![]() ![]() MacRae drew closer and took her head in his hands. She would tell him it had been a frivolous comment at the end of a long day, and she hadn’t meant it, and then she would laugh and. Her mind flailed for a way to end the awful tension. But at the moment she was all dither and turmoil, standing there in front of him. She was always so composed-she was known for it. “I don’t suppose it … might be something you would want?” Was he asking for permission? Encouragement? She couldn’t seem to catch up to her own heartbeats. ![]() After what seemed an eternity, he replied huskily, “No’ if it’s something you want.” “Could you … do you think … you might pretend you didn’t hear?” Merritt was flooded with the deepest, fiercest blush of her life. ![]() M ACR AE SWALLOWED HARD BEFORE replying in a mere scrape of sound. ![]()
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