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“Mrs Woodhouse has said yes,” Mr Tyler told him
Instead of his brows going up in surprise, Mr Xander’s eyes narrowed, as if he’d found his prey caught in his trap and there was nowhere to go
“Really? Is this true, Mrs Woodhouse?” His voice was deep, dark and proentle man; he was barely tamed
I tilted my head back to look at him, for he was almost a head taller than me I licked my lips and cleared ree to marry you”
“Both of us?”
I’d knohat being a Bridgewater bride entailed for about half a year when Olivia had first told me At first, I’d been stunned, for at that time I’d had no interest in the one husband I did have, and saw no need for two But now…
“Both of you”
He stepped closer, and I retreated Again My back buainst the closed door and he leaned in, his forear beside my head His warm breath fanned my neck He smelled of peppermint and wood smoke His body didn’t touch me in any way and I knew if I took a deep breath, the tips of ainst his chest
“You understand what that will entail?” he murmured “Whatever your husband did or didn’t do with you is buried with him We have our own expectations of a wife and we shared those with you yesterday”
I glanced at Mr Tyler, yet felt surrounded by Mr Xander They were too big, too tall, too… male I remembered all too hat those expectations were When they’d escorted e, I hadn’t turned them down, nor had I accepted They knew the dire straits I was in—at least some of it—and had been honorable to offer fordebts went beyond what he owed the bank He also owed a , too He wasn’t honorable at all In fact, the a on my back for months to pay it back Ralph didn’t believe a debt was repaid with my husband’s death
??What did you tell hts of Ralph
I lickedheart, but Mr Xander was very distracting
“I will marry you… and, and… and fuck you both”
Mr Xander took uely heard it thump on the floor, but he stroked his knuckles over my cheek His dark eyes pierced in,” he said It wasn’t a question
I shook my head I hadn’t been one for quite soin for them to deflower
“Then we don’t have to worry about you being a reluctant bride, do we?”
I wasn’t so sure about that I was very reluctant, but I also had never been as eager for a ht noanted more than just the tips of his knuckles on ain