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I al at her just to make sure this isn’t some weird joke, but each ti it And she didn’t make it up

No, we’re bonded together, forever

She’sto touch her If they try I’ll rip their goddamn heads off

“Are you sure you’re notable to…”

I chuckle “Are you really going to get all shy with the future father of your children? And no, I’m not mad”

Her whole face lights up, her blush alht Whereas I’ve had proble my emotions, my woman has no such restraints It’s like there’s a Christ her up

“I didn’t even know you wanted children,” she says

“I didn’t think about it,” I tell her “But when I saw you, everything changed Now I can’t iine a future without you by my side, as you write your bestsellers and care for our family What about you? Do you want kids?”

An invisible knife twists in ut when she shakes her head

My face must show my disappointment because she just s my head at your question”

“No, then whose?” I tease

She giggles “Atto say”

“Well, you have to say it now”

“I wouldn’t want to be a tease, would I?” She says it with an element of huh part of her thinks I really a her back at the cabin

“Don’t stress, baby I felt how badly your body wanted it back there Our time will come”

She laughs “You really are a freaky mind reader sometimes, you know that?”

“So ere you going to say?” I ask

She shrugs, turns to her , and watches the light dancing across the river “That I’ve wanted a fah school”

We really were made for each other

I knohy she was hesitant The only way I’roo me each and every second But it doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate how perfect this is, for both of us

“How ?”

She taps her chin “Maybe three or four”

“Or four or five”

She laughs delightedly “Or six or seven”

“Or seven or…”