For a minute — admitteely, a much longer minute than it should've been, Melody had no idea as to what he was hinting towards. Her thoughts were so far from intimacy and her wifely duties that she briefly thought Ben had imagined some other conversation and was replying to that instead. It shouldn't have surprised her as much as it did, though. After all, he was a man (a notorious flirt at that) and men had needs.

She hoped the dim candlelight hid her blush as she glanced towards him then back to her lose thread. Memories of that first night (not of the closet, but the happy, sappy love they shared) flashed through her thoughts. And yeah, if he was willing to make it enjoyable for her, too, she was willing, but she wasn't about to lie back as she would have for Samuel.

"It's effective?" She asked quietly. The abortion still weighed heavily on her mind, Melody didn't think she could live through that again. "The things that prevent pregnancy?"