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‘What do you want?’ Apparently he’d made the same decision. Thea burst out laughing and he chuckled along with her.
‘I just thought that…maybe Ava is enough for you.’
He shrugged. ‘I guess after you’ve done it once you get into the swing of it. How many?’
‘Four?’
‘Four? I was thinking three…’ He scratched his head. ‘But four’s a good number. I could work with that.’
‘I was including Ava in my four.’ She looked at him hesitantly.
‘I love it that you did, sweetheart. So four, including Ava?’ He picked up the pencil and added another cross to the map. ‘I think we’re definitely going to have to go back to the Taj Mahal. Maybe start work on number two of our four.’
‘We’ll go to the Taj Mahal. But we can wait for the children. It’s a big thing for Ava to take on already, us getting married. If she sees me having a child straight away…’ Thea wanted Ava to see her as an addition to her family, not someone who was taking Lucas away from her.
‘I wouldn’t worry. I found my mother teaching her to knit the other day. They were like a pair of old ladies, both giving each other knowing looks.’
‘What did you do?’ Thea laughed.
‘I told them that if and when we decide on anything we’ll let them know. Preferably when junior’s about six years old, so they don’t have the opportunity to go out together and buy cute outfits.’
‘I don’t know. I quite like cute outfits.’
‘So do I. That’s why you and I are buying them.’
‘There’s always room for one more.’ She leaned forward to kiss him. ‘Always room for another one of those too.’
Suddenly his eyes were solemn. ‘Okay, so you’ve admitted that we’re going to get married. We’re planning a baby and a holiday. There’s something I need to do first.’ He caught up her hand, watching her face intently.
‘Do it. Do it now, Lucas.’
He slipped the ring onto her finger. ‘No more dreams, sweetheart. Just realities.’
Reality was more than good enough. She leaned forwards and he kissed her. ‘No more dreams.’
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