A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.
Lisa KleypasAh, 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 KleypasDane was shaking his head firmly. "Don't bring it here, Ella. No babies." I gave him a dark look. "What if it were a baby polar bear or a baby Galapagos penguin? I bet you'd want it then." "I'd make an exception for endangered species," he allowed. "This baby is endangered. It's with my mother.
Lisa KleypasHe was so far from the gallant knights in her romantic fantasies ... He was tarnished, scarred, imperfect. Deliberately he had destroyed any illusions she might have had about him, exposing his mysterious past for the ugly horror that it was. His purpose had been to drive her away. But instead she felt closer to him, as if the truth had bonded them in a new intimacy.
Lisa KleypasThen he raised her enough to whisper in her ear, and while his voice was tender, his words were savage. "You're my woman, and no man or God or ghost will ever take you from me.
Lisa KleypasBut Harry . . . even if we had met and married three years ago, youโd still say it wasnโt enough time.โ โYouโre right. I canโt think of a single day of my life that wouldnโt have been improved with you in it.โ โDarling,โ she whispered, her fingertips coming up to stroke his jaw, โthatโs lovely. Even more romantic than comparing me to watch parts.โ Harry nipped at her finger. โAre you mocking me?โ โNot at all,โ Poppy said, smiling. โI know how you feel about gears and mechanisms.
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