Oh, dear." She let her head fall back to the pillow. "There it went. I've fallen in love with you now." "Just now?" Chuckling, he came to a sitting position, resting his forearm on one bent knee. "Well, thank God for belated blessings." He ran a hand through his hair. "It's been coming on rather longer than that for me." "What?" She sat bolt upright. "What can you mean? Since when?" "From the first, Amelia. From the very first.
Tessa DareI donโt know. What do people see when they gaze at the sky? Inspiration? Beauty?โ She heard him sigh. โTruth be told, this view always intimidated me. The skyโs so vast. I canโt help but feel it has expectations of me. Ones Iโm already failing.โ He was silent for a long moment. โIt reminds me of your eyes.
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.
Tessa DareNo, no. Don't make that face. Every time I propose to you, you make that twisty, unhappy face. It wears on a man's confidence.
Tessa DareThis is ideal, youโll see. We do everything backward. Itโs just how we are. We began with an elopement. After that, we made love. Next, weโll progress to courting. When weโre old and silver-haired, perhaps weโll finally get around to flirtation. Weโll make fond eyes at each other over our mugs of gruel. Weโll be the envy of couples half our age.
Tessa Dare