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“Wait” She lifted her head and gazed into his eyes She inhaled deeply, intriguing hi your baby, Jude In fact, I was even conteht shak

e of her head, further piquing his interest And sending a rush of adrenaline through his veins “It’s not out of the question, by any stretch”

His gaze narrowed on her “You’re being serious?”

“One-hundred percent,” she insisted “We just need to plan a little better Yes, I’ve been uncharacteristically spontaneous I don’t regret any decisions I’ve ,” she pointedly said “In the future, however, it ht behoove us to plot our course a bit more systemically”

He grinned Kissed her And said, “I hear you, and I concur”

“I don’t want to be so swept away by wedded bliss—ours or Denny and Charlotte’s— that we act illogically or insensibly or—”

“Kate” He rolled to the side, so she was on her back As Jude gazed down at her, he whisked away strands of hair from her temple “I’m happy with all of this So damn happy And as soon as we can escape tomorrow’s brunch, we’ll be on a plane back to Mexico City Back to Sophie And you can be damn certain I will do whatever it takes for us to becouardians”

“I know,” she said with a smile “I trust in you, Jude I believe in you And we’ll continue to do really great work in whatever capacity we can All the adjust Sophie in our lives will be worth it I believe in that, too”

“As do I,” he asserted “And she can travel with us, with tutors when the time comes”

“You’dhim curiously “Over a traditional school environment? Or…private school?”

“It ultimately depends on what’s in Sophie’s best interests And I’ I wouldn’t want us to pop back here at decent intervals and consider my apartment our home base But let’s face it We put a hell of a lot of effort into our training, Kate And there’s a treood we can do with our skills I’h…I do want you to be really, really careful froave her a firm look

“I pronawed her lip a er, either In fact, I hadn’t thought of this before, but our current operational e in this scenario…a judicial consideration that works against us when it co custody”

“Then we’ll figure out e can do, hoe can help Nik and her team, from a safer distance”

“You’re really incredible,” Kate“I hope you know that I truly am amazed by you And I’m just…so thrilled to be your wife, Jude So proud”

He kissed her Then whispered against her lips, “We make a hell of a team, Kate We’ll make one hell of a family”