Chapter 29 | New Home

Marcus gave me a totally unexpected and wonderful surprise when we were about half a mile away from his home. We were riding down a hill, and his house was situated in a valley below. It was surrounded by trees and a few other houses. What looked like the garden side of the house with a fountain was overlooking the river. I was straining my eyes hard to see the house more clearly when my family appeared out of nowhere. Marcus invited them the day they were leaving. He just never told me. The Romans did a ceremony to take the new wife into the house, similar to modern-day but in a slightly different style.

"Aaahhh...!" I was super thrilled and climbed down my horse to run to them.

"Where's the sex glow??" That was Selma's first question.

"She's tired. Don't bother her already." My mom said happily, crushing me into a warm hug.

Marcus and Max both talked to my brothers without being rude for the first time. Aiden was taken aback by their niceness, in fact, he looked disa