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Her new husband was looking at her as if she were a fascinating, maddening mix of temptress and puritan.

“We’re dancing around some things,” Warren said. “And we need to settle it. I just want to have an honest conversation with you.”

“Me, too,” she said. “I didn’t know what to say after leading you on, so it seemed easier to stay away from you.”

His brows lifted but he schooled his expression quickly. “You didn’t lead me on. I went too far and you have every right to call a halt to something that was making you uncomfortable.”

That was so much the opposite of what she’d expected him to say that she blinked.

“But I asked you to kiss me.” And oh God, had she wanted him to.

“I don’t care if you asked me to strip you naked and put my tongue between your legs. You’re allowed to say stop at any time. I will always honor that, Tilda.”

She could barely tell him to stop at all.

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Contract Bride

is part of the In Name Only trilogy:

“I do” should solve all their problems,

but love has other plans...