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“So?” She folder her hands in her lap. “Tell me.”
“I…” How did he say this without making everything worse? “I should apologize. I could say some pretty words and make excuses, but the truth is there is none. I don’t get involved with women more than one night. It’s how it’s always been.”
“And you believe that makes it all right?” She pursed her lips in displeasure. “You use women because you believe they are there for your pleasure. Do you not consider the consequences of the blatant disregard you have for females?”
He sighed. God help him. Matthew hated confrontations with women. They could be so hysterical and trying. Though most of them demanded money. Thankfully, he had plenty and he could hand it to them and wave them off. None of them had ever returned again. Though admittedly until Cesca they’d all been servants, or women of ill repute. He had never dallied with anyone of quality. That should have said something to him and explained a little why he couldn’t forget about her. “I’ve never left a woman unsatisfied.” He tilted his lips upward into an arrogant half-smile. “In or out of bed.”
“I wouldn’t know,” she retorted. “We never shared a bed.” Cesca looked at him from top to bottom. “And out of one I can honestly say I’ve been quite disappointed.”
Matthew chuckled. She was perfect, and he would have her naked and underneath him. She didn’t realize it, but she’d just challenged him, and he never backed down from one before, and he wouldn’t start with her. “I can rectify that.”
“Charming,” she said. So much sarcasm filled that one word it was razor sharp as if it might draw blood as it slid out of her mouth. “But I am afraid I must decline your offer. I didn’t come here for a repeat performance. The last time was a mistake, and I have the unwelcome gift you left to prove it.” She held her hand over her stomach, and it was like she punched him in his. Nothing could have shocked him more. He had to have mistaken her intent. She couldn’t be…
