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“I’ve burned them for you. They were unwearable anyway.”

The fingers that were free clenched into a fist. Caro wondered what it would take to provoke him into dropping the tiny towel.

“Right, then,” Leander said, his voice very soft. Padding wetly, he crossed the floor to the door.

“Where are you going?” she demanded breathlessly.

“Back onto the streets, where I belong.”

“But…but you’ll freeze out there!”

“I’ll be arrested for indecent exposure long before I freeze to death, Mrs. Gray.”

Caro dragged her gaze away from the disconcerting curve of his buttocks to manage a careless shrug and toss of the head. “Well, suit yourself, then. If you want to go ahead and make an…an…absolute spectacle of yourself, it has nothing to do with me….”

“Apart from the fact that you’re my wife, Mrs. Gray, you’re quite right.”