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She poked a finger into the hard aze travelled over her curves At that moment she didn’t really care “I will also remind you that, as I am a servan

t in your house, the very last thing either of us needs is for you to get me with child We have hardly been careful now, have we?”

A child with hi she ached to have, but the possibility of it actually happening was nonexistent If by some unfortunate circumstance she was already with child, it would cause ret than she could stand

“I cannot and will not destroy whatever future I can find formyself with child by you”

“Aht of her delectable body, big and round with his child, rose tauntingly in his id manhood stirred excitedly in his breeches He wanted to tell her that any child she carried would be more than welcome in his house, his life, but his mind wouldn’t form the words He raised his hands to place them on her shoulders, only for her to slap them away

“Don’t, Sebastian If you have any respect for me at all, just don’t” A screen

It was only once she was there that she realised there was nothing hich to cover herself She didn’t possess a robe, and her only dress had been taken by a

Silence descended in the room for severalwas draped over the top of the retiring screen,her ju door as it closed behind him

CHAPTER SIX

They had all seely accepted her into their circle without question

Doood looks, was clearly besotted with his gorgeous ho had hier, and knew it

Peter, Isobel’s brother, was so calood hurand opulence of the for room

Edward, with his wry hualing A out loud

As the evening meal came to an end, Amelia felt a ripple of disquiet at Sebastian’s distant behaviour His aloof, almost dismissive attitude towards her was in stark contrast to the warm curiosity of his family

When she had first arrived in the dining rooh he had no idea who this strange creature in his house hout the meal made no attempt to converse with her