Frang turned her on her side and smothered her with kisses. "I will never find you ugly, no matter how fat you get, and if you don't find me enough man for you, I'll turn you lose on Bjarkë or any other man you want, because I love you that much."

"I don't want any other man. I want you. For the first time in my life, I love a man and I love having sex with him, and I don't want to stop fucking him just because I'm having a baby."

"If Ailene says you can have sex, it's good enough for me," Frang said.

"Good. I'm going to...