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"Mrs Dobson knows and Mrs Greeley suspects"

"And I know"

She felt as if he'd stripped her naked and et away, but he didn't release her The burning in her eyes warned her that tears were not far behind She struggled to keep them at bay She wouldn't let him kno he'd hurt her

"Stop struggling," he said, holding on to herto listen to it whether you want to or not"

"No! Just go away, Justin You've done enough" She pushed at his chest, but he was as i in which they stood

"I haven't begun to do anything yet You've always been the most beautiful woman I've ever known"

She froze Her hands dropped to her sides "What?"

"When you were fifteen years old, you came to church in a white dress with a pink ribbon at the waist Your hair was long, down to your waist, and when you walked into the building that el"

Her mouth opened but she couldn't speak

"CoDeen is nothing but a pinch-faced prune She's married to Gene Estes and she wants everyone to be as hteousness to hide the fact that she knows everyone dislikes her As for chasing afterto take your clothes off layer by layer, down to and including your French silk cheoes on between a man and a woman I don't care if we're alone in your house, in the store or in the middle of the road" His dark eyes blazed with passion "You are a

beautiful, desirable wo is populated by fools''

He released her, but she couldn't seeth to move away from him He reached between theainst his groin She blushed when she felt the hard ridge of his ers to discover o of her wrist and stepped away

"Do you understand?" he asked