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He slides his hand around to his pocket and I reach out my fingers, pausing his movement. He quirks his brow.
“Why are ye stopping me? I promise, I’m going to let ye say the magic words before I get down on one knee.”
I squeeze his fingers and draw his hand to my stomach. “One thing at a time. Okay? I was listening when you said you had too many big life changes. Let’s just… be together first, have our daughter second. And then, if you still feel like you want to propose, I’ll let you.” I suck in a breath. “I just don’t want you to marry me because you knocked me up.”
Hades gives me a look.
“I think ye know that once I’ve set my mind to something, I always get it. Yer no exception.”
“Even so. I am not ready to say yes. So do me the favor of not asking me.” I give him a sly look. “Well, not yet anyway.”
He frowns. “Before my brother interrupted, I thought you were going to say… how you felt.”
“I was.” I school my expression. “I do love you, Hades. I love your brain, and how you think four steps ahead of everyone else. I love how much bigger you are than me. I love how you protect me.” I pause, breathing out and touching my stomach. “And most of all, I love that you gave me a child. I… I didn’t think that I would…”
My breath catches and tears form in the corners of my eyes. The words are harder to push out now, so I do it quickly, almost jumbling words.
“I think a lot of people look at me and see a disposable person because I am disabled. But you? You make me forget about every nasty look ever directed my way.”
“Ach, lass,” he says. “I love ye, Persephone. I love yer fire, yer spirit. I love protecting ye and always looking out for ye. For our family. It’s part of a man’s job, if ye ask me. But more than anything, I’m astonished that ye pickedme. No one has ever done that, not like ye did.”
“Oh, Hades,” I breathe.
He tips my chin up, kissing me deeply and passionately, without another single word said.
