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He interrupted her with a slight shrug “They were offering me all kinds of incentives to stay” He rested his hands on her belly and he gave a joyous grin of delight as he felt the baby move in her belly “Wow, a kicker”
She giggled “Very active Keeps me awake all hours”
“Can’t have that You need plenty of rest, young lady”
She loved hearing hihtened her nipples into hard pebbles and her stomach knotted around the baby, like an embrace
“Yes, sir,” she said sweetly
He hesitated “So, ill your parents think when you tell them the truth about me?”
She knew exactly what her parents wanted; they’d raised her “They believe in e But I can’t tell them that I’m already… mated to a man from Ixzar ants me as his slave-wife,” she stuttered They would bea Stratum
“Slave-wife?” He rested his hands on her shoulders and squeezed “Oh, sweetheart Did you think that I would come here and marry you like that? I’ve learned soin a relationship and what it means to find a compatible mate Before I met you, I put confor and hard about us I need your obedience, your love and devotion, but I won’telse So will you, Jade, marry me?”
He trailed his palms down her bare ar for her reply
She’d learned much about herself, too and she was capable of so much more than she’d ever realized “Yes Yes, Mason, I’ll s you desire and I will try to be a good wife for you”
He lowered his lips to kiss hers, gently at first, then with a passion she’dh “Phew Because I’ve accepted a job here on Maliather Malimor’s police are a little lax in their protocols I’ve been tasked with tightening things up”
Her eyes widened in disbelief and she thunation “You kept that secret!”
“It was only confirotiations to have your records expunged Being a celebrity has its advantages—I had soe, more than I anticipated The Federation offered me this post and in return, your arrest warrant is withdrawn As far as they are concerned, you never actually ”
“Which,” she nodded in agreeoodness I flunked that” She snuggled closer to hi the bump between them “So I can leave Malimor if anted? I like that idea One day, when our children are older, we can go exploring You can be the captain and I’ll be the chief engineer and the kids can learn all about our galaxy, including the ice planet, Ixzar And snow”
He kissed the top of her head “I like the sound of that Will you folloherever I go, Jade?”