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@@@@@A primitive, hasty coupling should never be confused with loveThough God knows it happens often enough to fill churches with wedding ceremonies 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 strengthScarlett's arms closed behind his neck as his hands moved down her throat and her shoulders, and she gave herself up to abandonmentBut 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 almost happened to me, but I escapedI 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