Of course, my love. [ Jonathan is all too happy to take her hand into his large pocket, with a smile. Trust Erina to still be able to summon such an expression from him in the face of what he has to do now. ]

I cannot pretend that it is pleasant. To do otherwise would be dishonest and I cannot be that way with you ever again.

[ He knows he had kept things from her in the past but to do so now would only be an insult to the woman he loves.

Thankfully, the park and the bench isn't too long a walk away, he couldn't have stomached having to keep her in suspense any longer, as much as he didn't want to deliver the news in the middle of a street. ]

Please, sit down first. I will say though that we were wed as planned- and it was as wonderful an occasion as we had hoped for.