Her lower lip would not stop wobbling. "How did you know?" The words slipped out of her mouth slowly and softly, that it seemed so innocent that Xavier could help but take her into his arms.
"I ask your aunt for permission as it is customary or something I have seen in human couples." He rubbed the side of her stomach. "I want to seek permission of your family members to have you by my side forever—"
"She did not reject you?" Adeline quipped up and looked at him quizzically. Knowing her aunt, it was obvious that Teresa would have never said yes in the first place.
"She did." He answered and placed a kiss on her forehead and seized the frown. "I was getting to it." He chided but continued,
"After a lot of.. curses, yelling,"
