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Tristan grinned "I’d just beat you, easily no doubt, and then you’d have another reason to despise lasses "So who is the woht?"

Tristan couldn’t help the look of surprise he directed his brother’s way "What makes you think it’s a woman?"

"Because if it was a man, you’d take your fists to him and be done with it But a woman ue with that "The lady is none of your business"

"Suit yourself Just don’t cause trouble in an to study the entries

Tristan sipped his whiskey He didn’t need to discuss his personal life He didn’t need anyone to help him sort it out

"Lady Anne Hayworth," he heard himself blurt out, then wished he could take a cat-o-nine to his tongue

Rafe looked up "The Earl of Blackwood’s daughter?"

"Yes"

"Did she not pay for the passage on your ship?"

"She paid" A thousand ti tasted the payment, he wasn’t of a mind to do without But the time had come He was rather sure of it She tried to entice him to move about in her world, but he fit as easily as a fox in the midst of hounds

"Then you wantHe couldn’t sto his hands over her flesh, burying himself deeply inside her--

Dah him

"Lord Chetwyn has an interest in her" It hadn’t helped matters that he’d seen her in the park with the blasted lord that very afternoon She’d looked happy, had been shed Her arh she’d turned into a clinging vine And daether Proper Chetas everything he wasn’t People approached the what to expect

"And you want to marry her?"

"Good God, no" He couldn’t contain his alarm at the notion How the hell did his brother coe is not for me"

"You just want to bed her then"