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But how the devil could he e acceptable to her? He had no desire to bully her into it, and he doubted that was possible anyway Nor did he want to take away her choices He wanted to be her choice

Bloody hell, there wasn’t enough tied when she returned to London, the scandal would erupt full-force, and the Ravenels would have to act decisively Pandora would land and take up residence in a place where she could produce her ga after her across the continent, or possibly all the way to America No, he had to persuade her to marry him now

But what the devil could he offer that would mean more to her than her freedom?

By the time Pandora had finished the story, the castle was coarded the tiny crab with awe He demanded to hear ull, and Pandora laughed

"I’ll tell you another story," she said, "while we carry him back to the rocks where you found him I’m sure he misses his family by now" They clambered to their feet, and Justin carefully lifted the crab from his perch on a castle turret As they headed toward the water, Ajax left the shade beneath the bathing-machine and trotted after them

When they were out of earshot, Ivo announced, "I like her"

Seraphina grinned at her younger brother "Last week you said you were finished with girls"

"Pandora’s a different kind of girl Not like the ones who are afraid to touch frogs and are always talking about their hair"

Gabriel barely listened to the exchange, his gaze fastened on Pandora’s retreating forh water lossy, and stopped to pick up an interesting shell Gli another one behind her, she retrieved that as well, and another She would have continued if Justin hadn’t seized her hand and tugged her back on course

Good God, she really did walk in circles A pang of tenderness centered in Gabriel’s chest like an ache

He wanted all her circles to lead back to him

"We should leave soon," Phoebe said, "if we’re to have ti at her sand-encrusted hands and ar to rinse off what I can in the water"

"I’ll collect the kites and pails," Ivo said