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She bit her lip “Speaking of rulers…there’ll soon be another who’ll rule both our lives I suspected it, did a test in that bungalow before you arrived, and…and I…I’nant”
He froze Her words stumbled over each other in alarm “W-we never used protection, and it was reckless ofa child without a father, since I wasn’t going to have a ain, and I thought i-if I got pregnant with your baby I’d have a part of you forever…”
He crushed his ive her one shake “You…you…” He had no words For the first ti, raking his hands in his hair “You had better watch what keeps spilling from these lips, from this mind, or you may end up married to a madman with a very short life expectancy” He turned, snatched her onto his lap, hiding her in his embrace as if afraid she’d disappear “You would have walked away carryingyourself? What did I tell you about sacrifices? You will giveyour child alone would have been no sacrifice butyou And I certainly won’t pledge such a thing I’d sacrifice anything for you, so you’d better learn to live with that Just like I have to learn to live with the huge sacrifice you made for me” He started to ru for the chance to give to her as iven him, but she silenced him with her next words “And I want to have at least one oes OK with this one…and, uh…if it’s OK with you…that is…”
He swung her around, above hi I want or hope forreplicas of you Every time we made love, I did wish for a child made of our love and pleasure But know that I’d be happy with one, or with none I’ in Judar that eain
“Welcome to your new home, ya ameerati…my princess”
She smiled in expectation, sat up, twisted to look outside theWonder crept over her features “This looks like another planet”
He chuckled, trailed kisses up her back “And I’ll give you a wedding frohts reproduction the likes of which the kingdo her eyes “But you sa I handled attending a sophisticated party and wearing an elaborate gown I’d die if I embarrassed you in front of the whole world”
“Uh, about that…” And he confessed his setup
After he’d borne her punishe, flushed and excited, before her face fell again “Still…those events can take endless planning and we’d probably see nothing of each other for weeks Didn’t you pledge every minute to me?” Her flush deepened as she hastened to add, “Not that I want you tied to , but think of all thethe hectic preparations”
“We’re both in luck, since Farooq’s wife, Carmen, is apparently an event-planner fairy I bet she’ll wave her ic wand and free all those precious ati And you’ll have it all”
“I already have it all…uh, how do you say habibati and ati, for a i”
And she kissed both of his, tears of joy filling her eyes “I already have it all, ya habibi I have you, ya i”