Microsoft Word - 1606013963-Incomparable-Wildes.doc - Plot & Excerpts
“I’m starving,” she said defensively, then sighing, she conceded, “It is my third one, I suppose.” “By the time you have this child, you’ll be too large for me to carry you upstairs and ravish you.” Frozen with the sweet halfway to her mouth, Lara stared at the man sitting across from her at the breakfast table. She stammered, “You also think…that is…I have been praying it’s true.” His smile was all lazy male grace, his dark eyes steady. “I am a worldly man, though I have never nurtured a pregnant lady before. However, even if it weren’t for all the other signs, my sweet, you could rest assured I would notice that your breasts are getting larger and more sensitive. How could I not come to the same conclusion you have yourself? I suppose my only question is, why didn’t you say something to me?” Her eyes filled suddenly with tears, the onslaught of emotion unsettling. “I didn’t dare to dream it. I was afraid if I said something, it would curse my hopes.”
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