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otherEveryone pretends about everythingwas nearly dark when
Scarlett got back, and the house looked silent and forbiddingNo
light showed through the curtains, drawn each day at sundownShe
opened the door carefully, making no sound"Tell Manigo that I have
a
headache and I don't want any supper," she said to Pansy while they
were still in the vestibule
"Then come undo my lacesI'm going straight to bed Manigo would
have to notify the kitchen and the familyShe couldn't face
conversation with anyoneShe crept quietly up the stairs past the
open doors of the warmly lit drawing roomRosemary 's loud voice
was
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Scarlett hastened her footstepsShe extinguished the lamp and curled
up tightly under the covers after Pansy undressed her, trying to hide
from her own desperate unhappinessIf only she could sleep, forget
Sally Brewton, forget everything, escape
Darkness was all around her, mocking her dry sleepless eyesShe
couldn't even cry; all her tears had been spent In the emotional storm
after Sally's hellish revelationsThe latch grated, and light poured
into the room as the door swung openScarlett turned her head
towards
it, startled by the sudden brightnessRhett was standing in the
doorway, a lamp in his raised handIt cast harsh shadows on the
strong
planes of his wind-burned face and salt-stiff black hairHe was still
wearing the sterling silver chanel inspired jewelry clothes he'd worn 277 sailing; they clung, wet, to his hard
chest and muscled arms and legsHis expression was dark with barely
controlled emotion, and He loomed huge and dangerousScarlett's
heart leapt with primitive fear, yet her breath quickened from
excitementThis was what she had dreamed of-Rhett coming into her
bedroom with passion overriding his cool self-controlHe strode to the
bed, closing the door with a kick
"You can't hide from me, Scarlett," he said In one motion
his arm swept the unlit lamp off the table onto the floor with a
splintering crash, and his big hand set the lighted one down with such
force that it rocked perilouslyHe threw back the quilts, grabbed her
arms, and dragged her from the bed onto her feetHer hermes replica dark tumbled
hair fell across? her neck and shoulders and over his handsThe lace
that edged the open neck of her nightdress quivered from the
pounding
of her heartHot blood stained her cheeks red and deepened the
green
color of her eyes, fixed on his
Rhett threw her painfully against the bed's thick carved post and
backed
away"Damn you for an interfering fool," he said hoarsely
"I should have killed you the minute you set foot in Charleston
Scarlett held on to the bedpost to keep from fallingShe felt the
surging thrill of danger in her veinsWhat had happened to put him in
such a state? "Don't play the frightened maiden with me, ScarlettI
know you better than thatI'm not going to kill you, I'm not even
going to beat you, fake hermes bags although God knows you deserve it Rhett's mouth
twisted"How fetching you look, my dearBosom heaving and eyes
wide
with innocenceThe pity of it is that you probably are innocent by
your warped definitionNever mind the pain you've caused a harmless
woman by casting your net over her witless husband Scarlett's lips
curved in an uncontrollable smile of victoryHe was furious about her
conquest of Middleton Courtney! She had done it-made him admit
that he
was jealousNow he'd have to admit that he loved her, she'd make
him
say it- "I don't give a damn that you made a spectacle of yourself,"
Rhett said instead"In fact it was rather diverting to watch a
middleaged woman convince herself that she was still an irresistible
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