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“On a serious note, I will start ordering the glass for your little menagerie before will begin plans on the bigger one.” He looked at her with so much love that it felt as if her heart would burst.

“Don’t, you can save the glass for the bigger one, I want that one to stay exactly as it is now. It is exactly like our love, perfect in all of its imperfect ways, and who knows? Perhaps Adam and Isoldewould want to get married there soon. It is the sight of their declaration.”

Taking her hand in his, Adam kissed her palm, lingering for a moment before pressing it against his cheek. “Thank you for accepting me and my family exactly as I am. Any other woman would have pulled up her nose at the idea of her brother-in-law marrying her former maid.”

Marina could not help but smile as the warmth of his cheek seeped into her palm. “I want you to remember this feeling when I come home with stray dogs and cats.”

Narrowing his eyes for a moment, Aaron glared at her. “Why do I get the feeling that you were waiting for the right moment to slip that in?”

“Because this has all been an ingenious plan to trap you. I knew from the very moment that I stormed into your drawing room that you would give in to my every whim if I made you fall in love with me.”

Lunging forward, Aaron began to tickle her sides, making her scream with laughter as she as she tried her best to fight him off.

“Are you sure that you want to make me melt to your every whim, Your Grace?” He laughed heartily as she turned red in the face.

“I yield, I yield!” She lost her breath before he finally stopped.

Giving her a moment to regain her composure, Aaron allowed his eyes to wonder over her naked body before settling on her abdomen where the tiniest hint of a bump had begun to form. “Do you think that it is a girl or a boy?”

“What do you want it to be?” She asked him softly, placing her hand over his.

A dreamy look came into his eyes as he slowly moved his hand back and forth. “I would like a boy. A strapping young lad to carry on the family name. I could teach him how to hun… not kill any animals because it means so much to his mother.” He corrected quickly.

Pursing her lips in bemusement, Marina waited for him to continue.

“But then again, having a sweet young girl would be just as big of a blessing, as long as she is just as kind and caring as her mother.” He sighed so deeply that Marina felt like kissing him all over again.

“I think it is fine to wish for both, whatever this baby will be, I know that I want another one with you soon after. And after that one, I want us to try for another. And after that child is born, I think we should only stop when our hair is turning grey.”

“Why stop then?” Aaron teased her and gently tickled her side once again.

“I love you Aaron, my scarred duke.”

“I love you too, my absolutely perfect wife.”

The End?