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“You’re not going to pass out, Thea,” he says sternly “How many kids do you want?”

“One,” I answer, and he frowns “Two irl”

He raises a brow “If you have two you could get two boys or two girls, you know”

“Well, then, at least they’ll have each other,” I reason

He shakes his head “How have we never talked about this before?”

“Planning to leaveup another le a brow

“God no, Thea,” he snaps, clearly irritated that I’d say such a thing even though it was a joke

“Good, because I’d cut off your dick and shove it down your throat if you leftto b

ring some levity to the conversation

He huffs out a breath, that I know is a laugh he’s trying to s, you know?”

“I know,” I sigh

“Four,” he answers

“What? Four kids instead of five?” He nods “No way Maybe three—maybe”

He sh the first one and go from there?”

I bitehis proposal over, and nod “Deal”