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He remained quiet for ahow I’d existed pre-Dane

I was lost in so when he finally broke the silence

“It’d be all right, you know,” he said in his rich, intimate voice The one that made my insides quiver

I lifted ht?”

The corner of his aze and said, “If you fell in love with me”

I gaped

He added, “Even if it’s just a little”

“Oh” E so that a hard lump rose in my throat

He gazed unwaveringly, s away hair from my forehead and temple

I couldn’t speak Had no idea what to say

“Ari” His lips brushedsoftly, sweetly “I won’t hurt you”

That proain

I had nothing to say I could have told him I didn’t think I ired that way, that it wouldn’t happen

But the fluttering ofand the scarcity of

I ht have already fallen … hard