Chapter 62

A severe pain lanced Sara. She shouldn’t be feeling pain, yet she also couldn’t quite believe he was being so harsh. So this is what it would feel like when the time came. Well, the time had come. She tried to pull her hands from his. He wouldn’t let her go. A spark of anger restored her equilibrium.

“Simon—”

“Let me explain. I don’t think you know what I mean.”

Oh God, he was going to explain, and she’d just blubbered all over him. She spoke quickly, “No, really, I do; it’s fine,”

“Sara, shut up!”

Simon's exasperation was palpable. She shut up.

“I’ve avoided being alone with you, because if we’re in any kind of close proximity for more than two minutes, I want to take you to bed with an urgency that is not necessarily good for someone in your condition.”

Her condition. For a second Sara didn’t even know what he meant. Her heart was thumping, and a treacherous surge of joy in her chest was threatening to strangle her. He did still desire her