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“It would be best if you shared a bed with me. I will rest assured of your safety that way.”
Оглавление“We agreed we’d be platonic,” she said firmly. “Sex complicates things.”
“So you indicated last night,” he said, looking grumpy.
She laughed and then adopted a prim manner. “Putting off gratification is good for one’s character, Your Highness.”
“Or it may drive me to desperate acts,” he retorted, and looked her over as if thinking of seizing her and making off for parts unknown.
Even if the danger he’d mentioned was real, she thought, it was worth it for these moments and the closeness she felt to this man. She suddenly wanted to say yes to his marriage proposal and to making love…and to anything else he had in mind.
