Storm Winds (2010)
““Take it off,” Jean Marc said flatly.
“Don’t be foolish, it’s part of my disguise.” Juliette drew the wine-colored velvet cloak more closely about her as she came down the staircase toward him. “I think it looks quite splendid. Marie said Madame Lamartine obtained the hair for the wig from a village in Sweden where all the women have hair of this color.”
“Everyone at the café will be staring at you.”
As Jean Marc was staring at her now. Juliette’s heart began to pound harder, and the excitement... she had known the previous night suddenly returned. She could see an emotion other than displeasure in his expression. “Oh, but they’ll be staring at Jean Marc Andreas’s latest mistress, not at Citizeness Justice.”
“My mistress?”
“Danton said I needed a more clever disguise, and you were most insulting about my dirty face.” Juliette strolled over to the ornate gilt-framed Venetian mirror on the wall and patted the long curls spiraling in glossy clusters to touch her bare shoulders.MoreLess
“Don’t be foolish, it’s part of my disguise.” Juliette drew the wine-colored velvet cloak more closely about her as she came down the staircase toward him. “I think it looks quite splendid. Marie said Madame Lamartine obtained the hair for the wig from a village in Sweden where all the women have hair of this color.”
“Everyone at the café will be staring at you.”
As Jean Marc was staring at her now. Juliette’s heart began to pound harder, and the excitement... she had known the previous night suddenly returned. She could see an emotion other than displeasure in his expression. “Oh, but they’ll be staring at Jean Marc Andreas’s latest mistress, not at Citizeness Justice.”
“My mistress?”
“Danton said I needed a more clever disguise, and you were most insulting about my dirty face.” Juliette strolled over to the ornate gilt-framed Venetian mirror on the wall and patted the long curls spiraling in glossy clusters to touch her bare shoulders.MoreLess
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