Dangerous territory. Betting on something he knew he could easily lose or betting and having a new goal today, making sure he ends up winning? By now, it was not fair how many times Jess kept winning and… hmph… not today. It was his time to flash her his proud smile when he finds the rest of their kids before her, [color="lightsteelblue”]”Oh, you think? If you’re so sure, why don’t we make a different kind of deal?”[/color] That same mischievous glimmer now in his eye, he got this wonderful idea of setting a new rule, just this one time. [color="lightsteelblue”]”If I win, we’re starting all over again and forget all the times you won?”[/color] Was it unfair? No. If she was so sure of it then she wouldn’t have a problem saying yes, right? Cmon, Jess, let’s have a little more fun, do something different? Just be prepared to lose. ”And nooo, before you start - no. If you win your favors don’t double. You just get one more,” that was also fair, wasn’t it? Well, sorry to tell you this, but Dorian doesn’t care if you think that’s fair or not. Those are the rules now… of course… if… his wife agrees. Let’s just hope she does or he’ll be quite sad.
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And who would’ve thought she was using his last name way before they got married? Or even started dating? Not him, but it was flattering. How could it not be? If he was one of those taking everything as a sign people he’d tell you that was a sign. Obviously. It was always meant to be this way… how cliche would that be? But real talk now - that story did make him smile softly, looking ahead of them as they walked through the garden. It was also a strange thing to think about, at first he didn’t even know what to say and the only thing he could do is repeat that name. [color="lightsteelblue”]”Sophia DeLoughrey?”[/color] Stopping, that smile was still on his lips as he turned to face her. [color="lightsteelblue”]”Why DeLoughrey? You could’ve been anyone else.”[/color]
Shifting Ethan to his other side, as he talked to his mom about how cute that name was… since Dorian can understand his son and unlike Jess, actually talk to him, he nodded. ”It really is cute, isn’t it? You know what else would’ve been cute? Naming one of our daughters that.”
@benitz786 - Jess