Ah, Evie,โ she heard him say softly, โI must have a heart, after allโฆbecause right now it aches like the devil.โ โOnly your heart?โ she asked ingenuously, making him laugh. He lowered her to the bed, his eyes sparkling wickedly. โAlso a few other things,โ he conceded. โAnd as my wife, itโs your duty to ease all my aches.
Lisa KleypasMcKenna will always be a part of me, no matter where he goes. They say that people who've lost a limb sometimes feel as if they still have it. How many times I've felt that McKenna was still here, and the empty space beside me was alive with his presence." She closed her eyes and leaned forward until her forehead and the tip of her nose touched the cool glass. "I love him beyond reason," she whispered. "He's a stranger to me now, and yet he is still so familiar. I can't imagine a sweeter agony, having him so close.
Lisa KleypasYou've always asked me to wait, as if we had time in abundance. But time is too precious, Perry. We've wasted years, when we could have been with each other. Don't you understand how much even one day of loving each other is worth? Some people are separated by distances they can never cross. All they can do is dream about each other for a lifetime, never having what they want most. How foolish, how wasteful to have love within your reach and not take it!" She clamped her teeth on her trembling bottom lip to steady herself
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