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THE UNEXPECTED HEIRESS

Merry nodded. “Thank you for all these lovely things, Phillip. Especially the journal. It’s simply beautiful.”

“You’re beautiful.”

The words hung in the air between them. He uttered them so easily, so softly, she wasn’t sure how to respond.

No man had ever called her beautiful before. She’d never even been alone with a man like this before. It was quite intimate really. There was no one else around, no one to censure their words or their behavior. It made her nervous yet thrilled her at the same time.

She thought of the other afternoon at Devon House when she had longed for him to kiss her. Now that they were quite alone, would he kiss her this time? She had never been kissed before. Did she wish for him to kiss her?

Yes, she did. She absolutely did....