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Her breathing ca in his statement “And I shall have no other ht of anyone else touching me”

“Good!” he snapped “Fidelity in h he loved his father, it didn’t reed with the way he lived his life “You’re my wife and I expect loyalty If I cannot trust you, what hope is there?”

“You can trust me” Water welled in her eyes and she darted across the carriage to sit beside hiain” She spoke so quickly she could hardly catch her breath She grabbed his hands, avoiding the cuts on his knuckles “I swear I shall never give you cause to doubt me”

Guilt surfaced for having spoken in so harsh a tone “Cassandra, I’ry with Murray for his blatant audacity His offer reeks of disrespect and I cannot sit by and let him treat you so abominably” On the morrow, he would visit Murray and make his position clear Perhaps the lord needed a physical reht do if he overstepped the mark

A tear trickled down Cassandra’s cheek “I e could go back to that terrible day five years ago I wish I’d had the strength to tell o to the devil”

While he appreciated the sentiment, this wasn’t a conversation he wished to revisit “That time has passed We’re different people now” It was difficult to acknowledge, but he was a better ”

“Yes” Desire clouded her gaze as she scanned the breadth of his chest “And you’re so strong, Benedict The strongest ” She released his hands, caressed the muscles in his upper arms “I’ve alanted you, but never as much as I want you now”

“Now?” Her a to the fore “Since we’ve reunited? Or do you e?”

She gulped a breath “The latter has immense appeal”

Bloody hell!

The sudden rush of blood to his cock est you straddlebody”

She needed no further inducement Indeed, in a sudden flurry of activity that had hi down the blinds, she hiked her skirts up to her waist as he fumbled frantically with the buttons on his breeches

“I would prefer to pleasure you first,” he said as she climbed on top of him “It will be easier for you if you’re aroused”

“I’hihs and soft buttocks “We’ve a lifetime to focus on pleasure I just need you to join with me”

An explosion of lust crashed through him This woman was his fate, his future, his destiny Perfect for hiripped her hips and plunged home