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“You get started,” Roarke suggested “We’ll be down shortly” He waited until Feeney had sauntered out, whistling at the thought of eggs Benedict and blueberry pancakes “You haven’t much time, I know”

“I have enough, if you have so to say”

“I do” It was rare for hiotten the sensation until it swamped him “What Feeney just pointed out to you, about his opinion on the capabilities here The fact that it’s unlikely for the subject to be influenced to act out of character, to do so abhorrent”

She saw i and wanted to curse “Roarke—”

“I’ll finish this I’ve been the ht I’ve lived in that skin, and it hasn’t been so long ago that I’ve forgotten hi else because I wanted to And I could Money helped, and a certain need forpolish But he’s still there He’s still part of ht”

“Do you want me to hate you for it, to blame you for it?”

“No, I want you to understand it, and ht”

“So did I”

That stopped hi back into his eyes “Christ, Eve”

“And it scaresjust what’s inside le day I knehere you came from when I took you on, and I don’t care I know you’ve done things, broken laws, lived outside them But I’m here”

She huffed out a breath, shifted her feet “I love you, okay? That’s it Now, I’ down before Feeney cleans us out of eggs”

He stepped in front of her before she could storm out “One more minute” He framed her face with his hands, lowered his h with a kiss so tender it made her throat ache and her toes curl

“Well,” she uess”

“Much better” He linked his fingers with hers And because he had used it when he’d hurt her, he balanced that out by using it now “A ghra”

“Huh?” A line appeared between her brows “Is that Gaelic again?”