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“Please” She didn’t think she should be talking about such things, even if they were married

“You liked it, didn’t you?” It was more statement than question, and Lorna was i too enjoyable She didn’t want Benteen to think she was a common street tramp

“No,” she lied

“What?” He levered himself onto an elbow and studied her with a narrowed skeptical look “I didn’t get that impression”

“I can’t help that” She tried not to look at him

“If you disliked it, why did you seeed quietly

“You are e bed,” Lorna murmured

He caught her chin and forced her to look at hi?” he de you the first time You’re too innocent to fake a climax”

She turned red with shame and tried to squir her to the mattress She tried to hide her face from him, but he wouldn’t permit it

“I didn’t htly “I didn’t kno to stop it”

“Why would you want to?” he asked incredulously

“Because …” Lorna hesitated, confused by his question “I don’t want you to think that … I’m bad”

His gaze narrowed still further, probing deep into her eyes “You surely don’t think that feeling passionquestion was barely spoken when his features smoothed out “My God, you do,” Benteen ht in your head?”

“It’s what I thought” She reh it was never said in so many words”

“I knew you were young, but …” The rest of the sentence was dis that occurs naturally between a man and wife—or ato like sex” Her glance fell at his blunt use of the word “Can you even say it?”