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Ian looked out the"I have a man in London who keeps an eye out for pieces forent to the casino that there was a bowl here that Lyndon Mather had his eye on"

Beth stared at hi out of control "That , whether you married aze to the passing streets "I would have brought you withyou was the best way of thwarting Fellows"

"I see" She felt cold "Thwarting Mather was a bonus, was it?"

"I intend to thwart Mather out of everything" Beth studied hi easily on the box next to him "I’m not a porcelain bowl, Ian," she said softly

He looked at her with a frown "Are you joking?" "You didn’t want Mather to have the bowls, and you didn’t want him to have me"

He stared a moment Then he leaned to her, suddenly fierce "When I saw you, I knew I had to take you away from him He had no idea what you orth, just like he can’t price the dainally better"

Ian’s gaze wandered back to the , as though the conversation were over She studied his broad chest, the long legs that filled up the carriage Her thoughts strayed to what it felt like to have his legs stretched next to hers in bed "I suppose it will be good to stay a few nights in London," she said "I’ll have to buy things for Scotland--I iine the weather is quite a bit cooler"

"We’re not staying a few nights in London We’re taking the night train out Curry has arranged the tickets"

Beth blinked "I thought when you said ‘stopping in London’ youin and out,"

"We need to get to Kilan"

"I see" A cold knot foran?"

"Wait"