She pulled down his head and silenced his words with her lips. And, when at last he straightened and murmurously demanded an answer to his unfinished question, she said only, "Odious man…"
"Agreed," he nodded, a tender smile lighting his eyes. "Bui why?"
"Because," she sighed, "I shall quite miss being known as 'The Unattainable.' "
He chuckled and bent lower. "Then I must strive to console you."
"It may," she warned, "take years."
Curiously, Garret Thorndyke Hawkhurst did not appear to be put into a quake by such a prospect and did, in fact, commence his task at once.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 19
Chapter 20