Chapter 18
Will took a step back. His heart was hammering so hard his head hurt and something perilously close to panic gripped him.
“Well, you don’t have to look quite so horrified,” Dearne said, only half joking. Even through his shock Will could see Dearne was hurt.
“I’m not…” Will choked out.
“You’re going to run, aren’t you? You’ve got the same damned look on your face as you get when I’ve pleasured you.”
“I’m not…” Will choked again, but Dearne was right. So damned right. The bloody man knew him so well after such a ridiculously short time. Even that made him want to run.
“Are you running far?”
“What?”
“Are you going far? Will you run to your bedchamber or will you leave completely?”
Will put his head in his hands and wanted to put his fingers in his ears like he used to as
