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“A gazelle you say,” he murmured as if he did not believe anything of the sort.
“Yes.”
“I am gathering you are one of the influences on my sister that has seen her character so drastically changed these last few months.”
No…that had been all the ladies at 48 Berkeley Square. “You are welcome,” Charity said.
“It was not a compliment,” he said, his tone curiously dry.
“Yet you did not stop her from coming to Berkeley Square.”
“My sister’s happiness is important to me,” he said with perfect gravity.
Charity fell silent, listening as the viscount plied the lady he had brought home with flowery compliments. The earl remained silent, tenseness in his frame. Charity could feel him behind her, not touching, but she could practically feel the heat emanating from his body, a slight puff of air on the side of her neck. The muscles in her belly tightened.
What was that fleeting sensation? Could it be pleasure? The feel of the man behind her sent her senses spinning in a way she had never felt before. The idea was both exhilarating and bothersome.
