earl

Would you like me to court you?_ the earl finally asked.YES. She smoothed her hands over her skirts to keep from confessing it aloud. __ would like to know if you are,_ she replied. __r what your intentions are, if you aren__.___y intentions . . ._ His slow smile acted like a torch held to her skin. She felt prickly with heat and yet transfixed by the glowing allure of it. __ intend to have you, Maggie, in every way a man can have a woman. I want your hand in mine while we dance. I want you laughing beside me in the theater. I want you lying naked in my arms at night. And I want you standing beside me in church, saying __ will._

Alyssa tried to lift her chin. She was going to do the one thing she loved again- something that reminded her of her mother; something dear to her. So what if she felt this undeniable attraction toward the dark-haired man. Correction. Earl.So what, indeed.