CHAPTER 69

VARYA’S POV

The early morning light peeped in through the curtains as a signal that brought the kind of day I had been desiring. Today I was planning to go and see my mother in the new house Kylo had bought for her.

There was a small excitement to be around her and to see her in a place where an ordinary woman like her could live comfortably and where we did not carry along our past.

Standing in front of the mirror brushing my hair and hoping that my nerves would not get the best of me. I fell into the habit of not visiting her as often as I used to and that was quite a long time ago, so much had happened.

My marriage – they each appeared so complicated, so tied up in knots – and my feelings towards Kylo were not straightforward at all. But today, I had the need to forget all that and just for a few hours give all my attention to my mother.

I had just come out of the bathroom when I heard the knock on the bedroom door Kylo.

“Varya, are you almost done?” he said, and it seemed to her t