn't want to take off anything except her shoes.

Hesitantly she took off her shoes, but then she just stood there, her heart pounding in her ears as Zamiel began to take off his shirt. When their eyes locked, he stopped halfway and kept it around his shoulder.

"You… don't have to take off anything." He told her.

But Heaven knew she couldn't get into the water with all her clothes on. She had to at least take off her outer dress. Under it, she was wearing a sleeveless short white dress.