Courtesan's Lover (2012)
“Tiny lights glittered along the line of her lashes. He reached across and laid a hand on her sleeve, then bent toward her so that he could whisper close to her ear without disturbing his neighbors. “Is your ankle hurting you, Signora?”
She turned her head and looked at him. Her lip slid out from under her teeth, and with a rush of unexpected longing, Luca found that he very much wanted to kiss her. He was shocked at the unprecedented intensity of his feelings. This chaste-looking, vulnerabl...e woman, newly emerged from mourning, would be appalled if she were even to suspect what he was thinking. The light from the stage caught the pearls that hung from the Signora’s ears; Luca held his breath as she shook her head a fraction in answer to his question. “You seem troubled,” he whispered again.
She shook her head once more. “It’s nothing,” she mouthed. They held each other’s gaze for a second and then she looked at her fingers which were twisted together in her lap.MoreLess
She turned her head and looked at him. Her lip slid out from under her teeth, and with a rush of unexpected longing, Luca found that he very much wanted to kiss her. He was shocked at the unprecedented intensity of his feelings. This chaste-looking, vulnerabl...e woman, newly emerged from mourning, would be appalled if she were even to suspect what he was thinking. The light from the stage caught the pearls that hung from the Signora’s ears; Luca held his breath as she shook her head a fraction in answer to his question. “You seem troubled,” he whispered again.
She shook her head once more. “It’s nothing,” she mouthed. They held each other’s gaze for a second and then she looked at her fingers which were twisted together in her lap.MoreLess
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