"Hey, it's not worth it to get upset all by yourself and harm your own health."
"..."
"You're upset now, but I don't even know why. You need to tell me why you're angry so I know where I went wrong. I'll change in the future so I won't keep upsetting you, don't you think?"
Adrian Desmond mentally prepared himself. Lowering his head to a woman time and time again damaged his male pride, but this was *his* woman. She was carrying his child; if she got upset and harmed her health, it would ultimately be his loss. Owen Hunter was right. What did a man's pride and dignity matter in front of the woman he loved?
"Speak up!"
"Okay, I'll say it! Your mistake is your lack of ideological awareness!"
"..."
"Adrian, do you think that marrying only me is some huge favor you've bestowed upon me? Do you feel aggrieved for not marrying a host of other wives?"
He never wanted to marry that many wives; he had only married Melanie Carpenter, and weren't her circumstances special?
