Desperado (2002)
““After what just happened between us,” he said persistently, “there shouldn’t be room for a single secret.”
She still looked worried. She wanted to trust him, but it was more frightening now to have him know about her past, after the tenderness they’d shared. It would make her…dirty, somehow.
He could see the torment in her face, and he backed down. He’d ferreted out the miscarriage. With time, he could find out the rest. It must be something terrible, for her to react like this.
“Here.” He coa...xed her into lifting her arms, and he slid the gown over her head. “Want a shower?” he asked with a slow smile. “We could have one together.”
“Cousin Jorge…” she began.
“…is a man,” he said complacently. “And he knows what it’s like to be at the mercy of desire.”
“So do you,” she remarked, and looked uneasy.
He searched her troubled eyes. He traced her soft lower lip with a lazy forefinger. “When I was younger, before I married Patricia, I had my share of adventures with willing women,”MoreLess
She still looked worried. She wanted to trust him, but it was more frightening now to have him know about her past, after the tenderness they’d shared. It would make her…dirty, somehow.
He could see the torment in her face, and he backed down. He’d ferreted out the miscarriage. With time, he could find out the rest. It must be something terrible, for her to react like this.
“Here.” He coa...xed her into lifting her arms, and he slid the gown over her head. “Want a shower?” he asked with a slow smile. “We could have one together.”
“Cousin Jorge…” she began.
“…is a man,” he said complacently. “And he knows what it’s like to be at the mercy of desire.”
“So do you,” she remarked, and looked uneasy.
He searched her troubled eyes. He traced her soft lower lip with a lazy forefinger. “When I was younger, before I married Patricia, I had my share of adventures with willing women,”MoreLess
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