Society Weddings
“Moving out of his embrace, she reached for the huge towel which lay beside the bed and cuddled it over her protectively, though its warmth did little to take the edge off her feeling of naked exposure and her teeth began to chatter violently.
‘Weren’t you, Jenna?’ he demanded again, but this time his voice was gentler. ‘A virgin?’ ‘Y-yes,’ she stumbled.
‘You lied to me,’ he said, but it was less an accusation and more as though he was trying to work out some kind of insoluble calculation.
She b...it down on her lip. ‘Yes, again.’ There was a heartbeat of a pause. ‘But I don’t understand.’ His voice sounded dazed. ‘I don’t understand why.’ It was the closest she had ever heard to Rashid admitting confusion. She opened her eyes and wished that she hadn’t, for he was lying on his side, leaning on his elbow with his chin resting on his hand. And, although his eyes burned into her with their jet-dark question, he seemed thoroughly unself-conscious in his nakedness.MoreLess
‘Weren’t you, Jenna?’ he demanded again, but this time his voice was gentler. ‘A virgin?’ ‘Y-yes,’ she stumbled.
‘You lied to me,’ he said, but it was less an accusation and more as though he was trying to work out some kind of insoluble calculation.
She b...it down on her lip. ‘Yes, again.’ There was a heartbeat of a pause. ‘But I don’t understand.’ His voice sounded dazed. ‘I don’t understand why.’ It was the closest she had ever heard to Rashid admitting confusion. She opened her eyes and wished that she hadn’t, for he was lying on his side, leaning on his elbow with his chin resting on his hand. And, although his eyes burned into her with their jet-dark question, he seemed thoroughly unself-conscious in his nakedness.MoreLess
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