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you were simply with child.”
“You almost fainted,” she pointed out with a slight laugh.
“Of course, I did! I thought you were dangerously ailing! I'd traveled a thirty
hour journey in less than sixteen hours, come to throw myself at your
knees, and what did I discover when I barged my way through the house in
search of you?”
“Me bent over a bowl,” she answered wryly. “Hardly the most romantic of
reunions, you have to admit?”
“No, it could have gone far better. Although, I did offer to duel for your
honor, did I not?”
“I think you'll find that that was Devlin!”
“Perhaps,” he conceded with a shrug. “But I was willing to fight, simply to
prove to you and Devlin both that your honor was of the utmost importance
to me.”
“I know,” she remarked with a sigh. “I love you, Dorian.”
“I love you, my sweet. Can you believe it is almost six years since we
married?”
“No, it feels as though it were just yesterday and then gloriously, as though
it has been an eternity! We're so fortunate.”
“Indeed, and that is why I will behave from now on. I do not wish to press
my good fortune, my dear.”
She was silent as she pondered those words. "You had best take advantage
of me now then, my lord. It is too late to impregnate me now, is it not?” she
whispered naughtily.
He laughed and pressed his lips to her neck. “You are correct, my sweet. You
are correct.”
And with that, he turned her on to her back and ravaged her mouth. Just as
he'd done that day when he had arrived on her brother's doorstep, come to
beg for forgiveness, a forgiveness she had shamelessly given at a speed
faster than a horse could canter! Not once had she regretted her decision.
And she never would.
Just like her mama, she had found her soul mate, the love of her life.
The End
