Page 137 of A Madcap Arrangement
“As tempting as that sounds, I have a stack of correspondence taller than Tessa waiting in the study. I can’t very well sleep away the afternoon.”
A slow, mischievous smile curved her lips. “Who said anything about sleeping?”
His brows shot upward. “Ah. I see.”
“I mean, truly,” she added with feigned innocence, “it isn’t as though I can become more pregnant.”
A slow grin broke across Richard’s face, his mood suddenly bright. “Well, in that case, let us go visit the boys with all due haste.”
With a determined stride, he began to lead her down the corridor, and Theodosia’s laughter rang out. “I do love you, Richard.”
“And I, you,” he replied without looking back.
Her heart was full. No matter what trials lay ahead—no matter the storms that might one day shake their world—she knew this much to be true: their love was a constant, an anchor. It had been forged in adversity, strengthened by time, and made resilient by trust.
And with that thought, she followed after the man who had become her whole world.
The End
