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“Worried,” Do not to spare her blushes He recalled the reluctance that had plagued hi, and the sheer effort it had taken to bid her fareithout touching her “I had taken your virginity only hours before” He watched the faint blush stain her cheeks “I hated leaving you so soon afterward It was a tiether I should never have touched you knowing I was leaving so soon” Heto his haunches as his eyes , can you reht?”

“Of course I can,” Isobel was incredulous he could even ask “I gave ly to you It was incredible How could I not remember every second?”

“Because e made love, I spenthis hands to cup her face He needed her to understand the significance of their actions and the worry it caused hiwithin Ton circles or not, your life would have been very difficult had you discovered yourself with child while I was not there to marry you” Gently, he leaned upwards and kissed her face “My departure aside, when you are carrying my baby, I want to be here for every second of it I hated to leave you at all To leave not knohat you would face while I ay disturbed , because I was very ain”

Isobel felt tears pool in her eyes at his explanation She was stunned at his next comment

“If you remember the last time we made love” He nodded towards the bed “I spent ain” Isobel stared at him steadily

“You couldanywhere” Doentle kiss upon her startled lips “You need to understand that neither are you” He willed her to accept his need to protect her

“A baby?” Isobel queried in wonder

“Most definitely,” Do anywhere, baby or not It would make both of our lives considerably easier if you werethose three babies of ours”

“Three?” Isobel whispered, considering the possibilities he was opening up to her

“Maybe two?” Dominic queried huskily

“Four” Isobel placed a gentle kiss upon his

Dominic drew back to consider her carefully, his ive her anything she desired

“Most definitely four”

“First you have tothe kisses she sought

Isobel rested her head against his briefly He still had not declared his feelings for her, if he had any, but she couldn’t find any argu She was just as culpable as he Whether he loved her or not, she loved hih to be relatively certain she could achieve soh to know that he cared for her, but didn’t love her? She knew instinctively that it wouldn’t be but couldn’t bear living with anything less than all of hiainst his seductive persuasion?