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‘I think maybe you were right, Gilan,’ she spluttered out. ‘I’ve made a mistake. I should go home.’
Оглавление‘You’re changing your mind?’ he said, incredulous. ‘After all that effort you put into persuading me to bring you along? Why?’
She flinched slightly. How could she tell him? How could she tell him that being this close to him sent her whole body into a flutter of excitement, of anticipation?
‘I…er…well…’ She shrugged her shoulders. ‘I thought it was better if we carried on…that’s all.’
‘That’s not it. You were the one who suggested we find shelter,’ he pointed out.
She pursed her lips and sighed. ‘If you must know, I’m not in the habit of doing things like this. Sleeping in a cave with a man I hardly know.’
He smiled, teeth flashing white in the gloom. ‘Oh, don’t worry,’ he said. ‘I’ll keep well away; you’re safe from me.’
Turning away from her, he returned to his horse, unbuckling the saddlebags. The lie scorched through his conscience—a flare of brilliant light.
