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“Why, James, so harsh?” She wondered if that hat had happened to him Had he been rejected by the society he wished to enter?
“I have reason to be” His voice was hard “I have age on you, my dear, and experience”
“But are not these people, or at least many of them, under your care?” she asked, surprised
“My care? My dear girl, I aree to recommend me The ton of Bristol are looked after by a doctor whose background is exceptional, whose o, and whose name carries a connection to their own set” He shook his head, and a short, derisive laugh escaped his lips “But never mind Just remember, Sassy, who they are and how they can hurt you”
Sassy sighed but did not offer a reply Some of what he said htlessly hurt people of a lesser standing But she wasn’t in a position to worry about that sort of thing After all, she was a tutor at Netherby Halls and would not forget that in her dealings with the heady gentry
On top of this was the fact that so on at Netherby, though she hadn’t any idea what it could be This thought reminded her that she needed to catch Delia alone and have a talk that just hten her
Her thoughts drifted through her mind until they drifted away She fell asleep, deeply, soundly …
And then, she ake, or was she?
He, the marquis, was there, in her room—her room at Netherby She must be asleep This had to be a dream, but it felt so real He stood there before her, but how could that be?
Gloriously naked, with his manhood at full attention, the marquis was bent now over the side of her bed as he whispered her name His eyes were deep blue and full with his desire
Tre, she could only stare
Starving, herfor his touch—and as he came to her, she didn’t ask hohy; she simply accepted it as a dream
Her lips curved into a welco smile without her consent She knew that, beneath the covers, she was also naked
He lifted the covers high and stood to gaze at her long and soulfully, as though he was in a desert thirsting and had found sweet, cool water at last
He clihtly, as it was but a single bed and he was a large man