Anyway, instead of suggesting that he could come to her, she had come to him, which made it a situation in which he felt nonplussed and not quite certain of what he should do.
There was, however, no need for him to decide anything.
Lady Charlotte had made up her mind and, as she slipped into bed beside him, there was no question of his deciding whether it was something he wished or did not wish to happen.
*
Very much later Lady Charlotte murmured against his shoulder.
“I love you, Victor, and I could not imagine that any man could be more wonderful or more exciting!”
This was something that the Duke had heard from other women and he was therefore not particularly surprised at Lady Charlotte’s reaction to his lovemaking.
It had certainly been very fiery, in fact incredibly so.
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