“And seeing as the cognac has decreed this is a night for sharing deep and dangerous secrets, here’s another one I shouldn’t confess to you but apparently I am going to anyway though heaven only knows why.” He traced the pad of his index finger down her cheek and across her lips, looking so lost and defeated it broke her heart. “I am going to miss you, too, Diana. Undeniably so much more than a man in my precarious and untenable position should.” “Oh, Giles…” Without thinking it through, and before talking herself out of it, her hand cupped his cheek and he leaned into it. Then he sighed
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