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A sharp breath burned in her throat at the way his gaze moved over her but did not look away “I very ”

“Ah, yes…I had the pleasure once of watching you for several rossed you did not sense my presence”

She clasped her gloved hands in her lap, recalling the encounter, and how rude she’d thought hi

“I ad half measure,” he said

Surprise jolted through Callie Her father had repeated a similar refrain several times to her “Why would you think I did not?” she enquired, her voice shaking

“When I watched you read with your entire face and heart I felt the passion you saw in your book I knehen your characters were happy or sad Everything about you was immersed I daresay even your will to push your mother into the path of my father speaks to your character The way you responded to my kisses…”

She gasped, her heart beating just a little bit faster “Lord Graham!”

“There was no shyness when I coaxed your lips to part for ue to yours You hurtled towards the desire sweeping through you…and I can tell how you would approach everything with such unrestrained passion Whether it be reading, dancing, riding a horse, playing ”

A crack of thunder saved her froht have said The sky opened, and rain fell in torrents

He started rowing the boat toward the bank closest to the behind her Callie knehat he had spied The cottage

Dear God! Not the cottage!

“We should head back to the estate,” she cried out

“You’ll catch your death by the ti with the effort to row as fast as he could toward the ee

With a sense of shock, she realized she had fallen into the trap of her ownWhat would the viscount say…or do when he sahat awaited thee?

Chapter 8