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“I know,” he said as he tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear, “you keep telling me How about you marry me and not love me for the rest of my life?”

He watched her breath catch in her throat

“But I really don’t,” she said as her eyes flicked to his lips

“It’s okay I love you enough to make up the short fall until you do”

He traced a finger along her jaatching her shiver Mine, he thought

“You can’t h, “but ry if ere to live in sin”

He kissed her cheek gently

“He is with the clergy,” Jack said

Davina nodded “It would ruin his reputation”

“Well, then we can’t live in sin, can we?”

He gently traced kisses round to her ear

“No, we can’t,” she said as her fingers twisted into the front of his T-shirt

“Maybe you can learn to love ue over her earlobe

Her knees eak He wrapped an arm around her to hold her firm to him

“I suppose I can try,” she said breathlessly