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owned her body but there was a core part of her he could never touch.
    He would be interested to know if all ladies of quality behaved thus when their husbands went to them. There was no one he could possibly ask.
    Rose tapped on the door and entered without being told to do so.
    “You sent for me, sir,” she said with a cheeky smile that both pleased and annoyed William.
    “Go through and prepare yourself.”
    William jerked a thumb towards the door to his adjoining bedroom. Rose swung her ample hips as she walked through the door, already unfastening her bodice. By the time William joined her she was completely naked, lying on his bed, looking a bit like a rotund cherub. She had gained weight recently, William thought off-handedly. He removed his jacket and unfastened his trousers, nothing more. He seldom chose to entertain women in the nude. His wife was the only lady entitled to enjoy the sight of him as nature intended.
    “Hands and knees,” he said curtly.
    Rose wiggled into position, her heavy breasts swinging beneath her like pendulums. Without preamble, William positioned himself behind her and grabbed at her breasts, gouging at them, while Rose made throaty noises of encouragement. He had never taken Eva in anything other than the missionary position. He never touched her lovely breasts with anything other than gentleness and consideration, simply because he respected her feelings.
    William’s erection nudged at Rose’s entrance and she pushed back to welcome him inside. She disappointed him despite her enthusiasm because she wasn’t Eva—Eva, whom he longed for and missed more than he would have thought possible. Her treachery was like a physical ache. She was his one weakness and, try as he might, he couldn’t conquer his desire for her. Nothing he gave her would ever be enough for Eva, but William wasn’t noble enough to let her go. He needed her as much as he needed the air he breathed and the food that sustained him.
    William slid into Rose and grabbed her hair. He yanked it hard and finished quickly, feeling little better than he had before he started. Since Eva’s betrayal, not even Rose could hold his attention.
    “My my, sir, you were anxious to see me today.”
    William got up and adjusted his clothing. “Get dressed and go back to your duties,” he said curtly.
    “If it’s of no inconvenience, I need a word in private, sir. Something’s happened—”
    “Not now.”
    “Oh, but–”
    William left the room without a backward glance.

Chapter Three
    Eva mentally conceded defeat. What madness had made her imagine she could ever outsmart a man of William’s ilk? His evil tentacles reached into every corner of society, even the rarefied echelons of Grosvenor Square, apparently. What other reason could these gentlemen possibly have had to lure her here? Disappointment, fatigue and a lack of food combined to make her feel lightheaded. Coherent thought, in her current agitated state, was near impossible. She gave up trying it and contemplated her hands instead, unaware what she should say, feeling alone, furious, and utterly desolate.
    “Do not be alarmed, ma’am,” the earl said in a softly persuasive tone. “We mean you no harm.”
    The expression of deep concern in his warm brown eyes was so convincing that an unfamiliar feeling of wellbeing seeped through her, almost persuading her to lower her guard. Almost. Eva reminded herself what was at stake as she attempted to assess the turn events had taken. Lord Torbay knew who she was and had the advantage of her. Had she realised he was Lord Torbay instead of just plain Mister Morton she would have been better prepared to face him—or else she wouldn’t have come at all.
    Damn it, she should have made the connection anyway. As it was, she was unequal to meeting the intelligence she saw reflected in those compelling eyes and turned away, taking a moment to collect herself.
    Lord Torbay was probably now thirty-five. He’d been considered

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