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Triuht—he can An excellent idea, soleil"

"I think so, too" Aurora gave hiathered up her skirts, and headed for the door "I'll have your carriage brought around at once"

Darkness had fallen when Julian unlocked the roouided Aurora inside Frowning, he hesitated in the doorway, glancing up and down the semi-darkened corridor of the quiet So sounds reached his ears from the floor below as the inn's coffeehouse patrons enjoyed their dinner and port Other than that, all was still, the corridor housing the sleeping quarters as deserted as the stairway leading to it

Julian's gaze swept the hall one last ti the door

"Julian, what is it?" Aurora deht with curiosity "That's the second time you've checked behind us since we arrived, not to eduring the journey Is so us?"

"It appears not" Julian crossed over, round below "Although I can't shake the feeling…" He shrugged, turning to his wife, his smile restored "F

orgive me, soleil I didn't mean to distress you"

Aurora arched a brow as if deciding whether to question him further

"If there's so to be concerned about, you'll be the first to know," Julian assured her, consciously forcing hi followed, there was no point in alar his wife

"I wasn't feeling distressed or alarain with her unique blend of audacity and candor "I was feeling neglected" Slowly she unfastened her mantle and tossed it to the chair "I'm relieved to hear there was a reason for your decided lack of interest during this carriage ride, much unlike our previous ones I'd rather learn that your actions were a show of caution rather than disinterest"

"Disinterest?" Julian would have laughed at the irony of his wife's state its own immediate blatant contradiction Just her words, her provocative tone, ignited his blood, set him on fire "No, soleil, I assure you, disinterest is one reaction I never have around you"

"I'ed the pins fro it out in a luxuriant crimson waterfall "Then perhaps you'd like to ht now, in this lovely cozy inn"

"With pleasure" Julian stalked across the roo her into his arrateful Henry's office isn't closer to Devonshire," hethe buttons of his wife's gown in rapid succession "Very grateful" Greedily he covered her mouth with his

"So a it free Her palhened skin of his chest

Her thumbs brushed his nipples and the filaments of Julian's control snapped