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"I didn't think you cared about ton gossip"

"I care for you, minx I don't want to see you hurt"

"I won't be I pro he wantedto be ht," he said, giving in easily because his heart was on her side even if histerribly pleased with her victory "It's so long"

"Not so long, s to keep you busy"

"I will?"

"Caroline ant to help you shop for your trousseau, and I expect that Belle and Emma ant to take part as well I'm certainon the Continent"

"You have a mother?"

He quirked a brow "Did you think mine was some sort of divine birth? My father was a remarkable man, but even he was not that talented"

Henry screwed up her face to show hi would not be taken seriously "You never mention her You rarely mention your parents at all"

"I don't see much of my mother now that my father has passed on She prefers the warmer climes of the Mediterranean"

An aard silence fell between the on the floor of her bedrooown in the co no intentions of leaving anyti was that she was not the least bit unco she must have the soul of a fallen wo?" Dunford ht to ask you to leave," she whispered

"You ought to?"

She nodded "But I don't want to"

He took a ragged breath "Sometimes I think you don't knohat you say"

She placed her hand in his "I do know"