Get this over with.

“I understand. But you still have to get me pregnant, don’t you? A child will only further solidify your position, wouldn’t it?”

“That’s not going to happen, so you don’t have to worry about it. This marriage is preposterous enough. I’m not going to put you through all of that.”

“But what if that’s what I want?” Mia asked.

Lucien narrowed his eyes in confusion. This was getting weirder and weirder.

“How could you want that? Mia, I may have loved you once, but I don’t anymore. You saw to that.”

“Is it Audrey? Is that why you don’t want to have children with me?”

“I can’t do this with you, right now.”He turned to leave and Mia grabbed his arm.

“She is gone! She left you!”

“So did you,” Will seethed.

“But I’m back now, and I want to be with you. I want to be your wife and have your babies!”

“You should have said that years ago.”

“I did! And you said no.”

“I said, not yet. For the last damn time, Mia. We were young as hell. There was no reason for us to get married at that age. But I was