Ocean's Breath Plateau Buried alive inside my dreams, but it was all a fake-out

It was the tone of his words which spoke to her more than the content of them. Marina paused, glancing over Chakliux's expression briefly. It had not occurred to her before now that she might need to say the words, but —

Being married hasn't stopped you before, She tried to keep her voice light, but there was a question under her own words, and the same question in the searching look she gave him now. This topic had never come up between them, not directly, but now Chakliux would know: it was him she'd been waiting to hear from. It was his silence which had led her to this conclusion.

In spite of all her misgivings, it was indeed him she had chosen.