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For now this would be enough Just to watch her as she slept

Henry blinked herself awake the nextthe stress of the evening before

She yawned, stretched, and sat up

And then she saw him

He'd fallen asleep in the chair across the roohtfully uncoht she would not want to receive him in the bed? Or was he so repulsed by her that he couldn't bear the thought hih, she slipped out of bed androom She pulled on her breeches and shirt and crept back into the bedroom

Dunford hadn't moved His dark hair was still in his eyes, his lips looked just as kissable, and his large fraed most aardly in the small chair

Henry couldn't bear it She didn't care that he'd left her the day after they'd returned to Cornwall She didn't care that he'd been unbelievably rude to her the night before She didn't even care that he didn't desire her enough to give up his ht in her heart was that she still loved him despite all that, and she couldn't bear to see him so uncomfortable She padded over to where he sat, put her hands under his ar to heave him onto his feet

His eyes gave a few sleepy blinks "Hen?"

"Ti?"

Her heart lurched "I Ah No, Dunford, I'm all dressed I Ahhave chores to do Yes, chores" Keep talking, Hen, lest you get teht after him

He looked utterly crestfallen, and leaned forward drunkenly "Can I kiss you?"

Henry sed, not at all certain he ake He'd kissed her once before in his sleep; what har it one more time? And she wanted it so badlywanted hiainst his She heard hiroan, then felt his ar the planes of her back

"Oh, ht, at least he had the right person this tiht now, at least, he wanted her Only her

They tu on the way down, fairly tearing each other's clothes off as they went He kissed her desperately, tasting her skin like a starving s around hiht to the point where they could be one person

Before she knew it, he was inside her, and it felt as if heaven itself had descended into their bedroom and wrapped them in its perfect embrace

"Oh, Dunford, I love you I love you I love you" The words flew straight froer cared that she wasn't enough of a woman for him She loved hi, do whatever it took to keep him by her side She'd s her pride, she'd hu loneliness of the previous month