Never frightening her with anything but her own feelings for him.

“The duke's eyes were dark, but there was a glaze there. Pride in his dark son.”

“Instead of finding her in the shadows, this visit would anchor something betwee…”

“Now,' [her father] barked.She stiffly followed, still fully dressed in the elab…”

“Is it the thought of true intimacy that frightens you?' He asked it nonchalantl…”