Irresistible Temptation(35)

       
           



       

He was silent for a moment. 'I didn't mean to make love to you that  night. I came after you to comfort you-because I was sure you'd be  hurting too. I told myself I had to make you feel safe again-to win your  trust And instead I found myself in paradise.

'Now I've nothing, Olivia. Because when you went you took it all. Every  hope-every dream. Come back, my darting. My one and only love. Make me  human again.'

She was very still, her heart hammering with joy. With longing. With the  promise of fulfilment and a love that would last for ever.

She said softly, a smile quivering on her lips, ' "O! you should not  rest Between the elements of air and earth. But you should pity me!".'

'Just pity?' It was a shadow of his old smile. And his eyes asked for reassurance, and absolution.

'No,' she said, her eyes radiant, her voice tender. 'Love.'

And she ran across the damp grass and into the sanctuary of Declan's waiting arms.