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She hesitated, blinking her bafflement “Graham asked to court me?”
He is truly angry at the idea that we ht like each other
“Yes…and it seely, and they quarreled most fiercely”
Callie’s vision swaht herself “It is ridiculous he would object,” she said crossly
“The scandal would be lurid—”
“The earl expects us to rest our happiness on the possibilities that people in Society ry astonish hopelessly in love with him, I am certain of it We are not brothers and sisters It is siainst our heart desires What about our happiness? What about my happiness, mama?”
“My dear you speak nonsense—”
“NoI am not” Callie kissed her mama’s cheek and hurried away, then broke into a run
She skidded on the snow-soaked grass when she saw a ru toward her He appeared as if he had ridden hard to reach Holliwell Manor, and he had a shadow of a beard
How utterly rakish and wonderful he looked!
He stood before her, and his presence filled all the emptiness she had endured for the past ith such hope, she tre her features
Callie could only stare, tongue-tied Finally, she said, “Graham? Why…why are you here?”
“I was a fool”
A harsh breath left her, but she made no reply
“I have never wanted anyone or anything in the way I do you But it is more than a physical want, Callie, I feel it here,” he said pressing a hand over his heart “Most keenly Most desperately”