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Squaring her shoulders, she turned to face hi to try to seduce ht try to tempt you But the choice would be yours" He paused "Are you worried that you ht not want me to stop?"

Pandora snorted "After what al ely consent to it But I suppose if anythan it sounds, it would be you"

"Thank you," Gabriel said, sounding beht be able to make it," Pandora continued, "I still have no desire to try it"

"Even with a husband?" he asked softly

Pandora hoped the shadows helped to conceal her reddening face "If I were al spousal obligation But I still wouldn’t want to"

"Don’t be so sure I have persuasive skills you don’t know about yet" His lips twitched at her expression "Shall we go inside and finish the game?"

"Not when you’ve deainst every principle"

"You’re not worried about principles" Gabriel leaned closer, crowding her gently back against the coluht ear like a wisp of shty withwith mortified surprise at the slow burn of excitement that had awakened in all the intimate places of her body

"Let fate decide," Gabriel said "What’s the worst that could happen?"

Her reply was honest and a bit wobbly "I could end up having no choices left"

"I’ll leave you a virgin Only a little less innocent" His fingertips found the inside of her wrist, his fingertips stroking a tiny pulse "Pandora, you’re not living up to your reputation as thetwin Take a risk Have a little adventure withvulnerable to this kind of teuessed at how difficult it would be to resist Meeting hiraceful thing she’d ever done, and she wasn’t entirely certain that he would keep his pro up the fliainst a desire that seeer and anger, she made her decision too quickly, the way she aht ends, the entrance hall will be echoing with your stirring rendition of the national antheleamed with satisfaction "I only know the first verse, so you’ll have to settle for hearing that one six times"

In retrospect, Pandora shouldn’t have been surprised that the last hand of whist proceeded in an entirely differentstyle altered drastically, no longer cautious but aggressive and swift He won trick after trick withIt was a massacre

"Are these cardsto inspect the backs of the her hand