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She didn’t know why, but ever since she and Joseph had crossed that intimate threshold, even the lightest brush of contact set her nerves alight. One touch, and sensation rippled through her whole body.“What do you want me to do—ask you to stop with the snide comments?” Joseph said.“Fine, fine. I’ll listen to you, okay? You’re impossible,” Mason chided, shooting him a languid, liquid look that was almost too tender to bear.That look nearly melted him on the spot. She was a spell in human form; every glance, every smile was a hook.“I’ll be back in a couple of days. @Alice,” Joseph typed in the chat.“What? Okay! But I don’t know when I can return. Dad still has meetings here—so much for a vacation. It’s all work!” Alice replied with a teary emoji.“It’s fine. We’ve still got two months of break left. A few days won’t matter,” Joseph wrote.“Then once you’re back, you’re with me every day. The old woman can fend for herself,” Alice teased.“Deal. Whatever you say,” Joseph answered.
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“Um, Mom, Dad—I’m full. I’m going to lie down for a bit,” Mason said, seizing the chance to slip away.“Uncle, Aunt, I’ll head to my room to read,” Joseph added, not about to be left behind. If Mason bolted and he didn’t, all the fire would be trained on him.“These two!” Madeline huffed, half exasperated, half amused, as she watched them flee.“What’s the point of pushing them?” Stanley said. “Even if you nag, it won’t make a baby appear overnight.”“And you weren’t just egging me on?” Madeline shot back, rolling her eyes.“I was backing you up—as always,” Stanley protested.“Forget it. It really comes down to them, doesn’t it? They’re at a good age for marriage, but having a child is another matter—it has to be weighed against their careers, and handled with care. We’re the old ones here; this isn’t something we can rush.”She took a breath and let the envy go. Seeing others cradle grandbabies stirred something in her, but that was that. Her daughter and son-in-law weren’t like most
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“We sort of knew yesterday—we just didn’t put two and two together,” Margaret said after composing herself.“Didn’t put it together? How so?” The doctor’s curiosity was piqued.“Here, let me explain,” Neil cut in, and he recounted how Joseph had taken Margaret’s pulse the day before.The more the doctor listened, the more incredulous she became.“There are prodigies like that in this world? One glance to confirm a pregnancy? A single pulse reading to determine twins? I practice traditional medicine as well. To truly master and distinguish the subtleties of the pulse takes at least twenty or thirty years. And you say this young man is twenty-five?”She spoke with open admiration.“But he really is twenty-five—and he really did read it. We were just as stunned,” Neil said with an awkward laugh.“At twenty-five, with that kind of skill, he can’t be some unknown,” the doctor mused. “What’s your brother-in-law’s name? Where does he work?”“Joseph. He’s a lecturer at Nova University—colleag
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“I told you yesterday, didn’t I? A double blessing—so it’s two!”Joseph explained with a laugh.“You mean… twins?”“When you said ‘double blessing’ yesterday, were you talking about my sister-in-law being pregnant with twins?”Mason Alvarez sounded surprised.“Exactly. You just didn’t catch my meaning. I was going to explain, but you never gave me the chance.”Joseph added.“So that’s how it is.”“You’re something else, you rascal. Just one pulse reading and you figured out she’s carrying twins?”Mason couldn’t help but marvel.“What’s so difficult about that? If you actually study the craft, anyone can make the diagnosis.”Joseph replied with modest calm.“Please. Don’t be so fake. Why don’t you take my pulse and see if I’m pregnant?”Mason teased suddenly.Hearing that, Joseph reached out and gently took Mason’s wrist, checking her pulse.“Professor Wilson, are you serious? I was only joking. How could I be pregnant? We’ve been… very careful.”Seeing how earnest Joseph looked, Mason
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“What else would I do? Hold you while we sleep, of course.”“I’m only going to hold you. I promise I won’t do a thing.”She sounded so sincere that Joseph almost believed her.“You can hold me and not do a thing?”“You hear yourself, and you believe that?” he said, exasperated.“So what then—you’re not going to let me hold you?”“If you insist, I can’t stop you,” he sighed.“Then I’ll insist. I think you like it when someone takes charge—when someone won’t take no for an answer.”She laughed, bright and shameless, and wrapped herself around him.Her soft, warm body molded against his, and Joseph could feel every perfect line. With a touch like that, how could he possibly sleep?They had promised to behave, but all that lingering and teasing tipped into the inevitable—and entirely predictable.Only when exhaustion finally claimed her did Mason settle into a quiet sleep.Joseph glanced at the woman beside him, still aglow from her own fire, and felt a complicated tenderness.He understo
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Joseph was quick in the shower—ten minutes, give or take.When he stepped out and towel-dried his hair, Mason Alvarez beckoned impatiently.“You. Over here,” she ordered, patting the empty space beside her while the quilt cloaked her pale, delicate curves.He had no choice but to climb into bed.“Ms. Alvarez, what are you plotting now?”Her smile put him on alert. He might be formidable, but this woman was no soft touch—always crying that she couldn’t take it, yet always luring and resisting by turns.A more fragile woman would have needed a day or two to recover after such storms. But Ms. Alvarez, it seemed, needed little rest at all.“What, you’re wary of me?”“I’m not going to devour you. I’m only going to treat you well—and make it sweet.”The moment he settled, she pressed herself against him, all warmth and fragrance.He was getting used to it—used to her fearless affection, to that singular scent on her skin that he couldn’t quit.There was something enchantingly dangerous abou
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