The Bachelor's Bargain
“Ruel studied Anne’s face in the moonlight. Beautiful and good and far too pure, she was beyond him. He had assumed he might seduce her if he wished. She had responded . . . and would respond to his touch until he had won her. But suddenly he realized he no longer wanted her. Not that way.
“The women,” she whispered, brushing her cheek where a tear still clung. “I thought about you and . . . all those poor women who have loved you . . . might love you even now.”
“You weep for me because of my pa...st—my black soul, as you put it? Yes, I have been a cad, but . . .”
How could he explain that those encounters had meant nothing? Youthful gallivants, no more. And nothing to feel proud of, especially when he looked into Anne’s deep brown eyes.
“To make a woman believe you care for her,” she was saying, “to convince her she is the only creature you desire . . . that your heart belongs to her alone . . . and then to . . . to . . .”
“But you are the only woman—”
“No, I am not.”MoreLess
“The women,” she whispered, brushing her cheek where a tear still clung. “I thought about you and . . . all those poor women who have loved you . . . might love you even now.”
“You weep for me because of my pa...st—my black soul, as you put it? Yes, I have been a cad, but . . .”
How could he explain that those encounters had meant nothing? Youthful gallivants, no more. And nothing to feel proud of, especially when he looked into Anne’s deep brown eyes.
“To make a woman believe you care for her,” she was saying, “to convince her she is the only creature you desire . . . that your heart belongs to her alone . . . and then to . . . to . . .”
“But you are the only woman—”
“No, I am not.”MoreLess
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