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Duncan pulled a chair close to the fire and encouraged her to sit He took his boots off and laid theers through her wet hair, Duncan wondered what she thought, and probed into herin her head s in place for the night Under lowered lids, her eyes shifted to the narrow bed Her fists clenched
“Why so nervous, love?”
“Nervous?” Warmer now, Tara played idly with her hair “Who says I’e of the bed
“I’ really” She huffed out a breath, pulled in another and spit out the next words, “Yeah, I’h the chill had left the room
“Why?”
“You Me Us”
“Why?”
“Because, we can’t be alone together without ju on each other, that’s why”
He hid his sht it is Maybe not for you, you won’t have to be the one raising the potential consequences of it I will” Her words ca beyond the now, and it scared her And it cheapened him
“You think so little of my honor? You believe I would leave you to ‘raise the consequences’ by yourself?”
“No Yes I don’t know” She stood and put soot up and paced while she talked
“Listen, Duncan, I can’t deny our strong physical attraction anymore than you can But it isn’t like we’vecould happen e” Her eyes shot to the bed Let the obvious go un-said
He reached her in one step Holding her face in his hands, he forced their eyes to meet “Look at me,”
he de away froly face in hereyes leveled to hers Her body started to relax, her vision blurred and hts into her h his eyes, passion churning in his blood, through his veins
His vision overtook her She saw herself standing in front of aBehind her Duncan smiled with a possessive hand around her waist
The vision left her lightheaded Tara swayed in his arms “Wow”
He knelt down beside her “I would never leave you to raise a child on your own, Tara You have ave a timid smile “I didn’t mean to question your honor”
“The men in your life have held little honor to you or your sister I understand why you would question I aht! I just” She sed hard “I don’t think straight when I’ht clearly since before I went to your tihts and sled into her warive you, Tara?” His lips skirted over the inside of her wrist “I have dreamed of hoould make you ache for me Hoould make you mine”