There’s no reason for us to break up. Give this some time.’ ‘Aidan, the man offered me money – lots of money – to leave you. Do you honestly... think that he’s just going to fade into the background? He wants me gone. I’m sure he’ll make up a scandalous, salacious tale to tell your parents in order to turn them against me. How are you going to explain that to them?’ ‘My parents are not idiots. They met you themselves, they can make up their own minds about you. They already have. They like you.. Then she told me tolie down on the ground where she put rope around my feet, mylegs, up to my knees and upper legs until I was completelyimmobile. She looked at her work, smiled at me and said: "I haveplanned this for quite a while already."With this she pulled a large trunk from behind her bed close tomy bound form. She opened it and put my legs into it. I startedto struggle when I realized what she had in mind, but severalsevere smacks to my face pushed the wind out of me. Tears shotout of my. "I, I wanted to offer you an extra incentive to do well at the track meet," she stammered. "You're a great runner! With unbelievable stamina!" Kit peered around again to make sure none of the kids were listening to the conversation. She sunk a bit in her seat and leaned towards Jack. "I've heard the girls talking, and I know you can rise to a challenge when the opportunity presents itself. I'm offering you some private time this weekend; just the two of us."Kit paused, still not believing she. Sabrina’s eyes snapped to his face. ‘What did you see?’ ‘Enough,’ Douglas said. ‘I had thought to bring you here, to convince you to come back to Arlington Park with me but I fear it may be too late for that.’ Sabrina swallowed against the sudden lump in her throat. ‘You think it’s too late? For us?’ ‘I think you’ve made it very clear that you have no desire to be with me, that our marriage is not something you wish to recognize,’ Douglas said, feeling a tremendous pain at his own words..