A High Price to Pay by Sara Craven

Author:Sara Craven [Craven, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Alison wetted her lips nervously with the tip of her tongue. 'Can't it

wait? I'm tired now. I can't think straight at this time of night.'

'You don't need to think too hard.' His voice sounded cool and level. 'I

came to ask if you would consider—amending the terms of our

contract.'

The breath seemed to stop short in her lungs. She couldn't look at

him. Instead she stared down, as if mesmerised, at the hem-stitched

edge of the sheet. She began, 'I don't think I understand--'

'And I think you do,' Nick said quietly. 'When we made our bargain,

we were strangers. I feel that's no longer the case. There's no reason

why we shouldn't—re-think the situation.'

Alison found her voice from somewhere. 'We had an agreement…'

'Indeed we had,' he said drily. 'But circumstances—change. And so,

for God's sake, can minds. We're not obliged to restrict our

relationship, after all.'

'Unless we wish,' she said quickly. 'And I don't want to change

everything. You said you'd leave me alone—you promised.'

He shrugged again. 'You made all kinds of promises too, darling, in

church in front of witnesses. I'm sure I don't have to remind you what

they were. The words may be old-fashioned, but they were singularly

telling, all the same. All to do with loving and honouring and

obeying.'

Her small breasts rose and fell under the rapid, shallow rush of her

breathing, is that what you want? My—obedience?'

'Not particularly.' His tone held a kind of wry impatience. 'Especially

if it can be roughly translated as passive submission and resentment.

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