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‘Yes’ He sighed with relief that she understood ‘So I cannot stop until I am certain he doesn’t need me, Sam’

‘I would never ask you to, Edge You always call me stubborn, but you are by far the stubbornest ’

Laughter made her eyes shine like the dawn sun on a winter sea He wished he could take her hair down right now, sink his hands into its dark warmth Sink in to her

‘You’re doing it again’ Her s away’

‘I’ht here’

‘No Not truly So shall we ask my uncle to enquire about this Mr Osbourne?’

‘I already have’

‘What? When?’

‘While you were inside I sent the foote’

‘So that hy you were gone so long And here I thought I had won a battle of wills with you’

‘Are you keeping a tally? You needn’t bother, the odds are clearly in your favour’

She tilted her head to one side, capturing her lower lip with her teeth His thu that warm, damp surface

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