Chapter 36

"Then what were you doing in all those whore houses, pray tell? Admiring the view from the windows?"

He slanted her a long, narrowed gaze. "I thought you killed Celie. All right?"

"Not really. But do go on."

"I thought you killed her. See? But, even then even then, thinking that you had, the reason I wanted to hurt you wasn't as simple as that."

"What?"

Not as simple. God, the rage she tried to master in that instant was too great to govern. It burned from the tips of her toes, all the way up her legs, through her churning stomach, to her fingertips. To her very reticule. Which descended on his chest. Followed by her fists. Her veil fell down her face.

Her mind emptied, except of one thought. He'd pretended all this with these women to spite her. When she'd no proof at that time he and Celia had ever been lovers. The bastard.

"Whoa. Fury what do you steady "