Lord Ruin
“She wore another dreadful gown. Periwinkle muslin in a countrified style; no lace, only a wide gros-grain ribbon beneath her bosom and limp ruffles in two rows straining toward her chin. For all its lack of fashion, the color smoothed the pallor of her cheeks and lent her eyes a sultry lavender cast.
That her figure was an excellent one could not be entirely concealed. Could he think of nothing but taking her to bed? She’d removed her hat, he could see the bedraggled thing sitting on a side tab...le, and run a comb through her hair. Her shoes lay sideways on the floor, near the fireplace. Though her bare feet sank into the carpet, he saw her stockings nowhere. From the rumpled state of the bed, she’d only recently been sleeping. Her disarray appealed to him enormously.
There was a knock on her door from the hallway side, and she jumped like a quail to wing after the hunter’s gunshot. “Our supper,” he said, walking in. He raised his voice so as to be heard from the hall. “Enter.”MoreLess
That her figure was an excellent one could not be entirely concealed. Could he think of nothing but taking her to bed? She’d removed her hat, he could see the bedraggled thing sitting on a side tab...le, and run a comb through her hair. Her shoes lay sideways on the floor, near the fireplace. Though her bare feet sank into the carpet, he saw her stockings nowhere. From the rumpled state of the bed, she’d only recently been sleeping. Her disarray appealed to him enormously.
There was a knock on her door from the hallway side, and she jumped like a quail to wing after the hunter’s gunshot. “Our supper,” he said, walking in. He raised his voice so as to be heard from the hall. “Enter.”MoreLess
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