If you lust after someone and have an absurd and overwhelming need to protect them, then the best way to deal with the situation is to marry the person.
Anne StuartAnd telling you I care about you is a waste of time. I wouldn't have crossed the ocean, come out of hiding, tracked you down, if you didn't matter to me.
Anne StuartYou'd be better served ifyou gave me a moment to regain my self-control and let me remove my boots. It's the least agentleman can do.""And you're such a gentleman.""Not with you, love. But I'm trying.
Anne StuartI want your innocence. I want your blind, unquestioning devotion to your father, your acceptance of who and what he is. I want you to look at me the way you look at him, knowing the worst. I want you to trust me, even when your brain tells you you shouldn't, I want you to ignore common sense and your lifelong need to protect yourself. I want you to give yourself to me, body and soul.
Anne StuartIf this were a different time, a different place, I would take you to bed with me and make love to you for days.
Anne StuartDo I make you nervous, Madame Lambert?โ โNo. I just prefer to keep my distance.โ โEvil isnโt contagious.โ โI thought you said you werenโt the most evil man in the world?โ โIโm not. But that doesnโt mean Iโm a good man.โ โI donโt think anyone would argue with that.
Anne Stuart