Birmingham, 1919
Time

Anne scratched her brush onto the canvas as her eyes occasionally stared at the scene behind the canvas, trying to duplicate the scene before her into a painting. He could spend all day doing that. But just a few hours he inhaled the smell of paint already made him dizzy.

"Ugh..." Anne immediately looked for the bucket and spewed out her lunch.

"I can't stand it!" anne grumbled, then she moved from the studio to the library.

A private library was built next to Thomas's workspace, so that Thomas could feel with Anne when Anne was busy reading books. Anne looked through her book collection and found a book she hadn't read yet called 'How To Understand Your Dog'.

"I don't have a dog, but fine.." Anne lazily picked up the book and sat down on the one seater sofa with her legs up to the stool in front of her.

Until the tenth page, Anne's eyes could no longer compromise. Anne fell asleep with the book still open on her chest. The afternoon sunlight hit Anne's face through the window, making her face feel warm.

Thomas came into the house with a bouquet of flowers he bought on his way home. Thomas looks for Anne in the painting studio and her room, Anne she can't find. As the waiter passed by, Thomas stopped the waiter.

"Where's my wife?" ask Thomas.

"Last noon the madam went into the library room and has not come out, sir," the servant replied.

Thomas nodded then went to the library, where Anne was. He walked into his study and walked down the corridor decorated with high bookshelves then turned at the end of the corridor and saw a beautiful view. A woman with wavy red hair was asleep on the sofa with a book on her chest.

Thomas smiled then without making a sound toward Anne, then sat down on the edge of the sofa. Thomas kept the bouquet of flowers he had brought to the table beside him, then slowly picked up the book that Anne had hugged. Anne who felt that slowly opened her eyes.

"You're home yet?" ask Anne without changing position.

Thomas looked at Anne with a smile, then pulled out a hair covering his wife's eyebrows. "Did I wake you?"

Anne shakes. "Hm. I'm starting to get weak. I don't paint for long, I don't like the smell of paint when I'm pregnant. Reading books is easy for me to get sleepy. What else am I supposed to do? I'm bored."

"I'm sorry.."

Anne grabbed Thomas' body and took him into a hug. Thomas leaned his head against Anne's chest until he could hear her heartbeat. The hug was the most comfortable place Thomas had ever felt in his entire life.

"I want to get back to work at the base, can't I?" anne hugged Thomas.

"I don't want to take any chances" replied Thomas.

Anne understood that sentence was a rejection. Thomas lifted his head and looked at Anne. The two eyes met, Thomas pressed his lips over his wife's lips gently. An afternoon kiss between bookshelves made Anne remember her past with George. But doing it with Thomas made him even more passionate.

'Kruukkk' the voice was heard between the two, making him chuckle.

"I'm hungry" whispered Anne.

Anne happily received the flower, then smelled it. I don't know why the smell of lavender and roses this time makes Anne dizzy. Seeing Anne's expression like that made thomas reflexively remove the bouquet from Anne's hand.

Anne looked at Thomas with an apologetic expression. "I'm sorry, I think he doesn't like it" Anne said, holding her stomach.

Thomas nodded in understanding. "Haha, yeah it looks like that."

The two of them went out of the library to the dining room to prepare for dinner by hand. Thomas treated Anne very carefully during her pregnancy. Even during the night, Thomas was afraid of harming the baby.

Anne held onto Thomas's cheeks and made him look up.

"Do as usual, you won't hurt anyone" Anne assured Thomas.

Thomas nodded then scooped up Anne's lips and moved more passionately until the bed they were riding on creaked.

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The Lee brothers moved again with the help of funds and weapons supplies supplied by George. George was just sitting sweetly waiting for the destruction of The Blinders. After that, she would return before Anne and take it back into her arms.

A busy morning in the Arthur family dining room. Arthur and his wife.

'TOK! GEE!'

Arthur moved out of his chair and headed towards the main door. He saw Thomas standing before him after opening the door. Arthur scrunched his forehead.

"Tomy? Isn't it too early?" asked Arthur in wonder.

Thomas went into his brother's house. "Something I want to talk about."

Arthur closed the door. Then take Thomas to the dining room. "Let's have breakfast!"

Thomas sat down and poured the coffee into a cup, next to him, and then sat down in the chair opposite Arthur.

"I'm going to the Lee Brothers headquarters" Thomas said after gulping down his drink.

"Uhuk! Uhuk!" Arthur choked on his food. "You're going to kill yourself?"

Thomas shakes. "I'll have a truce with the Lee Brothers."

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