“That is what I – want!”
“And that is what you will always have, my sweet darling, but what I suggested that night in the library was, although I tried to pretend otherwise, an insult!”
His arms tightened.
“It was an insult not only to you, my loved one, but also to our love, which we both knew was something so tremendous and so perfect that there was no escape for either of us.”
Because what he was saying thrilled her like quicksilver running through her body. Celesta turned her face against his shoulder and as she did so she drew closer to him.
She could hardly breathe as he went on,
“I had sworn never to marry, but that was only because I had never in my life met a woman I wanted as my wife until I met you. But, Celesta, when I kissed you for the second time it was so very differe
