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I'll never look at you in any way but complete admiration.Ђќ He stroked her hair soothingly. 'You will never be a millstone about my neck. Rather you're the sunshine that brightens my day.Ђќ He swallowed. 'Don't you see? You brought me into the daylight. You've embraced parts of me that I was never able to let see light. Don't make me retreat again into the night. (Winter Makepeace)
Shhh.Ђќ He put a finger to her lips. 'Hear me out. I cannot deny that I would've liked to have made babies with you. A little girl with your hair and eyes would've been the delight of my life. But it is you that I want primarily, not mythical children. I can survive the loss of something I've never had. I cannot survive losing you. (Winter Makepeace)
I would do violence for one glimpse of your naked breasts. Bleed for one taste of your nipple on my tongue. (Winter Makepeace)
Just because I don't deserve her doesn't mean I won't fight to keep her.
She swallowed and looked down at the artichoke petals piled neatly on the side of her plate. Her center certainly felt like it was melting, growing soft and wet just from the rasp of Mr. O'Connor's voice. Why should a man already devilishly handsome also have a voice that could charm birds from the sky? It simply wasn't fair.
Somehow she knew he would take a love affair very seriously indeed. Once that pinpoint focus was engaged, he would throw himself body and soul into the liaison. In the the woman he decided to take as a lover. A shiver ran through her at the thought. To be the object of such ferocious regard was an alluring prospect, but it also gave her pause.
Now, now,\' said Vale in a sickeningly sweet voice reminiscent of a nursery nanny. \'I already gave him a drubbing for courting Emmie.\'Reynaud raised his eyebrows. \'You did?\'\'He did not,\' Hartley said even as Vale nodded happily. \'I threw him down the stairs.\'Vale pursed his lips and looked skyward. \'Not my recollection, but I can see how your memory of the event may've become hazy.
He grunted and stirred, withdrawing from her. She only had a moment to be disappointed and then he flipped her to her back and rose over her, powerful and male. He casually parted her legs with his knees and thrust into her again, hot and hard. She gasped at the swift invasion, the lovely feeling, and then his face was next to hers, his big palms cradling her cheeks. 'What I want,Ђќ he drawled, 'is ye. Nothin' else.
He treasured her, treasured her tears, treasured her love for others. Her heart might even be big enough to fill that empty space in his own chest. Perhaps she could be his heart as well.
He grinned, though his face was strained. 'That's it, love. Use me to make yerself feel good.
Will ye come with me?Ђќ he whispered. And she answered without hesitation. 'Yes, please.
Dear God. She ached, wanting something that she knew was a sin. Wanting a man who was sin itself.
He watched her retreat, his eyes lazy, and his body unmoving. A trickle of blood seeped slowly from the corner of his mouth. He let her get nearly out of the room before he spoke, 'I may not have the right, Silence, me love,Ђќ he drawled so soft she nearly didn't catch the words. 'But I would've listened to ye. I would've believed ye.
But like the legless man, I'm unaccountably fascinated by those who can dance.
Do you think 'Duke' is a good name?' she asked. His face blanked for a second before it cleared. He glanced at the dog in consideration. 'I don't think so. He would outrank me.
A garden always has a point.
Each time it was like a stray bit of glass pressed into the softness of her heart, grinding, grinding, oh so silently until she no longer noticed when she bled.
If I'm good enough to bed, surely I'm good enough to wed.
It was a strange thing, this feeling of empathy. He'd never experienced it before. He realized that what hurt this woman hurt him as well, that what made her bleed caused a hemorrhage of pain within his soul.
There's something about her,\' Caire said in a low voice. \'She cares for everyone about her, yet neglects herself. I want to be the one who cares for her.
Griffin, please,Ђќ she whispered. 'Do you want me?Ђќ he asked. 'Yes!Ђќ She tossed her head restlessly. She'd explode if he didn't give her release soon. 'Do you need me?Ђќ He kissed her nipple too gently. 'Please, please, please.Ђќ 'Do you love me?Ђќ And somehow, despite her extremis, she saw the gaping hole of the trap. She peered up at him blindly in the dark. She couldn't see his face, his expression. 'Griffin,Ђќ she sighed hopelessly. 'You can't say it, can you?Ђќ he whispered. 'Can
Griffin leaned across the desk, his arms braced on the now-clear top, and stared into Wakefield's outraged eyes. 'We seem to be under a confusion of communication. I did not come here to ask for your sister's hand. I came to tell you I will marry Hero, with or without your permission, Your Grace. She has lain with me more than once. She may well be carrying my child. And if you think that I'll give up either her or our babe, you have not done nearly enough research into my character or history.
I love you,\' she sobbed, rubbing her hands over his face, his hair, his chest, making sure he was solid and real. \'I love you, and I thought you were dead. I couldn't bear it. I thought I would die too.\' \'I'd walk through fire for you,\' he rasped, his voice hoarse and broken. \'I have walked through fire for you.
I watched you for years,Ђќ she whispered. The tears were drying on her cheeks, and heat was building within her. If he would just touch her. Touch her there. 'I watched you and you never saw me.
Lucy swayed in shock. A gust of wind moaned through the conservatory and blew out all but one of her candles. Simon must have done this. He'd destroyed his fairyland conservatory. Why? She sank to her knees, huddled on the cold floor, her one remaining flame cradled in her numb palms. She'd seen how tenderly Simon had cared for his plants. Remembered the look of pride when she'd first discovered the dome and fountain. For him to have smashed all this . . . He must have lost hope. All hope.
... You are the closest I will ever come to heaven, either here on Earth or in the afterlife, and I will not regret it, not even at the cost of your tears. So I go to my grave an unrepentant sinner, I'm afraid. There is no use in mourning one such as I, dearest... -Simon to Lucy in a letter before the last duel.
Shhh,Ђќ he murmured against her mouth. 'Don't talk. Don't think. Just feel.
Excuse me, but I believe you have my lady,Ђќ one of them said in a quiet, deep voice that sent veritable chills down George's spine. Harry.
A smile flickered across Coral's face. 'Have you ever noticed that once you have had a taste of certain sweetsЂ'raspberry trifle is my own despairЂ'it is quite impossible not to think, not to want, not to crave until you have taken another bite?Ђќ 'Lord Swartingham is not a raspberry trifle.Ђќ 'No, more of a dark chocolate mousse, I should think,Ђќ Coral murmured. 'And,Ђќ Anna continued as if she hadn't heard the interruption, 'I don't need another bite, uh,night of him.
Finally he turned his head toward her face and brushed a kiss over her cheek. 'I love you and I believe with all my heart that you love me as well. Why can't you say it, Hero?