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“Uh huh.”
I wait until his eyes are firmly shut. “No peeking, mister.”
“I wouldn’t dream of it.” He teases by slanting a quick glance at me.
“Hey, I’m serious.”
“Okay, okay,” he laughs, then clamps his eyes shut again. I move away from him, opening the cage and pulling out what I’m looking for, clasping it in both hands – which is not, I have to say, that easy.
“Put your hands out.”
He does so without opening eyes. I move forward, delivering the gift right into the palms of his hands.
He makes a rumbling noise of amusement and looks down. “A chicken?”
“Uh huh.”
“I see. Is this a pet, or dinner?”
“Neither!” I reach out and stroke the chicken’s head. “It’s a reminder.”
“Of what?”
“Of the eggs.” I move closer to him. “So we can have all the eggs we want in our marriage.”
His eyes flash to mine and then he leans forward, kissing me softly. “I concur wholeheartedly.”
“But you’d like me to take the bird away again?”
He grins. “Where did you get it from?”
“The markets.”
“I mean, where, just now?”
“Oh, here. There’s a cage. She’ll be added to the royal coup later today.”
“I think I’d like to keep her closer by. Perhaps we’ll have a new coup built just for our chicken?”
“She might get lonely.”
“That’s a fair point.” He crouches down to put the chicken away, turning back to me. “Thank you for the present, but you didn’t need to do that. You being here is a constant gift.”
My heart turns over in my chest. “Oh. Then you don’t want the other present?”
“I don’t know. Is it a cow?”
“I hope not.”
“You don’t know?”
“Well, no, I mean, we could find out, but I’m quite traditional and personally like the idea of waiting.”
“Waiting for what? You are not making any sense, my beautiful Emira.”
I lift my brows. “Actually, I think I am. You’re just not listening.”
“I’m always listening to you.”
