Owned by Pirates

"Artie is fetching carrots and lettuce."

"I thought the cabbages were ready?"

I looked at him very seriously. "Aye, but since that's the island's name today, it cannot be eaten."

The Captain shrugged, all too accustomed to this nonsense. Then his hand cupped my face, his thumb running along my cheekbone with such tenderness it turned my insides to pudding. "You know the island is really called Flora’s Paradise," he whispered softly.

He had told me this a thousand times, but I needed to hear at least a thousand more.

"I don't know why I keep forgetting that," I murmured, stretching up to kiss my incredible husband.

He’d taken a girl who believed she was worthless, and transformed me into the queen of my own island. I’d never had any dreams of my own until the day he bought me. And now every single one of them had come true, yet there was still room for plenty more.

*** The End ***