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His muscles flexed as he stood, and Rosa couldn__ prevent herself from watching with veiled admiration. He was certainly a very beautiful man. She looked away in embarrassment, worried she might say or do something inappropriate.

Roberto reached out to gently stroke a finger down her cheek. __ou were like a miracle to me _ how could I help loving you and wanting to protect you? I only want the best for you Rosa.

Fate was cruel to play this trick on her, although if she were honest she knew she only had herself to blame. She had taken the chance and now she had to pay the price.

You may not mean to, but you do seem to look down your nose at many of us mere mortals muddling along down here. I feel as though you think everyone should be better than they are. I certainly think you expect me to behave like some sort of perfect princess. But I__ just an ordinary girl who wants to grow up and find out where I belong in the world.

He felt torn. He wanted her to feel safe with him, but he also wanted her to feel the sort of heady excitement that any young girl should feel when they fall in love. He wanted to give her everything she craved, and he was not quite sure he could do it.

I looked up, and I really wished I hadn__. My obsession with those eyes was playing a taunting game with me. His mesmerising gaze was like none other I had ever experienced in my life. It was almost as if he could reach into my soul and pick out all of my sins. Sins I didn__ want him to know about. Sins that would ultimately destroy me if they ever got out. If he knew my sins, he wouldn__ be kneeling beside me with my hand in his. He wouldn__ be sharing with me that look of promises to come. He would be disgusted with me. I was disgusted with me.

I ended up comparing any girl I was ever with to you. I was never going to find you in any of them was I, AJ? Because there will never be another you.

He looked at her and could see she was trembling, her face even paler than usual and her eyes wide and vulnerable. His heart went out to her and he reached towards her, gathering her much smaller hand into his.__t__ OK Rosa. Whatever you have to say to me, it__ OK. Don__ be afraid _ nothing will come between us now.

Another tear appeared and then another, trailing silently down her cheeks. This was so much harder than she__ thought it would be. She was usually so articulate, yet at the moment her brain seemed to have turned to mush.He turned his head to kiss the tears from her cheek, and it was as though his act of tenderness finally unleashed the truth that was struggling to emerge.

No one outside could imagine what it felt like to squeeze the life out of a man, to feel the jerking and juddering as you throttled away their last breath. Sometimes Jared found himself staring at his own hands, marveling at what they__ done, disgusted at their violence but proud of their ability to protect.

If he spoke, he knew that he would break the spell. As soon as she knew her Romeo wasn__ coming she would be disappointed. She would doubtless be angry with him, perhaps even sense that it was somehow his fault.But at this moment she was happy and breathless with anticipation. Tonight was her night and she wanted to be loved.

Roberto knew that he now had the power to influence the future. He needed to send a message back, and whatever he chose to say would affect Rosa and would help to guide her future choices. He felt a strong sense of guilt and responsibility about the situation in which he found himself, but he knew that he had to make it work. Somehow he needed to find a way to do the best that he could by his Rosa.