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Post by Rochester on Jun 3, 2008 6:09:25 GMT -5
*His lips tightened. There had been Valmont and his pride and trying to keep up.*
"Forgive me." *He whispered softly.*
"I didn't mean to upset you. It's just that...I was trying so hard to get things back to normal, darling. When Valmont...I didn't mean to leave you like that. I thought that you had found...other company that you enjoyed."
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Jun 3, 2008 14:26:38 GMT -5
Post by Shadi on Jun 3, 2008 14:26:38 GMT -5
*Shadi saw there was a lot to work out. How this was going to work, what it meant to attend an event together. It hadn't bothered her, but it did confuse her. What if she hadn't met Sinclair?*
"So--I'm just checking, here--you wouldn't be mad if I'd gone of to... enjoy someone else's company?"
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Jun 3, 2008 14:42:56 GMT -5
Post by Rochester on Jun 3, 2008 14:42:56 GMT -5
*Well that was the question, wasn't it? Rochester swallowed carefully before answering.*
"Shadi...I never mean to bind you. I want you to be able to find your own happiness. And if you find someone that you wish to...spend time with...I wouldn't stop you."
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Jun 3, 2008 17:00:59 GMT -5
Post by Shadi on Jun 3, 2008 17:00:59 GMT -5
"Oh," *she said quietly. She wasn't sure how she felt about that. Because... wasn't he supposed to be jealous? Wasn't that how it worked? Wasn't she?* "Well... me neither."
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Jun 3, 2008 17:06:00 GMT -5
Post by Rochester on Jun 3, 2008 17:06:00 GMT -5
*Something was off, he just couldn't place it. Why were things so complicated when it came to...her? He tried to feel things out gently.*
"Darling...I just don't want to hinder your happiness."
*He lifted her chin with his delicate fingers, bringing her gaze to his to show his honesty.*
"If you would rather I keep you to myself...such things can be managed."
*A hint of that devious smile curled his lips.*
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Jun 3, 2008 17:53:59 GMT -5
Post by Shadi on Jun 3, 2008 17:53:59 GMT -5
*Shadi smiled slightly at that, always warmed by his gaze.*
"I want you to be happy." With me.
*Her smiled widened.* "But I don't think you have too--I keep meeting people related to me."
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Post by Rochester on Jun 4, 2008 3:21:29 GMT -5
*Rochester seemed a bit surprised by that, but then thought of Nadir's masculine charm. And company. And then was more surprised.*
"Siblings?"
*His hand rested softly on her thigh, anchoring her with a silent promise that he was there for her when she wished him to be."
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Jun 4, 2008 12:39:37 GMT -5
Post by Shadi on Jun 4, 2008 12:39:37 GMT -5
*She nodded happily, but the hand on her thigh was distracting, in a good way, and she glanced down at it with a smile curving her lips.*
"Yeah. A brother. Another one. Half-one. Sinclair--he was at the party, and then he kidnapped me because he thought he could get a ransom, because it turns out he thought I was Nadir's kept girl and not his daughter, and anyway he's just a pathetic junkie. But charming, all the same. I wonder how many of us there are?"
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Jun 4, 2008 13:29:57 GMT -5
Post by Rochester on Jun 4, 2008 13:29:57 GMT -5
*Rochester laughed melodically.*
"I dare not to dream, darling. I don't know how many of you I could handle."
*He touched her cheek gently, lost in her eyes for a moment.*
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Jun 4, 2008 21:00:51 GMT -5
Post by Shadi on Jun 4, 2008 21:00:51 GMT -5
*Shadi giggled, her eyes crinkling.*
"Well, he is sort of pretty," *she said softly, looking into his eyes.* "I ruined things down there for you. So maybe... I should make it up, now?"
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Post by Rochester on Jun 5, 2008 6:24:07 GMT -5
*The tenderness was spiced with a deviousness as he wrapped an arm around her waist, urging her up on his lap.*
"Now darling....I was going to let this one slide, but...when you put it that way..."
*His dimple was deep and his voice held the husk that suggested his mind was already there.*
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Jun 5, 2008 12:45:16 GMT -5
Post by Shadi on Jun 5, 2008 12:45:16 GMT -5
*Shadi wriggled onto his lap eagerly, her hands already sliding under his jacket.*
"Y'still want me?" *she asked with false innocence.*
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Post by Rochester on Jun 6, 2008 6:14:50 GMT -5
"Darling..." *He sighed sweetly reminiscent, drinking in the sight of her.*
"I don't think I can even imagine not craving you. You are the sweetest wine that intoxicates, the richest chocolate that satisfies and yet leaves you always craving more..."
*His fingertips traced up the fabric of her dress, delighting as they passed to the skin of her throat, her face, burying in her hair. He leaned to kiss her gently.*
"I always want you." *He purred against her lips.*
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Jun 6, 2008 19:11:29 GMT -5
Post by Shadi on Jun 6, 2008 19:11:29 GMT -5
*She trembled against him, delighted. She wanted there to always be more. More of this, of her, of him. She kissed him back fervently as she laced her fingers around his neck and behind his head. Her weight settled on his lap.*
"That's really fortunate," *she said breathlessly.* "Especially if you keep talking like that."
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Post by Rochester on Jun 7, 2008 3:45:09 GMT -5
"And..." *He lowered his lashes coyly, his hands slipping gently up her legs and beneath her skirts.*
"...what if I wished to do more than speak?"
*He arched his brow, dimple deep as he met her eyes.*
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