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“Celia, you don’t know what you’re doing,” he began to say, but she interrupted.

“I know enough.” She tilted back her head to look up at him, a movement he felt more than saw. “But I shall leave if you don’t want me to stay.”

“Celia,” he rasped, clinging to his sanity and honor with great difficulty, “I must tell you—”

“I know who you are,” she whispered. “I’ve known for some time, Anthony.”

His name fell like an absolution on his ears. She knew. There were still reasons why he shouldn’t do this—many, many reasons—but they fell aside under the weight of those words and the others she had said: I want you.

Slowly, reverently, he bent his head and brushed his lips against hers, once, twice. She stood quietly, her face raised to his, her hand still on his chest. He trailed one hand down the back of her neck, a feathery touch that made her lips part in a silent gasp against his. He deepened the kiss just a little, wanting to savor every moment, every bit of her….