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He was staring at her across the width of the bed ‘Tess, I am sorry I hurt you’

‘No, not at all’ Why wouldn’t her come to her, hold her?

‘I was a brute An animal’

‘Alex, don’t—’

‘I won’t, don’t be afraid that after that I would touch you No, don’t try to tell , Tess’

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‘I meant to say this after Christ back, dragging round agencies, finding yourself a position as soe to a cantankerous old lady or a house full of screa brats’

‘But—’

‘I will find you a house somewhere, a pleasant market town, perhaps Soive you an allowance You won’t have to see ain My man of business will handle it all discreetly’

You won’t have to see ain At first her brain could not h her body realised at so e for two nights inht I ask for if I acquire some more tricks?’

‘Tess, it is not like that’ Alex swung off the bed and stood up, over six feet of naked, angry male ‘You didn’t expect me to marry you We talked about that And don’t flinch Do you think I a to hit you next?’