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“Of course I’hed, a merry,I just can’t see et boring very quickly”

“You could always get ested

“I could” Her red lips ca e soer of two important families”

“Your father doesn’t strike ” E J Dyson had always seeive in to her every whiotten the ihter to fulfill a particular role

“Every father wants his daughter to e, and have a husband who is worthy of her There isn’t anything wrong—or even calculating—in that” But she knew her father well enough to knoasn’t that casual with hih not to dictate choices to her She strongly suspected that her father knew her desires would ultimately mesh with his

All this talk of e pushed at him “You’d make a beautiful bride, Thra,” Ty murmured and reached out with his hand to stroke the dark silk of her hair “I can see you in a white satin gown, studded with pearls, and a lace veil”

He lifted her left hand There was a large topaz birthstone on her ring finger, flanked by dia so he could picture the diahts of wedding bands iht

“You’re going to beto be mine”

She started to laugh away his assertion, but he had no intention of allowing her to ht of it His arms hooked her slender shape to his body white hisforce of his kiss bent her backwards, arching her spine and hs

The rawness of wanting and being prevented for so long fro push of her hands There was only the soft sensation of her breasts, their round outline being drawn on his chest Her warm body excited him, and the honeyed sweetness of her lips made up for the reluctance of the response he forced from her

Ty kneas taking her further than she wanted to go, but his confidence was such that he felt he would ultimately convince her she wanted what he did He set about to do it with his hands coercing and urging a closer intimacy as they felt the roundness of her taut botto swell of her breasts He lipped at the lobe of her ear and nibbled on the sensitive skin of her throat and neck All the while he was conscious of the disturbed, shallow breaths she gasped and the little sounds of protest she made in her throat

When her hand suddenly cupped hishis kisses, Ty reached up iers closed around her slender wrist and dragged ii down, he looked at her aroused and flushed face tilted up to hiht of determination

“If you care for oes any further,” she insisted, taking advantage of that crazy code of honor she had long ago discovered in hi what she saw as a weakness

“Care for you?” His low-pitched voice threw back the puny description of the passionate furies she unleashed in hirily

She didn’t relent “I didn’t come with you this afternoon to be seduced in a ce distance between them