I was afraid. Of getting hurt in other ways. To be truthful, I still am." His thumb stroked her cheek. "I would never hurt you." "I don't think you can promise me that." She squeezed his bruised fingers. "But it makes things a bit more equal, to know that I can hurt you, too." His gaze fell to her lips. He said simply, without any trace of irony, "You are killing me.
Tessa DareThatโs it,โ she said, balling her hands in fists. โIโm not letting you out of it this time. I insist that you take me to Scotland. I demand you ruin me. As a point of honor.
Tessa DareHow is it youโve never married?โ A soft splash. โItโs an easy enough thing. Every morning I wake up, go about my day, and return to bed at night without having recited marriage vows. After several years, I have the trick of it down.
Tessa DareThis is the normal way with birthdays, see? Amazingly enough, they arrive on the same day, every year.
Tessa DareClearly the sight of a well-muscled forearm incited a woman to utter depravity. How else to explain the invention of cuffs?
Tessa Dare