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Jess made up for the not-so-romantic gesture by telling her his thought process behind his proposal and all the ways he'd thought about doing it. He did this while he actually drew that bath for the two of them, the medium sized bathtub just barely fitting them. But still, despite the small inconveniences, it was cosy - the smoothness of the foam, the warmth, bareness of their skin against each other and a few candles on the edge of the vanity for the mood.
Afterwards they just climbed into bed, not wanting to break their connection. Jess was a little sleepy, perhaps the drop in nervousness getting to him, Celeste felt too excited to fall asleep straight away, her mind reaching the need to think through the practicalities of this, that no doubt needed to be discussed.
"Jess, are you up?" she inquired, after a few minutes of quietness in the dark room.
"Yeah," he replied, his eyes already shut, but his arm wrapped firmly around her.
"So you'd actually want to do this rather quickly or...?" Celeste inquired, having been a little hesitant to ask, so he wouldn't get the wrong idea.
Jess forced his eyes to open, realizing she really needed to get the talk off her chest now.
"I see no reason to wait, do you?" Jess asked, propping himself up to his elbow to look at her, just the moonlight illuminating her face a little.
"I mean, sure I'd prefer to be less round for this and actually feel like going on a proper honeymoon with you, but it's not something I NEED," she replied. "And I would really like to have your name.... and get everything sorted before Evie comes," she added thoughtfully.
"I'd like that too," Jess replied, kissing the top of her shoulder.
They'd talked about the practicalities a while ago, when Jess had decided he was willing to have a baby with her - that they'd think about things rationally, sort out all 'what-if'-s if they ever did this. But now, much further into their relationship, Celeste really didn't want to bring those things up again. She knew that getting a prenup would've probably been the smart thing to do, but she really didn't want to think about these things anymore. She could hardly envision her life without him. There were no red flags, they even hardly ever fought.
"And don't worry, we'll have a lawyer make the agreement," Jess said, recalling also their previous discussions.
"I don't know if I want to," she replied hastily. "I just don't want to think of...," Celeste replied, not even being able to say it out loud.
"I'm not going to force you of course, but it'd probably be the wise thing to do, like we talked," Jess suggested. He was the minor party in this, most of his money put into the very house they lived in. He had no intention of tricking her out of her money no matter what, but he could imagine having the agreement making things easier for Evie if it ever came to it. But he did understood her, he hate thinking about 'that' too.
"Yeah, I know, but..." she pondered.
"Think about it - all of it - how you want to do this - make it big or just us two, or something in between," Jess suggested, hoping he could try to get some sleep now.
"You know what?" she added a few moments later, making him jolt out of his pre-sleep state again.
"What?" he replied, smirking friendlily. He wasn't annoyed, just slightly amused.
"I just want to do it, you know. For once do something that just feels right, not planned, calculated to very detail. I just want to go with my heart, my gut. And my gut says that I really do believe this is the end game - you and me. And if for some reason that isn't the case, god... I can't even think about it," Celeste began, looking up to not let her emotions get the better of her again. "I trust," she added - she believed that he would never do this for money, nor would she believe he was the kind of guy to fight him in court for something like that. Evie was what mattered, the rest was just decor.