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"When?" His voice sounded sleepy, tranquil, and he see Maybe what he really meant was that he preferred the lush rounded bodies of those mistresses of his He would have control around her because he was used to such beautiful women

She bit her lip

"I can prove it to you," he said

"You can?"

"Take your bath, and I will act as your maid"

"No!"

"Why not? You know that I would never force you to do anything, Theo You ht hers "I may haveto you that I didn’t "

"I suppose that’s true"

"I sang to you"

Theo broke into a crack of laughter The horror in his voice was so James If he truly didn’t want to rekindle all that erotic nonsense, then she would quite like to be ain?"

He frowned "If you wish But no singing I can’t sing anyrinning, so she was the only one who cared

"I would like your children," he repeated, and again she could see the honesty in his eyes "Even though you’ve becoid as a picket fence, you’re still my closest friend and the person I admire most in the world And who knows? Maybe you will learn to relax"

"No, I won’t," she said "You’ll understand if you live with me for a while I take the tis, because that way, I needn’t think about that specific probleain "I’ll take your word for it" He pulled off his coat

"What on earth are you doing?"

"Naked, you can tell whether I’ reasonable, but insane

"You can’t simply take your clothes offoh my God Is that another scar?" She took a step toward hiht shoulder over his stoainst skin that was the color of dark honey

"Bayonet," James said cheerfully He bent over to remove his boots, and suddenly she was presented with a swell of shoulder leading down to a powerful male back He was beautiful That is, he was still beautiful His body was like a powerful machine Muscles ers itch to touch hi a white slash halfway around his waist

"Saber slash," Ja off his second boot, followed by his stockings "The souvenir of a foolish French a duel I shot hi the faintness in her own voice

"Only the once," he said cheerfully He put his hands on his breeches

"Wait!" she said, but somehow her voice came out breathy rather than decisive, and he pulled down his breeches and smalls without hesitation