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The last ti for her life, and before that, it had always been fro to co the connection between them

This was the first tih she had lance at the marquis told her that those endless hours of practice were for naught

Ilie Marcovici would always take one’s breath away

Always

He was so ht or dreamed of, and his body was built even ined His hair, the shade of ice and gold at the sahts, and his face—-

Every inch of it seerandhtly on her lap lest she forgot herself and reached out to touch his cheek

Her gaze accidentally clashed with his, and the way his silver eyes glealy made Soleil quickly look away Then she saw her book held securely in his hand, and her lips parted—-

He said kindly, “You’ll run out of oxygen in my company if you keep that up, milady”

Her lared up at him at the same time

“That was quite rude,recovered from his shock He kneho the other man was, but what he had never expected was to meet the wicked marquis in this type of establishment It was a well-known fact the marquis only frequented brothels and other unmentionable places

“Was it?” theain

Soleil didn’t sood In fact, it looked downright bad – the kind people had nightmares of

And it was, as a moment later Soleil was horrified to hear the marquis drawl, “My behavior is but typical of a betrothed, do you not think?”

Chapter Four

The silence that descended on the cake shop following the ivable urge to laugh I aht miserably, with the oddest sense of humor

“Is this true, aze

Her heart immediately went out to hiinald, please—-”

“Keep it a secret,” the marquis finished in a lowered voice