Once More With Feeling
“She stared at his cynical pirate's smile and commanded herself not to panic.
"You look like hell," he said.
She moistened her lips, but no sound issued from her throat.
"Don't talk." He reached for her hand, but not, she suspected, to take her pulse. He linked fingers and lifted her hand to his lips to kiss her fingertips, lingering over each and every one.
When he had baptized them all he held her palm against his lips. "You know you scared us to death. Nobody can talk about anything else." "W...ho . . ." The voice that emerged was husky and low. Not her voice at all.
His dark eyes narrowed. "Don't you know me?" She had a terrible feeling that she did. The feel of his lips was far too familiar, and so was the feel of his hand holding hers. His face was familiar, too. Only the last time she'd seen it, the only times she'd ever seen his face, it had been framed in a television screen in her bedroom.
"Charles . . ." "Casey to you, my love. You've never called me Charles in your life." "Casey .MoreLess
"You look like hell," he said.
She moistened her lips, but no sound issued from her throat.
"Don't talk." He reached for her hand, but not, she suspected, to take her pulse. He linked fingers and lifted her hand to his lips to kiss her fingertips, lingering over each and every one.
When he had baptized them all he held her palm against his lips. "You know you scared us to death. Nobody can talk about anything else." "W...ho . . ." The voice that emerged was husky and low. Not her voice at all.
His dark eyes narrowed. "Don't you know me?" She had a terrible feeling that she did. The feel of his lips was far too familiar, and so was the feel of his hand holding hers. His face was familiar, too. Only the last time she'd seen it, the only times she'd ever seen his face, it had been framed in a television screen in her bedroom.
"Charles . . ." "Casey to you, my love. You've never called me Charles in your life." "Casey .MoreLess
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