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She turned to flee the room, but Hugo was before her.

“There is nothing to fear. Pray believe me that I would never hurt you. You have no need to run from me.”

Emma turned away. She was afraid of what she might see in his eyes.

“I will go,” Hugo said quietly. He sounded strained. “I had hoped you would come to accept me, but I can understand how difficult it must be for a beautiful young woman like you, forcibly married to such a wreck of a husband. Perhaps, in time—”

Guilt engulfed her. “You are wrong, Hugo,” she said in a low voice. “I am not afraid of you. And you are not—” In a whisper she continued, “But I am afraid of the way you make me feel.”