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“I love you.” Her voice cracked on the words.
I tipped her chin up, her watery gaze meeting mine. “Tha gaol agam ort.”
She chuckled, blinking back her tears. “You really should speak Gaelic more often. It doesthingsto me.”
Smiling, I pressed a tender kiss to her lips. “I only know how to sayI love you, a few endearments, and everyday phrases.”
“That’s enough,” she promised, nodding enthusiastically. “Trust me.”
Fuck, I adored this woman so much. Even in all this darkness, she’d brought so much light to my life.
“What you just said is ‘I love you’ in Gaelic?”
“It is.”
“Will you teach me?”
“Of course. Tha. Gaol. Agam. Ort.”
“Ha gill ackam orsht?” she pronounced it exactly as she heard it.
“Perfect. You’re a natural.”
“Tha gaol agam ort, Murray Shaw.”
That reminded me … “Speaking of the Shaw name … would you consider it?”
“Consider what?”
“Taking my name.” I held my breath, hoping I wasn’t pushing too hard too fast.
London bit her lip against a wide grin and my heart turned over in my chest.
“Is that a yes?”
“That’s an aye.” She beamed. “The only use I ever had for my surname was Nee calling me Spoon. But since I can’t call her Silver anymore without turning her on—long story—I think fair is fair.”
Bemused, I let out a low laugh. “Why can’t you call her Silver without—oh wait.” Suddenly I understood. Ramsay called TierneySilverinstead of her first name. “Bloody hell, I didn’t need to know that.”
London snorted. “Sorry.”
“No wonder she’s pregnant.”
“God, I know. Stop!” She lightly smacked my chest. “Back to us. I would be delighted to become a Shaw. I’ll start the paperwork.”
“Fantastic,” I murmured, holding her warm gaze. “That way if we add to our family, we’ll all share the same name …”
Her lips parted and I held my breath, because I really was pushing things tonight. But knowing what lay ahead of me tomorrow, I wanted to think only of our future beyond it.
Little splotches of red crested her cheeks. “For the longest time, I was so sure I didn’t want to be a mom. But now I know it was just because I was afraid I’d be a terrible parent because I didn’t have the greatest example to follow. You and Kelly have made me realize that I am not my parents. I couldneverbe like them… and I’d very much like to add to our family one day.”
I let out the breath I was holding, anticipation cutting through all the fears. “I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you, a ghràidh.”
“I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you, handsome.” She leaned up to press a kiss to my lips and then winced. “And I cannot wait for my bruises to heal and my period to end so I can jump you.”
Laughing, I pressed another hard kiss to her mouth and then settled back, enjoying the peace and quiet with my wife before tomorrow came to pull me away.
44.Murray
