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Nineteen
His plan hadn’t worked.
Marcus entered his room and slammed the door behind him. Splashing whiskey on clothes to make Isabelle think he was intoxicated didn’t accomplish what he’d wanted. Well, it did for a moment, but then he had to feel her skin against his lips…and hear Hawk’s name on her pleasurable sigh.
Groaning, he scrubbed his hands over his face. Had he heard her correctly? Did she really sigh Hawk’s name when he nibbled on her ear? And had her body really relaxed against his at that very moment?
He didn’t want her thinking about the highwayman! In fact, he’d tried to discourage her before he sent her away. A
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