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“Guardianship, is it? Is that a notch up from custodian, or a notch down?”
Оглавление“Do remind me,” she said scathingly.
“That’s what Deventer would have had in mind, I believe. It will do to begin with.”
“Hypocrite!” Felice spat. “As if you give a damn what Lord Deventer has in mind.”
“There’s the wildcat. Now we begin to understand one another. Now, come here.”
She remained rooted to the spot, glaring at the darkening windows.
“Come here, Felice.”
Trembling inside, she went to him, dreading what was to come and fearful that her inevitable response would mock at all she had been asserting. “No,” she whispered. “Please don’t.”
His hand reached out and slipped around to the back of her neck, drawing her lips toward his….
