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“You are what is wonderful, cara”
“But I—I shouldn’t have—” She paused “I promised myself that I wouldn’t—”
“That you would not what?”
“Do… this”
“And what is ‘this?’” he said softly
“Marco Don’t tease me”
“You promised yourself ould not make love”
Ridiculous that his words should make her blush
“Emily” He put his hand under her chin, tilted it up until her eyes were level with his “Such a wonderful thing to tell me, sweetheart”
“That I didn’t intend this to happen?”
“That you knew that it would happen No, don’t look away from me You knew So did I This was inevitable”
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“We’re—we’re strangers We’ve only known each other for three days”
“Four,” he said soleht”
He’d wanted toher smile