"Scarlett, what happened out there had nothing...
"Scarlett, what happened out there
had nothing to do with loveIt was a celebration of survival, that's
allYou see it after every battle in wartimeThe men who don't get
killed fall on the first woman they see and prove they're still alive
by using her bodyIn this case you used mine, too, because you'd
narrowly escaped dyingIt had nothing to do with love The
harshness of his words took Scarlett's breath awayBut then she
remembered his hoarse voice in her ear, the words "my darling,"
"my
life,"
"I love you," repeated a hundred timesNo matter what Rhett
might say, he loved herShe knew it in the innermost center balenciaga blue of her
soul, the place where there were no liesHe's still afraid that I
don't really love him!
That's why he won't admit how much he loves meShe began to
move
toward him"You can say anything you like, Rhett, but it won't
change
the truthI love you and you love me and we made love to prove it to
each other Rhett drank the whiskeyThen he laughed harshly"I
never thought you were a silly little romantic, ScarlettYou used to have some sense in your hard little head
A primitive, hasty coupling should never be confused with love
Though
God knows it happens often enough to fill churches with wedding
ceremonies cartier love Scarlett continued to walk
"You can talk till you're blue, but that won't change anything
She put a hand to her face and wiped away the tears that were
pouring
from her eyesShe was very close to him nowShe could smell the
salt on hisskin, the whiskey on his breath"You do love me," she
sobbed, "you do, you do The quilt fell to the floor when she let go
of it to reach out to Rhett"Take me in your arms and tell me you
don't love me and then I'll believe itRhett's hands abruptly caught
her head and he kissed her with bruising possessive strength
Scarlett's arms closed behind his neck as his hands moved down her
throat tiffany and co necklace and her shoulders, and she gave herself up to abandonment
But
Rhett's fingers suddenly closed around her wrists and he pried her
arms
apart, away from his neck, away from him, and his mouth was no
longer
seeking hers, his body was drawing away He cast her away, releasing her wrists, stumbling backwards in
the first uncontrolled action she had ever seen him take"Yes, by
Christ! I do want you, and sicken for youYou're a poison in my
blood, Scarlett, a sickness of my soulI've known men with a hunger
for opium that was like my hunger for youI know what happens to
an
addictHe becomes enslaved, then destroyedIt omega seamaster for sale almost happened to
me, but I escaped
I won't risk it againI won't destroy myself for you He crashed
through the door and out into the stormThe wind howled through
the
open door, icy against Scarlett's bare skinShe grabbed up the quilt
from the floor and wrapped it around herShe pushed against the
wind
to the yawning doorway but could see nothing through the rainIt
took
all her strength to pull the door closedShe had very little strength
leftHer lips still felt warm from Rhett's kissBut the rest of her
was shiveringShe curled up in front of the fire with the quilt
wrapped securely around herShe was tired, so very mens gucci watches t