Lessons in Pleasure (2016)
“After the fifth time the footsteps of the industrious maid passed, James rose, opened the door, and propped it open with the nearest vase.
There. Now he would look less like a hound anticipating his generous mistress and her pocketful of treats. Sarah would not enter to find him all agape. Instead, she’d enter to find him only stunned and eager.
Last night had been . . . Well, frankly, it had been the most shocking night of his life. Not the most debauched. Not the least dignified. Just... the most surprising.
He’d had lovers. The widow of a prosperous merchant. A brief affair with a rather lusty governess. And a long affair with a slightly older woman whose husband had moved to France fifteen years before and refused to send for her. He’d had pleasant affairs, and had pleasured those women.
But he’d mistakenly assumed that Sarah wasn’t quite like them. She was so dignified. Innocent and reserved.MoreLess
There. Now he would look less like a hound anticipating his generous mistress and her pocketful of treats. Sarah would not enter to find him all agape. Instead, she’d enter to find him only stunned and eager.
Last night had been . . . Well, frankly, it had been the most shocking night of his life. Not the most debauched. Not the least dignified. Just... the most surprising.
He’d had lovers. The widow of a prosperous merchant. A brief affair with a rather lusty governess. And a long affair with a slightly older woman whose husband had moved to France fifteen years before and refused to send for her. He’d had pleasant affairs, and had pleasured those women.
But he’d mistakenly assumed that Sarah wasn’t quite like them. She was so dignified. Innocent and reserved.MoreLess
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