Punished with Love

as he said very softly,

“And your body?”

“That is – yours too. Please – believe me.”

If you ever stop loving me,” he said fiercely, “I think I would kill you

my precious little love, and I shall look after you, protect you and never again will I allow you to deceive me

How could you think that I would do – anything so – horrible?”

Lord Branscombe smiled.

“I have a feeling that you would have refused to

I had intended to make you marry Andrew Luddington

Latonia gave a cry of horror

How could you? How could you think of anything so wrong and wicked

I am to be made a Governor,” Lord

Because I would not have you worried

see his eyes looking at her with an expression of so much love that she wanted to cry out at the wonder of it