felt as if she were in a whirlwind of mixed emotions—confusion, fear, panic, but also a fierce, complicated desire.
“Please let me go,” she whispered, and tears arose. She wasn’t sure what they signified.
He started, and released her.
She managed, “I am here to help if I can, but not in the way that you suggest.”
He shook his head. “I did not think so.” Then he walked past her to the sofa and collapsed upon it.
Amelia realized she was trembling, taut with tension and desire. She closed her eyes, seeking some small degree of composure.
And then she took a breath and opened her eyes. Simon hadn’t moved.
He lay on his back, one arm over his head, and she realized that he had fallen into a deep, drunken stupor.
Amelia stared, shaken to the core of her being. A long moment passed. Then she found a throw and covered him with it.
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