Nadi's voice practically shook the tent.
Nayomi grabbed Aiden's sleeve.
"A-AIDEN!"
He glanced at her innocently.
"Yes, dear?"
"YOU CAN'T JUST SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT!"
"Why not?"
"BECAUSE!"
Nayomi struggled to find words.
Because she's my niece! Because you just married me! Because you can't propose to someone every time they apologize! Because—!
Her thoughts tangled themselves into an incomprehensible mess.
Aiden waited patiently.
Nayomi pointed at him.
"You! You are doing that thing again!"
"What thing?"
"That look!"
"What look?"
"THAT LOOK!"
He smiled more broadly.
"Oh, this one?"
"AIDEN!"
Nadi remained frozen.
Her mind had gone completely blank.
*Marry him?*
She stared at Aiden as though he had just announced that the moon would fall out of the sky.
*Lord Aiden wants me to marry him?*
Her heart began pounding.
*No, no, no! He can't possibly mean that!*
She looked at Nayomi.
