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Chapter 12
"Marry me." He was tireless as if he was making up for the past two weeks when he was not with her. She felt drugged, her limbs lax and nerveless. He had barely given them time to recover from the about of lovemaking before he was at it again.
She felt as if she had imbibed wine and a combination of drugs, but she was not so far gone that she would agree to his proposal.
"No." She whispered, limbs trembling as he moved back up to her breasts.
"Why not?"
"We need time." Easing out a breath, she slapped a hand on his chest. "Stop that."
"I want to know why you will not marry me." He was blowing on her nipple and sending quivers all over her body.
"We need time." She repeated.
Abandoning his pleasant task, he propped his head on his hand and gave her an assessing look. Her hair was spread over the pillows, her dark brown eyes slumberous. Her lips were swollen, and he had never seen a more seductive woman. His woman, he thought fiercely. "I am still being punished."
"If you like."
His eyes darkened at that. "What is it going to take?"
"Time." She repeated. "For me to believe that this is something we both want."
A frown pleated his brow. " I want to marry you, so that leaves you."
"Then it is me." Pushing herself up against the pillows, she tugged at the sheets, but he was lying on them and refused to budge. "We do this right by going out and getting to know each other."
He placed a hand on her flat stomach. "Even now, you might be carrying my seed."
She had thought of that and realized that she did not mind. "That's a possibility."
"And that is not going to make you change your mind?"
"You think I do not want to marry you?" She threw up her hands in exasperation. "I happen to be in love with you. I-" She gasped when he sat up and gripped her face between his hands.
"What did you say?"
"I said I am in love with you." She smiled at him tremulously. "That's one of the reasons why I decided to leave, to get my head on straight."
"And I am in love with you." He said hoarsely. "I already told you that. We are in love with each other, so there should be no impediment to us tying the knot."
"We get to know each other." She told him firmly.
"Lynn-"
"No." She shook her head. "I am not going to be swayed. I have to deal with the women from your past, and I can live with the fact that you had a past. So did I, even though it is not as lurid as yours." She gave him a slight smile.
"You slipped up once and caused me unimaginable hurt, and I can still feel it here." She pressed a hand to her chest where her heart was beating unsteadily. "I am not prepared to go through that again. We are going to take it slow-"
"At least come and live with me."
"No."
"Why the hell not?" The frustration was sharp in his deep voice.
"I need my space."
His expression turned blank, and she could feel him withdrawing mentally.
