Slightly Dangerous
“THE night held magic, and this was the final night of the two weeks before life resumed its normal—and admittedly rather dull—course tomorrow. She disapproved of the Duke of Bewcastle and all he stood for. He had insulted her with his arrogant assumption that money and jewels and a carriage of her own must be more enticing to her than genteel poverty and the life that was familiar to her. He was everything she did not want in a man.
But that was reason speaking, and she deliberately did not listen to its dreary voice.
There was this undeniable attraction between them, which was obviously mutual. Surely, she thought, it must be as unwilling with him as it was with her. But it was there nonetheless—this something—and tonight was all they had left in which to explore it before they went their separate ways tomorrow.
She was under no illusion, of course, about what that exploration would involve. They were not walking to the lake to gaze at the moonlight, or even to share a fe...w chaste kisses.MoreLess
But that was reason speaking, and she deliberately did not listen to its dreary voice.
There was this undeniable attraction between them, which was obviously mutual. Surely, she thought, it must be as unwilling with him as it was with her. But it was there nonetheless—this something—and tonight was all they had left in which to explore it before they went their separate ways tomorrow.
She was under no illusion, of course, about what that exploration would involve. They were not walking to the lake to gaze at the moonlight, or even to share a fe...w chaste kisses.MoreLess
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