"I love you too.." he answers, slowly moving on top of her. "You know, once we have three kids plus Natalya and Erica's and Virginia, it's going to be hard to find alone time.." he says, kissing her neck.

"So...we better make the best of our time now.." he says, slowly sliding his pants down.

ooc - it's cool they live on a boat lol.

Envy is sat in a taxi a few hours later. She was nervous about meeting Mariko after she had received a text and the surprising news earlier. She sighs a little and thinks over what she will say. When the taxi stops, she looks out of the window at the duke nervously.

Envy looks down at her phone and takes a deep breath. She smiles at the driver and puts the money through the gap before closing her purse. When she turns, she sees Mariko there at the window. She smiles a little and hugs Mariko through the window. 'Hi.' She opens the door and gets out.

Envy feels a little strange standing there beside Mariko. She has to try to keep her thoughts together, but her mind is a bit of a mess. She smiles at Mariko. 'How..how are you?' she says quietly. When she turns and sees the boat, she smiles weakly again. 'I had no idea you live on a boat. I bet it's fun.' She pauses for a second before holding Mariko's hand and following her.

Envy nods. 'Yeah. Pil forgot that he gave me a duplicate of his credit card some time ago. So I got first class on the plane.' She giggles a little. As they walk, she smiles. 'It is nice here. I've never really been on a boat. Where I come from all the water is frozen.' When Mariko asks her the question, Envy takes a deep breath. 'Did...did you really mean it?'

Envy smiles and nods. 'He'll go crazy when he finds out. He already sent me 30 texts after what you said to me on the website.' She giggles. 'He deserves it I guess.' She watches Mariko pour the drinks and then lifts one, taking a sip and smiling. 'Tastes good.' She watches her speak and then nods. She pats the bar stool next to her. 'You have to promise me something.'

Envy nods. 'He is getting what he deserves at last. I'm glad I can be a real part of that. He deserves it.' She smiles and laughs. When Mariko sits beside her, Envy sits back and sighs. She looks up into her eyes and puts her hand on the bar. 'If....if we tried this....and it didn't work out for some reason, I would want us to still be friends. '

Envy smiles at Mariko and awaits her answer intently. When she speaks, Envy listens and nods along slowly. When Mariko touches her hand she looks down and smiles. She looks back up and nods again. 'If I get with you for real, that would be a promise I would never go back to Pilgrim. I would be drawing a line under it. He isn't important to me anymore. I promise.'

Envy looks on at Mariko. She was still very nervous. She knew she wanted to try it and give it a go with Mariko, but it was hard to find the words given that she was scared of being hurt or hurting Mariko. 'I promise I won't ever go back to him. What he did to me was torture. Mental torture. I would never go back there.' She rubs the back of Marikos hand with her thumb as they hold hands and tries a little smile. 'I wouldn't say yes if that was a possibility. I would not say yes unless I was 100% sure I knew it was what I wanted.'