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Оглавление“There are so many things about you, Ellie, which are both irritatingly elusive and reassuringly familiar.
“I want to find out all about you,” Ben continued, “to discover a clue to this intense relationship, for I’m pretty sure...” His gaze was now so dominating she had no power to look elsewhere, no power to move aside as his hand came up to brush a strand of hair from her forehead, no power to hide the shiver as his fingers lingered against her cheek.
“What I can’t work out is why, Ellie, when you have so many adverse feelings, you are here in the first place?”
She sat up, dislodging his hand. Impossible to give an answer, since there was none. If she were to tell the truth she would be humiliated, and if she lied... She was as obsessed with Ben Congreve as she had ever been. And for that she despised herself.