He stood.
“Of course, go on.” Violet reached out her hands, clasped Kit’s to give them a friendly parting squeeze. “You won’t regret agreeing to help.”
“Hmm. Only time shall tell,” he murmured. “Miss Hammond, until the morrow.”
She nodded her head. “My lord.”
She waited until he was gone from the room. Only then did she become aware of her fingers and how tightly she had them clasped together in her lap. Pain shot through her hands, blood flowing normally again as she loosened her grip. Abashed, she sighed.
Dear heavens, what have I done?
* * *
“If you had a craving to indulge in such forbidden temptations, you should have come to a man,” Darragh said, placing his hands on his lean hips.
Jeannette barked out a laugh. “A man like you, I suppose.”
He stepped closer, looming over her, dark and magnetic and powerfully appealing. “I haven’t caught sight of any other man worthy of you inside that ballroom tonight.”
His gaze roved over her face, skimmed and lingered upon her lips.
His jaw tightened, their eyes locking, neither of them able to look away.
Her lips parted.
And then without any conscious awareness they came together. She whimpered as he took her mouth with savage purpose, his arms crushing her, cradling her as passion exploded between them.
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Also by Tracy Anne Warren
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