Recklessly Yours (2011)
Recklessly Yours
“Holly lay quietly on top of him, though he could tell by her occasional movements that she wasn’t asleep. His other arm draping her, he stroked her hair and absently twined a curl around his finger. “Did it frighten you, what we just did?”
She shook her head against him. “Not at all.”
“Did you know about it?”
Her cheek moved softly against him as she nodded. “Generally speaking, yes,” she said, and then added somewhat indignantly, “I grew up with servants, too, you know.”
“What the devil does t...hat mean?”
“It means that little girls press their ears to doors and hear conversations they shouldn’t, as much as little boys do. Our scullion and laundress loved to trade stories. If Uncle Edward had ever found out, he’d have sacked them instantly.”
“Ah.” The notion of a much younger, saucer-eyed Holly pressing her ear to a door made him tighten his arm around her. “Tell me, what else do little girls do?”
“I don’t know anymore about little girls, but .MoreLess
She shook her head against him. “Not at all.”
“Did you know about it?”
Her cheek moved softly against him as she nodded. “Generally speaking, yes,” she said, and then added somewhat indignantly, “I grew up with servants, too, you know.”
“What the devil does t...hat mean?”
“It means that little girls press their ears to doors and hear conversations they shouldn’t, as much as little boys do. Our scullion and laundress loved to trade stories. If Uncle Edward had ever found out, he’d have sacked them instantly.”
“Ah.” The notion of a much younger, saucer-eyed Holly pressing her ear to a door made him tighten his arm around her. “Tell me, what else do little girls do?”
“I don’t know anymore about little girls, but .MoreLess
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