"If it is not love, then what is it?"

"Here you go again," she said.

"You never pay attention to decent people's words. I made you call me husband to help you adjust to your new identity. This is the quickest approach for you to adjust to your new identity."

She felt a shiver run down her spine as she considered naming him her husband.

She had been raised in a family without a father.

She had never heard her mother refer to a man in that way.

So, 'husband,' 'father,' these were words she was unfamiliar with.

She couldn't say anything.

"I'll think of a way to overcome it...