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The sun set when they bid the old lady farewell and drove back into the city

CHAPTER 17

Early htly holding each other Hugh had awoken a few minutes before, but she still caht Sarah proved to be the exact wife for hi such a e, he valued his second one preciously

A faint h the curtains He dived his face in her sparroing coloured hair and smelled her lavender perfume She opened her eyes and sled closer They were naked, as their bodies sought one another during the night

“Good , Lady Hawk it

She s, my Lord Hawkmore” She devolved

Suddenly, she retched, disentangled fro roo sickness, worried It had been like this for days in a ro He could not bear to see her so sick He stood up and went to her dressing room She had put on a chemise and washed up

He held her fro me with this”

She turned to face hih! Don’t worry”

He lifted her in his strong arms and took her back to bed “Did it happen the first time, too?

She nodded “Yes, exactly the same”

He placed her carefully in the bed “How come I never noticed?”

“You usually left before I got sick”

“Oh, I see!” He said in a tone of regret He covered her and held her close

“And you called the doctor yesterday; remember?” If she let him he’d call the pooras expected”