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“But?”
“I unexpectedly felt that pain of loneliness has surpassed the joy of living,” he said gruffly. “Then I saw your eyes and face and heard your laughter, so I came, but you were sleeping. I thought … why not sleep beside you? The instant I touched you, Poppet…it fled.”
“What fled?” Marianne whispered.
“The emptiness.”
The tension is unmatched
— Jan 17, 2024 02:54AM
“I unexpectedly felt that pain of loneliness has surpassed the joy of living,” he said gruffly. “Then I saw your eyes and face and heard your laughter, so I came, but you were sleeping. I thought … why not sleep beside you? The instant I touched you, Poppet…it fled.”
“What fled?” Marianne whispered.
“The emptiness.”
The tension is unmatched
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“If you are in need of funds, I will provide it.”
Her heart lurched. That was the last thing she expected him to say. “My dowry is twenty thousand pounds.”
“I will settle on you thirty thousand.”
She gasped. “That is a fortune!”
“Are you not worth it?”
My heart oh wow
— Jan 17, 2024 02:43AM
Her heart lurched. That was the last thing she expected him to say. “My dowry is twenty thousand pounds.”
“I will settle on you thirty thousand.”
She gasped. “That is a fortune!”
“Are you not worth it?”
My heart oh wow
