What? You mean to travel almost five hundred miles alone? No. I canโt let you do that. I . . . I forbid you.โ It was Colinโs first attempt at forbidding anyone to do anything, and it worked about as well as heโd expected it to. Which was to say, not at all.
Tessa DareYouโre a terrible cook. That Iโll grant you. You canโt hold your liquor, either. And you have questionable taste in men. So no, youโre not perfect.โ His voice sank to a husky whisper, and his gaze dropped to her mouth. โBut youโre close. Close enough to restore a manโs faith in miracles.
Tessa DareThe Blushing Pansy," his cousin read aloud, in a tone of abject horror. "Tea shop and confectionery." Bram swore. This was going to be ugly.
Tessa DareItโs all right,โ she said. โYouโre through.โ โJesus,โ he finally managed, pushing water off his face. โJesus Christ and John the Baptist. For that matter, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.โ Still not enough. He needed to reach back to the Old Testament for this. โObadiah. Nebuchadnezzar. Methuselah and Job.โ โBe calm,โ she said, taking him by the shoulders. โBe calm. And there are women in the Bible, you know.โ โYes. As I recall it, they were trouble, every last one.
Tessa DareNo, Susanna, " he said. "I cannot love you just a little. If that's what you want, you must find a different man." His green eyes were breathtaking in their intensity. His thumb brushed her bottom lip. "Because I can only love you entirely. With everything I am, and everything I ever will be. Body, mind, heart, soul.
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