You're a victim of circumstance. I don't want youto do something you will regret later." He moved his finger from herlips and stroked a stray lock of...hair from her eyes."Why would I regret it?" Sharon stroked his cheek."Bethany?" Jake whispered."You heard her. She gave me permission." Sharon gave him a weak smile.Jake looked puzzled."She told me to cooperate, to do whatever my kidnapper asks me to do. Shesaid that I knew what she meant." Sharon's lips were so close to Jake'sthat they were. We had not made love yet - with Valerie's illness, we never had time. But I was determined to enjoy it, no matter how I really felt. But as I looked at Kevin and the look of apprehension on his face, my heart just melted. Why did it take me so long to find someone I truly and totally could love? How could I have not seen this sooner?Kevin was so tender and caring during this whole ordeal. I was so in shock because I was so used to men treating a woman like property. Maybe that's one reason I. ”Amélie pouted.“Sure?”Antoine nodded to his right. On the right side of the ship, “starboard,” Amélie knew that much, Captain Beauchamp was surveying the horizon. He turned to the two of them and frowned. Amélie took the hint and stepped back.“Tonight, Antoine.”“Tonight, Amélie.”She walked away, giving her hips a little shimmy as she did so. This was playing with fire, she knew that, but she couldn’t stop herself. She wasn’t really Capitaine Amélie, that was a joke. She was something between. "Hi there, cutie!" You again?" she giggled."Sadly..." Oh, don't be sad," she smirked. "I'm sure you'll find happiness this evening..." She kissed me and then propped up on an elbow. "You love me, don't you, Stoney?" Of course." In my head though, wheels started spinning. She knows the answer to that question, so there's a point to which she is heading. "More than my own life, sweetness." Okay, let's see if I can push through the fog. "Why do you ask? You know..." I know. I really, really do.".