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Оглавление“You are my wife. I want you to be happy.”
The look Rebekah gave him made his pulse quicken. Was this what being in love felt like? If it was, he wanted to feel more of it.
“Now tell me,” Henry said, “what else are you fond of? And don’t give me an answer you think I want to hear.”
“I should like to learn more of your work with the council,” she said.
“What else?”
“And I would like to learn more about this trial. Did you know that one of the accused conspirators is a woman?”
His heart slammed into his ribs. “Yes.”
Of all the things he and his new bride could discuss, she had chosen the one topic he so wished to avoid.
“Oh, listen to me,” Rebekah then said. “I’m prattling away... You’ll be sorry you ever asked of my interests.”
“No, I won’t,” he said. It was the truth. He wanted to learn her, win her, love her. What he didn’t want was for Rebekah to open the paper one morning and find the names of Mary Surratt and John Wilkes Booth listed beside his own.
