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Chapter 7

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-Darius-

I watched as my wife—Goddess, how wonderful it felt to call her that—turned in front of the mirror. She was dressed in a stunning dark green gown that complemented her eyes and made her almost orange hair cascade down her back like a scene from a painting. The floor had been cleaned by servants, and now that we were both dressed, she kept shifting from side to side.

“Do you see it?” she asked, glancing at me through the mirror.

“See what?” I asked, my heart swelling with affection.

“That,” she said, pointing to her flat belly. I couldn’t see anything noticeable.

“I see you.”

“Yeah, but here,” she said, stretching the material of her dress and pointing again.

“Your stomach?”

“That little bump.”

“There isn’t one yet,” I said, but my excitement was clear. I couldn’t wait to see the evidence of our child, and I knew my feelings for her would only deepen as she began to show.

“Right here!” she insisted, pointing again. I chuckled, pushed off from the pillar, and walked over to her.
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