The sooner the better as far as Belle was concerned but she was not completely ignorant to the rumours that were beginning to circulate about her relationship with the younger man. She had caught a patient giggling over Witch Weekly recently only to be told by a colleague that there was a suggestion that she and Mr Byrne could be more than friends...which did beg the question of where they were getting their information from but it was far from important at the moment.

“Soon.” She replied, against her better judgement. “We have to be careful. You know how people talk…” Belle kissed him again, gentle, coaxingly, hoping he would understand her worries. “I don’t care so much for my sake but for my children’s,” she pressed her lips to his again. Oh Merlin, she felt like she was waking up. “And yours.”

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Lady made me sexy <3