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She broke off, startled as Lord St Vincent moved toward her in two fluid strides Instinctively she backed away until her shoulders encountered the side bank of the holloway

Looainst an exposed tree root that ran up the wall "I’ive you to another man," he said evenly, "if only because for the life of in to kno to handle you"

Her eyes narrowed "But you can?"

Lord St Vincent didn’t reply, but his mouth twisted in a way that seemed to imply the answer to the question was obvious As he saw the fist she had clenched in the folds of her robe, so in his face softened "You’re not here to win my approval I invited you to find out ," Pandora lance, she continued, "I’ve never been anywhere, or done any of the things I’ve dreaexcept Lord St Vincent’s peculiar ho talks too fast and never knows the order of precedence for the dinner guests" Hanging her head, Pandora sed against the sharp constriction of her throat

After a speculative silence, his long, graceful fingers ca our guards?" he asked gently "A te, Pandora looked away fro an enormous cup-shaped pink blossom with a white star at its center "What kind of flower is that?"

"Sea bindweed" Lord St Vincent guided her face back to his "Are you trying to distract me, or did that question just pop into your head?"

"Both?" she offered sheepishly

Amusement flicked one corner of his mouth upward "What would it take to keep your attention fixed on e of her jaw, leaving behind a ticklish trail of warmth Her throat felt thick, as if she’d just sed a spoonful of honey "I a attention to you"

"Not fully"

"I a at you, and--" A shaky breath escaped her as she recalled that Lord Chaworth had called this oing to try to kiss me, are you?"

One of his brows arched "Do you want me to?"