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“I think you ht” The wealth of satisfaction in his voice told Ellie somatic man anted to marry her

He had things to prove to hirandfather…andto the father he’d never met

Re her role as hostess, she asked, “Would you like coffee…or an after dinner drink?”

“Neither, thank you”

Nohy did the way he said that s? “It was your idea to come up,” she reminded him

“To settle one of your concerns in regard to e, not because I crave more liquid refreshment”

“You plan to settle h she thought she could guess

He leaned forward, invading her personal space completely and his body heat called to her while his dark eyes mesmerized “Guess”

“What about the no sex before ?” She’d meant to ask the question in a sarcastic tone, but her voice ca Darn it

“I plan to ht as well have shrugged, he sounded so casual in that pronouncement

And right then she realized he really did plan to marry her Not hope Not want But the man had aplan and was fully confident in his eventual success

“So, it’s okay to seduce a virgin if you intend to ain that breathless voice that was really starting to get on her nerves

She sounded like she wanted his reassurance, but she didn’t Did she? Not this way…not planned But Sandor was a planner and he worked best with a schedule She’d known that since the beginning She just hadn’t expected it to dictate this part of their relationship

“You have said you are not a virgin” He didn’t sound like he was bothered either way

“And you didn’t believe me”

“You have no reason to lie”

“No, I don’t” But he’d still doubted her Why was that again? Oh, yes…her father’s security reports and his own investigator’s report But still he should have believed her Shouldn’t he?