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Оглавление“I need protection and I am willing to pay for it,” Violet said.
His fingers turned and curled over hers, eyes rising to lock into her own.
“How?”
“I can see that you want me. You would not have come here otherwise.”
He laughed at that. “You are bold, Violet Addington, but are you also foolish?”
“I am a twenty-seven-year-old widow who is soon to be twenty-eight. It is not permanence I am petitioning you for, only safety. I have not offered my body to any other and there have been many who have asked.” She couldn’t make it any plainer.
