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“Is this because of her?” she whispered He was dangling a golden carrot in front of her She desperately wanted to take it and run, but not if it was for the wrong reason

He shook his head “No, she’s given s I want If I was ever to have a family you were the mother and wife I envisioned If I can do thisI can do it properly”

“This is crazy,” she whispered

“We’re crazy, so that’s nothing new”

She peered down at hi inside her screamed yes! “I-I need some time to think about t-this”

His face fell He bowed his head and nodded, refusing to aze

“It’s not for lack of want, Enzo I want to be your wife, and this little one’sto do I need a minute” She absently rubbed Aoife’s back The baby had fallen into a milk induced coma and drifted off

He glanced up “What are you worried about?”

“What aren’t I worried about? We’d be going into this thing ass backward What if no good could come of it? You kno Catholics look at divorce If I can’t prove to them this union was invalid after we ain, in the eyes of the church You went fro to walk down the aisle If you’re hot and cold nohat happens once we both have rings on our fingers? I refuse to be ently laid the sleeping infant inside

“I’d never do that to you—”

“You’d never mean to Doesn’t mean it won’t happen”

Enzo came up behind her “Aibhlinn You’ve always been the one person who believed in er”

You’re asking uard and embrace this, that’s it for , Enz You dropped this all inin what could happen and what should happen I need to make up my own mind, you keen?” She turned and pleaded with her eyes Herdown a dark path she could never return from At least she’d been head over heels in love with her Da Could she say the same? And if I say no and walk ahat then?

“Okay Aoife and I can do our thing for twenty-four hours”

“Don’t be cross with e and lying It’s a tough spot for et my head around all these new developments and we’ll talk”