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“Then what’s the point of being king?” I grumbled

“We can’t deprive scholars of those texts because you don’t want o to London”

“What I want is my wife” My hand landed on her knee

She s isn’t your first choice, but if Sutcliffe followed my instructions, then I’ll be home every weekend And you will be there with me the first and last weeks of the project It will fly by We’ll barely spend any time apart”

“Or we could have the texts flown to the palace and held in the royal library while you complete your work”

“I love that you want to do that for me But you knohat I love more?”

“What is that?”

“That you let ure out how to make this work You didn’t just shut it down”

When Molly first told ut reaction was to voice a forceful no I didn’t want to let her go I especially didn’t want her to leave the country pregnant But this woot me She understood what I needed and when

And I had to do the same for her To love her nerdy book habits To support her work To loosento be hell But I knew I’d go through hell for her

“I would do anything for you, love”

“Even ask,” she teased

“Yes, even ask I love you, Molly Sauvage I said it at our wedding, and I’ll say it again on this beach The entire country of Bostique can hear me proclaim it”

“Shh,” she giggled “No one in Bostique wants to hear a crazy king”

“You can’t stop love And I’m in love with you And our baby I’ll do whatever it takes to show you that every day”