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He stared fixedly into Gabrielle’s eyes “Are you going to say no?”

Slowly, a happy smile broke over her face, and she shook her head as she let hier She threw her aroodness,” into her hair as he hugged her tightly back Her grin widened at that

Later that day, they were ht them home for dinner prepared by none other than his favorite chef, Adele Brighton Gabrielle gasped in ahen she saw the a array of food prepared “Thank you, Adele I’ll certainly not pass up the chance to taste your wonderful dishes this time”

Adele nodded with a smile and proceeded to plate their courses as Adam and Gabrielle sat at the intimate candle-lit dinner table for two It felt like they were in thespot in the world and not sie floor-to-ceiling s, displaying the reen landscape It was a dreaht, much later behind the bedroom doors…

A year later

Gabrielle sroo on the i

A whole lot of things were different from their civil ceremony Also, she was now a irl They could be seen crawling and clily by Gabrielle’s parents She could still remember how much of a surprise the twins, Bryan and Brianna, had been!

Gabrielle had started to fall ill during her sixth month, and Adanose after the tests cah made Gabrielle feel a burst of fear “Looks like the iron deficiency aneain”

“Oh no,” she’d breathed She knew that the condition could heighten the risk of a preterht baby

Adaly and asked what could be the cause