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aidan grunted . |
`` do n't tell em that story . |
she already blames me enough for noah 's stubbornness . '' |
megan smiled . |
`` let 's hope that this next baby has emma 's temperament . '' |
`` like she is n't stubborn , '' aidan countered . |
`` much less than you are , '' megan replied . |
pursing his lips , he appeared to be surveying her words . |
`` you might have a point , '' he said , with a grin . |
after everyone finished eating , the adults lounged around the table talking and laughing while the kids went into the living room . |
both mason and noah wanted to go with the bigger kids . |
`` will you keep an eye on them ? '' |
megan asked percy . |
`` sure , '' he replied . |
`` i owe you , perce , '' aidan said , as percy took the boys by the hand . |
as he sat with his arm draped over the back of megan 's chair , pesh enjoyed listening to the lively conversation around him . |
occasionally one of aidan 's sisters would ask him a question or his opinion . |
he had always been naturally quiet , and when he got in the midst of such a lively bunch , he tended to be even quieter . |
he realized if he was going to truly fit in , he was going to have to speak up more . |
their conversation was interrupted by a shriek that came from the living room followed by a loud wail . |
aidan was out of his chair in a flash while megan was close on his heels . |
mason came running into the dining room . |
`` what happened ? '' |
pesh asked . |
`` noah got hurted . '' |
aidan reappeared in the dining room with noah in his arms . |
`` he 's fine . |
he just fell down . '' |
taking noah 's hand , aidan said , `` here daddy will kiss the booboos away , okay ? '' |
noah sniffled and bobbed his head . |
once aidan finish with his hand , noah stuck out his leg . |
aidan smiled . |
`` okay . '' |
once he bent down to noah 's leg and kissed it , he asked , `` are you daddy 's boy ? '' |
`` uh-huh . '' |
angie chuckled . |
`` that 's not fair to do that when emma is n't here . '' |
as the others laughed , pesh glanced at mason . |
he was staring at aidan and noah with a contemplative look on his face . |
never in a million years could he have imagined what he would do next . |
mason crawled up into his lap and patted pesh 's chest . |
`` esh mace 's daddy . |
mace daddy 's boy . '' |
conversation in the dining room silenced . |
without even looking up , pesh felt his skin singing under the burn of everyone staring at him and mason . |
there was no way he could deny the boy when he wore such an expression of happiness . |
`` yes , you 're daddy 's boy . '' |
a strangled cry caused him to snap his gaze from mason over to megan . |
wide-eyed and open mouthed , she blinked a few times as if she were trying to believe that what she was seeing was real . |
then without another word , she bolted from her chair and fled the room . |
pesh sat in a shocked silence for a few seconds trying to decide what to do . |
bending over , he whispered into mason 's ear , `` will you go back and play with the others ? |
i need to check on mommy . '' |
when mason nodded , pesh gently sat him back down on the floor . |
after he raced out of the dining room , pesh finally glanced at the others . |
`` excuse me , '' he said , before rising out of his chair . |
he made his way down the hallway . |
he did n't have to look hard for megan-she was in the one bedroom with the door closed . |
he rapped lightly on the wood . |
when she did n't answer , he went ahead and opened the door . |
he found her sitting on the edge of the bed with her head in her hands . |
he went over and sat down next to her . |
tentatively , he put his hand on her back . |
`` i 'm sorry for not setting mason straight and telling him i was n't his daddy . |
he looked so happy , and i did n't want to hurt him . '' |
with her elbows braced on her knees , megan turned her head to look at him . |
tears streamed down her cheeks . |
`` you think i 'm angry at you ? '' |
he nodded his head . |
she hiccupped a cry . |
`` oh pesh , you 're so naive sometimes ! '' |
he jerked back at her words . |
`` excuse me ? '' |
`` just when i think i ca n't love you more , you go and do something like that . '' |
before he could process her words , she threw herself at him , kissing his cheeks and mouth . |
she straddled his lap and brought her hands around his neck . |
`` you really love mason , do n't you ? '' |
`` of course i do . '' |
`` you could see yourself really being a father to him ? '' |
`` yes , i could . |
but what- '' she silenced him with a kiss . |
it was one that was laced with desperate emotions . |
he wrapped his hands around her waist and drew her closer to him . |
just as he was about to deepen the kiss , she pulled away . |
`` you love me too , do n't you ? '' |
`` you should have no doubts on that one . '' |
`` you love me enough to be a husband to me ? '' |
her question caused him to suck in a harsh breath . |
he felt like he had been kicked in the gut . |
`` yes , i could-i always have . '' |
she tilted her head at him and smiled . |
`` then marry me . '' |
`` excuse me ? '' |
bringing her lips to his , she murmured against his mouth , `` marry me . |
make me your wife . '' |
at that moment , he thanked god he was sitting down because if he had n't been , he was pretty sure he would 've done something totally emasculating like fainting . |
he also questioned both his hearing and his sanity . |
had megan just proposed to him ? |
surely , he was hallucinating . |
`` did you just ask me to marry you ? '' |
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