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They were still settling in to life together. Isaiah had been trying to get out of habits he’d fallen into with his first wife, a woman who truly had been a best friend to him. He could have lived happily with her for the rest of his life. Maybe the romantic love hadn’t been there between the two of them, but some people weren’t even lucky enough to be friends with their spouse. The two of them had gone to great lengths to make each other happy, and he would always go to the same ones for Isla as well. So, when he saw her smiling and she hugged him like that, nearly making him stumble back from the force of it, he felt a certain sense of accomplishment. He wanted to make her happy. He wanted her to have a good life with him. Hugging her tightly in response, he found himself smiling as well. “You’re welcome.” Oh, he’d been lucky to have her brought into his life. In that moment, he was so optimistic that the two of them could create a good life together, and he was still smiling when their embrace fell apart and she went to go inspect the paint. There was a certain fondness there in his gaze. “Ah, it’s blue.” He replied as he crouched down next to her, eyes following her movements closely. “But you paint whatever you want, okay? This is your home, so it’s up to you. Just tell me what you need me to do, and I’ll do it.”
She poured some of the paint into the tray before moving to open the next one. Isla put her hair up in a messy bun, grabbing one of the mixing sticks and started stirring the paint. ❝ It’s our home, ❞ she responded, looking up at him with a smile. Isla knew how fortunate she was. Many people were assigned to a spouse that they didn’t like, or where were only small head nods of the other’s existence outside of...the necessary work that needed to be done in order to expand the population. Isla didn’t know what to expect when she’d found out her husband had already been married and his first wife had passed away. From what she’d gathered, the two had been close. But Isaiah had been great about making sure the artist didn’t feel like she was in someone else’s home. ❝ Stir the paint in this tray for me, please, ❞ she asked, standing up with her tray of light blue paint. ❝ As soon as you’re ready your just going to start painting like this... ❞ Isla rolled her paint roller into the tray, set it down and started painting the wall. ❝ How was your day as well? I feel like you’ve been working a lot all week. ❞

















