He couldn’t imagine being in more shameful circumstances than he was this morning. Greeting his wife’s lover while laying in his baby crib wearing...wet diapers was going to be utterly mortifying, that was for sure.At last the door swung open and Megan came strolling in, followed by her boyfriend. He was much taller than Ethan had expected and his handsome, craggy features revealed how much better looking he was too. He was wearing a pair of boxers and his broad, muscular chest was lightly. " He grinned at the room. "We can't leave our son alone too long, he's twelve. Odds are he's someplace taking apart a steam puller. Our daughter is ten and she is, I judge, off on a crag, a falcon on her sleeve and a smile on her face. Our twins, both the boy and girl, eight, are probably planning a way to glue their tutor's behind to his desk. I should never have told them any stories of my childhood!"There were polite laughs. The High King and Queen turned and withdrew.Mytron bowed at them,. I wondered if she was imagining taking this walk as a bride. Violet followed, her pretty face alight with an ear-to-ear grin, her own bouquet bobbed as she bounced up the aisle. She saw me out of the corner of her eye as she passed by me and mouthed a private, little ‘hello’. The guests held their breath when Lilly stepped into the church flanked by her parents. The smile on her face could have lit the darkest night. She smiled so hard her sapphire eyes were little more than squinted slits in. "Sorry, I love u".Should he abbreviate the last word? Would Habibah think it cool or just morelaziness? His first draft was a whole paragraph of reasons imploring Habibahto listen. He no longer cared about the caning. He would do anything to hearher voice again. Right, he would send the short message. If she did not replyby tomorrow, he would pack in his job and return to the UK. His thumb hoveredover the send button. What was there to lose? He imagined the Australasiangetting to the text.