Chapter 175

“I never lied to you.” His mouth pressed into a hard line as he stared down at her. “I said I wished to marry you and give the baby a name. Both of which are true.”

She shook her head, fighting unbidden tears. “You made me believe you loved me,” she whispered. “You tricked me into marriage. Don’t you have any sense of honour—any honour at all?”

“Honour!” Their faces were an inch apart as he looked at her with a sneer. “You accuse me of dishonour!”

She felt suddenly afraid, trapped, his hard body over hers, his strong hands like shackles on her wrists.

Then she felt his breath on her skin. Heard his breathing change as the mood between them electrified, changing from anger to something else. His grip on her wrists tightened, his gaze dropping to her mouth. Her heart stopped in her chest, then began to flutter wildly. Thum-thumm. Thumm-thum. She tingled from her lips to her breasts down to her deepest core.

With a guttural inhalation, Thomas abruptly released Leah’s wrists, the force of