“Instead, she sat upon her blanket, berating herself for her foolish fancies. She snatched up her silk stockings, knowing there wasn’t time to don them before he turned from tending his mount, and hid them beneath her dress, keeping an eye to his back, lest he spy her and she be mortified once more. “Won’t you. sit?” she asked a little breathlessly, when he turned to face her at last. She needed his help, she reminded herself, and wouldn’t get it by scurrying home with her tail tucked between he...r legs. Hidden though they were, she felt her stockings beneath her limbs like smoldering embers against her bare flesh. This was no good—this was not right! She prayed fervently he would refuse her, for she seemed to have lost the good sense to ask him to leave. “It would be my pleasure,” he said, and sat dutifully upon the blanket beside her. Jessie was both relieved and mortified at once. What would she say now? Whatever would they speak of? He plucked a pale blade to worry between his teeth, and Jessie smiled, fighting the urge to bound to her feet and hie away like a timid schoolgirl.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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