Raising her eyes, Alicia’s met Adrian’s. They really had been through what most people would consider huge dealbreakers, from dead husbands, over children and too busy work-lives, to ties to the Death Eaters. Adrian didn’t tell her he loved her very often, but it didn’t matter. He didn’t have to say it directly, he showed it and, well, he said in other words. Like now.
Raising her eyes a little more, she chuckled softly at his joke. “I think getting a goat might actually be a dealbreaker now,” she said quietly and leaned in to rest her head against his chest. “I’m sorry about how things have been lately.”