When he pulled back, he looked deeply into my eyes. “Maggie, you have been more than I ever expected. You’ve done more than I could have dreamed. I never expected to find someone like you. You are unique, a once-in-a-lifetime kind of person, and I was lucky enough to find you. Holding such a special gift, you can never disappoint me.”
His words wrapped around me like a warm embrace. “With everything that has happened, when you said yes and connected us in a way that nobody else can understand, we are bound for life. I’m not in a hurry for anything. We’ll wait for our little baby boy to come into the world and make us a family.”
Tom’s promise was a balm to my anxious heart. “I promise you, I’m going to make you happy and proud. Together, we are going to be powerful.”
I smiled heartily, f
