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He tipped his hat at Anne "I look forward to our ain"

Dear God, help her She knew exactly when that ht Her bedchamber She was not so much scandalized by the notion of it as she was by her anticipation of it

As the carriage bolted away, Tristan wondered if Anne kne grateful she should be for Lady Hering her out of that contraption, settling her on the saddle between his thighs, and whisking her away to so the blasted ers that had stroked hi Tristan’s only consolation was that she earing gloves

He didn’t knohat to h him He’d never been a possessive sort, perhaps because he’d never had to be When he ith a woman, she was his sole focus and he was hers There was none of this flitting about from man to man nonsense When he wearied of a wo of it The trouble here was that he had yet to lose interest Far froht sarcastically, one should specify He was not bored with Anne He was bored silly with Lady Hermione

"--made her look like a ripe strawberry Honestly, she shouldn’t wear that shade of red"

He had no idea which lady she was referring to or why he should care one whit that she had the appearance of fruit Lady Victoria was trailing along at a discreet distance It seemed Hermione wanted to follow in her friend’s footsteps and marry the second son of a lord He wondered how she would take the news that she could marry the first son Anne’s brother would no doubt still take her if she were toonto Tristan as though she were a trailing vine

"You don’t fancy her, do you?" Lady Hermione asked

"Women who favor fruit have never appealed toto Lady Anne Hayworth It see with her"

"Mere coincidence"

"I’ht his horse to a halt, and she quickly followed suit She had such large expressive green eyes One never had to wonder what she was thinking Tristan preferred a woman with a bit of mystery to her Anne had that in abundance

"Hermione"

"Yes,off her He didn’t want to hurt her, but neither could he abide with her following him around like a faithful pup "You’re a beautiful woman But not for me"

Her face had started to beam with his first sentence, before it fell flat with the second

"I don’t understand," she said quietly

"I enjoy dancing with you, but you will never havefor her But she is not worthy of you She loved sorand love Everyone spoke of it It was legendary You cannot compete with that While I have always loved only you"