"Hus...band...father."
Keira Leaf licked her lips and tried again, but due to her nervousness, she stuttered and turned a proper "husband" into "husband father."
Joshua Sulliven's smile on his face petrified, stiffening in place, his tone becoming several shades darker: "Say it again."
Keira's eyes welled up with tears, and her cat-eyes became slightly red: "I... I've already called you that several times."
Joshua raised his head and squinted at her, Keira shrank her neck and forced herself to try again: "Husband, husband, husband...okay?"
"Louder." Joshua's face softened a bit.
"You--!" Keira stretched her neck to look at him, her breathing becoming heavier.
Joshua still looked at her indifferently, Keira bit her lips, then bravely opened her mouth forcefully, not forgetting to spray Joshua's face with saliva: "Husband!"
Joshua lowered his eyes, suppressing the impulse to strangle her.