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Lachlan closed his eyes, relishing her touch Her coh she had the power to slip into his hts “We could have been happy together” He had spoken before he opened his eyes “I don’t believe he loved you and the thought htly in my chest”
“Let go of the past, Lachlan” Her hand slipped from his cheek with a soft caress She stood on the tips of her toes and brushed her lips against the place still warered there for far too long just to torture hi of our friendship”
Lust, pure and hot, raced through his veins He wanted her, and he didn’t kno to suppress it Edinburgh was not far away enough for hiet about her this ti her in his aralloping away as fast as the stallion’s legs could e
“I don’t know if that is possible,” he said honestly as he took a few steps back He was as physically strong as three y were renowned Yet this wo enchantress, made him feel weak, dare he say, vulnerable “I don’t know if I can re e could have been to each other”
She blinked, batted her long lashes “I understand”
He wanted her to shout at hi short of her expectations, too He wanted her to drop to her knees, clasp his hands and beg him to reconsider, to tell him he was mistaken and that their friendship could be rich and beautiful, equally as fulfilling
Hell and damnation He didn’t knohat he wanted
A tense silence enveloped them, a shroud of doubt and uncertainty She opened her mouth but snapped it shut He cleared his throat but said nothing
“I don’t bla that way,” she eventually said But he became aware of the restless , a couple of ani to their feet
“Shush” He pointed to the itated snorts filled the air “So has scared the cattle”
He saw a black figure creep out of the forest on the far left of the s, it was clearly a uard stopped and scanned his surroundings
Isla shuffled towards Lachlan, their araze Her eyes grew large and round and she sucked in a breath “I doubt he’s cohter a cow?”
“We o and find out?”
He turned to her and offered his hand She stared at it before sliding her dainty hand into his He gripped it tight as the warh his body The inti her safely by his side, he told hi to treat another ht an ele Isla Maclean always soothed his soul
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