Oh, she’d felt his gaze on her several times throughout the night, and while they had exchanged a loaded glance a time or two, it appeared that their stolen moment in the home woods was all she could expect of Gideon’s company. Ana María knew the ache would lessen with time, but it didn’t make it any easier to bear, especially when she observed him leading other women out for a set. Each of her sisters had danced with him, as had Lady Mallory, and in stolen, covert glances, she watched him move about the dance floor, his broad body somehow both imposing and graceful. Ana María did not recall
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