Chapter 155

• He kissed her, and it was wondrous, except he didn’t quite understand.
• ‘Why would you lie? You must have known that soon I would find out—and all that about fertility clinics…’
• ‘I would never give away my title, but if I lost it…’ She found it hard to explain. ‘Or if that earthquake had been huge and I was returning tonight to face disaster—Zafir, I wanted you to be sure of what you were giving, and I wanted you to see all that you were giving up. It is all or nothing, and I wanted you to understand that. I can deal with anything if at night I can rest with you.’