The Danger of Desire
“Meggs answered as her feet were somehow “moving all on their own, without a word of say-so from her brain, across the floor toward him. When she fetched up next to him, she felt again, as she had in the timber yard, the full size and strength of him. She was a tall, lathy girl, as girls went, but still, he towered over her like a treetop, with arms and shoulders all carved of oak.He was back into his gentleman’s rig this morning, coat, waistcoat, and cravat all in place, all clean and shipshape.... Civilized. All that cagey power battened down under his hatches. He took her outstretched hand carefully, half turning away to hold it again tucked under his arm, steady against his side, as he plucked the tied linen strip free.She pulled back awkwardly to keep from being hauled up against his backside with her chest plastered against his coat. He said he wanted them to be professional, so she kept her left hand fisted up in her skirts to keep from touching him.But she couldn’t do it, could she?MoreLess
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