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Оглавление‘You can’t do this. I will not allow it, Anna.’
He stared at her in disbelief and caught the gleam of her eyes and the faint shine of her moist lips in the moonlight.
‘You cannot stop me! I am no longer your responsibility.’
‘I saved your life,’ he said, losing his temper and pulling her into his arms. ‘Whilst I am alive, I will always feel I bear some responsibility for you.’
‘Now who is talking nonsense?’ She struggled to free herself, but it was as if she was a butterfly imprisoned in an iron fist. Suddenly she wondered why she was trying to escape when she was where she wanted to be. She drooped against him and rested her head against his chest.
Her submission was so unexpected that Jack was at a loss as to what to do next. Really he should release her and walk away, but instead he wanted to go on holding her. Hatred and grief had held him captive far too long.
