Persuasion

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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