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“Thank you” Her posture relaxed soestions to i his hips against the edge “I know it’s important that you stand on your oo feet But I’m happy to help, if you needas you don’t tell me what to think”
“I would never tell you what to think How could I?” His face grew gentle “Your ideas are one of the s I love about you”
His eyes fell to the illustration
“I overreacted I apologize But the subject of your paper is so Hell to save Guido’s soul represents what I was trying to do when I made my confession to the disciplinary committee back in Toronto”
A lu about what had happened the previous year The disciplinary committee and their subsequent separation were far too painful to dwell on
“I’ll ad to what I took to be your dismissal of the story Our story”
“I neverso i to help rew determined “If the situation had been reversed, I would have descended to Hell to rescue you”
A ses of Gabriel’s lips “Beatrice knew she couldn’t accoil, instead”
“The only Virgil I know is Paul Norris I doubt you would have welcomed his help”
Gabriel snorted “Paul is hardly a candidate for Virgil”
“He was forJulia in his absence still rankled
“I was a bastard Then and now” He pushed off the desk and stood in front of her, taking his hands out of his pockets
He glanced at the space next to her “May I?”
She nodded
He sat beside her and held out his hand She took it
“I didn’t mean to hurt you”
“I know I’m sorry, too”
He pulled her onto his lap and buried his nose in her hair
“I don’t want you to have to lock yourself in the bathrooet away froether After an instant, she responded
Gabriel kissed her with restraint, his lips war Back and forth and back and forth, he teased and nibbled at herhiue When she opened, he gently slipped inside, touching their tongues together He’d never been able to lie with his kisses They cos Julia felt his contrition and his sadness, but she also felt the undiminished flame of his desire
His pal her until she was straddling hiether as they continued to e
“Come to bed” Gabriel’s voice was a husky plea as he cupped her backside, pushing her over the evidence of his arousal
“Yes”