Centurion's Honor (Imperial Desires, book One)
“Cassius said as soon as she entered the baths.
Her back was to him and Titus as she stuck her toe into the warm water of the bathing pool.
“I am aware of that,” she remarked, though he’d not asked her a question.
“Claudius seems to be taken with you instead.”
She let out a long, weary breath. She and Claudius flirted, nothing more, there had never been more, there never would be.
“You are mistaken. Claudius and I have only ever been friends.”
She could almost hear the frown in his voice when he... spoke, but still she did not turn around.
“He is quite handsome.”
Anan finally turned to meet his gaze. With a shrug she said, “I really hadn’t noticed.”
“Liar.”
She bristled. “Yes, he is handsome, that is obvious to all, but I have never been attracted to him, and the same is true for Claudius of me. We have only ever been friends.” Her lips thinned as her brow furrowed into a frown. “Is this how it will always be between us? A man smiles at me, touches me, and you hurl insults at me out of jealousy?”MoreLess
Her back was to him and Titus as she stuck her toe into the warm water of the bathing pool.
“I am aware of that,” she remarked, though he’d not asked her a question.
“Claudius seems to be taken with you instead.”
She let out a long, weary breath. She and Claudius flirted, nothing more, there had never been more, there never would be.
“You are mistaken. Claudius and I have only ever been friends.”
She could almost hear the frown in his voice when he... spoke, but still she did not turn around.
“He is quite handsome.”
Anan finally turned to meet his gaze. With a shrug she said, “I really hadn’t noticed.”
“Liar.”
She bristled. “Yes, he is handsome, that is obvious to all, but I have never been attracted to him, and the same is true for Claudius of me. We have only ever been friends.” Her lips thinned as her brow furrowed into a frown. “Is this how it will always be between us? A man smiles at me, touches me, and you hurl insults at me out of jealousy?”MoreLess
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