Slowly it began dawning on her. As if in a daze, Alicia looked down at the key in Adrian’s hand, then back up at him. Drawing in a deep breath, she covered her mouth with her hand. “You bought the yellow palace?” she whispered, her heart pounding and the happy and overwhelmed tears began welling up in her eyes. “You amazingly, fantastic, and absolutely insanely wonderful man,” with a hand on his cheek she looked him in the eyes. “You bought the yellow palace. For us?” By now she was smiling happily through her tears when she leaned in to kiss him. “I love you, Adrian. Not because of the house, but you bought the yellow palace.”