Chapter 83 Give Me More Please}Ep83

• Protect. He wanted to protect the child. And her, she thought with a faint smile. She blinked the moisture from her eyes and nodded. "What was it you wanted to ask?"
• "If something were to happen," he paused to eye her and make sure she didn't interrupt, "would your father take you under his protection?"
• She opened her mouth to answer, then closed it again. She honestly didn't know. She thought a moment then spoke her thoughts plainly, unsure of what else to say. "I...don't know. My first thought was to say yes...but a second later, I wasn't as sure. If..." she hated to voice the words, but pressed on, "if I were a wife...and widowed, and with no father-in-law to claim me, then I do not doubt it. It would be his duty. But...I am not that, so I don't know where I stand."