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"Impotent?" Clarence asked, his eyes deep and keen, "Who told you?" His hard, piercing stare caused her to swallow uncontrollably as she said, "The people outside."

"Oh, you do accept them? Do you not realize that I am impotent?” Clarence abruptly grabbed her wrist and pulled her in.

Stella cried out and yanked the hand away! "Have a good feel, am I impotent?"

Stella’s thoughts froze. She bit him on the shoulder out of fear, but as he started to hurt, she withdrew her hand. "Clarence, you rascal!"

"Who am I? You begged me last night; why didn't you call me a rascal?" He nibbled her chin with an unpleasant look and said, "Do you really think of yourself as a wild cat? You bite me all the time."

She reddened. Why had Clarence’s attitude toward her changed, in her opinion?

"Remember!" He said in a hard whisper, "From now on, you are my woman.”

Stella gasped. How did he say it?

"Don't contact with your ex-husband, or Jude, or any other man, or even look at them."

Stella ".