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“Then wh—”

He quieted her with a firer to her lips

Why not marry her? Everyb

ody see about it for over a year, and her faehammer Furthermore, he actually rather liked Hyacinth, which washis years as a bachelor Certainly she drove him mad half the time, but even with that, he liked her

Plus, it was becoly apparent that he would not be able to keep his hands off her for very er Another afternoon like this, and he’d ruin her

He could picture it, see it in his mind Not just the two of therandmother

His father

Gareth alhed aloud What a boon He couldup in his mind to be an extremely pleasant endeavor, and at the same time completely show up the baron

It would kill him Absolutely kill him

But, he thought, letting his fingers trail along the line of her jaw as he pulled away, he needed to do this right He hadn’t always lived his life on the correct side of propriety, but there were soentleman

Hyacinth deserved no less

“I have to go,” heit to his esture of farewell

“Where?” she blurted out, her eyes still dazed with passion

He liked that He liked that he befuddled her, left her without her famous self-possession

“There are a few things I need to think about,” he said, “and a few things I need to do”