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“Shh…” Aria cups my face in her soft hands. “You’ll come with me to the next visit and talk to the doctor, all right? But we won’t change who we are. We’ll just be… you know, more careful.”
“I love you,” I blurt. “I dinna know how to do this, but I vow to take care of ya’ both. To love you forever.”
“The three of us,” she whispers, “we’re having twins.”
Unfortunately, Elana’s dancing next to us at that moment and shrieks. “Twins? You’re having twins? Oh, my god, I’m going to be an auntie?” She turns to the other dancers, raising her arms in triumph. “I’m going to be an auntie!”
A roar of approval rises and everyone crowds around us, shaking my hand and kissing Aria’s cheek.
“Well, I guess that’s one way of announcing it,” she says wryly, hugging my father.
“We’ll need to take away all your stress,” I blather, trying to wrap my head around it, “we’ll put everything in-”
“Hey,” she kisses me, stopping my ramblings. “We’re okay. I’ll be the boss in the boardroom. You’ll be the boss in the bedroom, and you’ll keep us safe. I could never ask for anything more.”
“I love you, my wife,” I grin, kissing her again as everyone cheers.
“I’ll love you forever,” she says.
