_loveme_more
The sequel to my "brunette boy" story
Two years of complete silence, Veronica thought she'd found love again, until the one man who'd ever truly known her reappeared. Torn between duty and desire, she must confront the truth: is her heart still captive to the dashing Viscount Tewkesbury, or is it too late to follow her heart?
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"Where are you going?" Tewkesbury asked, his voice a gentle restraint as he grasped my wrist, his touch sending a frisson of life through my frame. "We are unsupervised... I am engaged," I replied, my voice a whisper, as if the words themselves were a betrayal.
"I won't compromise your honor, I wouldn't dare do that to you," he said, his gaze burning with and an emotion he struggled to contain. And I knew he spoke the truth; he would respect my virtue, even as his own desires warred within him. "But I wasn't worried about him; I was worried about myself, about the treacherous longing that threatened to overwhelm me.
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Viscount Tewkesbury x OC
(I don't own some of the characters in this book!)