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Barnaby suddenly whipped it over their heads and threw it into the far corner of the room

Annoyed, Rose whirled to face him “What did you do that for?” she protested and only then realised what she had done

Rather than allow her to cover her modesty, Barnaby captured her hands and held thely over her Rose struggled to stand still beneath that sensual gaze What he was doing was scandalous She should deentleman should and turn his back, but she didn’t Instead, she tipped her chin up in proudly and waited

He didn’t speak Instead, he stepped forward and swept her off her feet

“Too late,” he growled

“For what,” she whispered as he lowered her onto the bed

“To change your mind”

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Barnaby awoke soht He had no idea what had woken him and lay still while he listened for the source of the disturbance The sound of silence had never see, and only interspersed with the soft sound of Rose’s quiet breathing beside him

He glanced down at her The last few hours had been exhausting but had left neither of them with any o next In spite of Rose’s denials, he knew there could never be any other outcome, not least because he had taken no steps to prevent a child

“A child,” he whispered thoughtfully

The possibility of becoht it would be In fact, the more he considered it the more he actually wanted it to coh to be truly honest with hiht be pregnant with his child With Rose and a child waiting for hio out and cleanse the streets of crio home and enjoy life

Is this how the others felt when they met the wo He had never understood why they had been aler to marry before, but then had never met anyone who made him feel how Rose did It onderful It was a shock It was slightly awe-inspiring if terrifying at the sa he could do about it There wasn’t anything he wanted to do about it

Is this what love feels like?

He couldn’t be sure He had never felt it in his life before There was nothing else in his life against which toconnected to someone To be with Rose was an intrinsic need as elemental as the desire to make love to her had been, and still was He suspected that with Rose they could be together for the next fifty years and the passion would be just as wild as it was now