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Quinn muttered, fighting the need to pull Victoria into his arms.

“Why isn’t this a good idea?” she asked, her voice a husky murmur in the hushed, expectant silence of the room.

“Because you’re a safe, settled woman. And I’m not the boy next door.”

“What makes you think I want the boy next door? Maybe I like dangerous men.”

The grip of callused fingers tightened reflexively, his thumb stroked across soft cotton and found silky skin. His gaze flickered to her mouth and downward to her throat.

“Not a good idea,” he murmured, distracted by the contrast of his work-roughened fingers, dark against her pale skin. “A woman is likely to lose her good reputation—and a lot more. This won’t work, Victoria. Find yourself a nice, safe man—and forget this happened.”