5/18/2023 0 Comments Pandora ravenelHis mouth came down over hers in a kiss so rough that it almost hurt. “I’m crying because I don’t want to not marry you.” “You’re crying because you want to marry me,” he said. When the storm of tears had ebbed enough that she could bring herself to look up at Gabriel, she was caught in his transfixed stare. Pandora was only dimly aware of Phoebe leaving the drawing room. You came into her life like a lightning strike. Phoebe shook her head and reached up to ruffle his hair fondly. “I don’t know what’s wrong,” he muttered. Keeping Pandora folded deeply in his embrace, Gabriel cast a distracted glance at his sister. As he continued to hover and ask worried questions, Phoebe left the piano and came to them. What is it?” He mopped at her face until she took the handkerchief from him and blew her nose, her shoulders shaking. Gabriel stared at her with alarm, fumbling in his coat pocket for a handkerchief. The most terrible, beautiful, stunning feeling she’d ever known had come crashing over her in a huge wave, and she was drowning in it. Not dainty, feminine tears, but a messy, red-faced explosion of sobs. She would have to lose something.īut no matter what else she gave up, this man was the thing she couldn’t lose. Kathleen had been right-whatever she chose, it wouldn’t be perfect. She was becoming someone new, with him-they were becoming something together-and nothing was going to turn out the way she’d expected. In that moment, Pandora realized it would kill her not to have him.
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