Temptation Has Green Eyes
“She was attending yet another ball and not looking forward to it one bit, but she’d manage. This endless succession of routs, balls, and entertainments meant she spent the days replenishing her wardrobe and the evenings attending the functions. Sometimes she read about herself in the newspapers the next day. After the first time, she learned to accept it, if not like it.
The constant round of activity bewildered her. Before, she had a purpose, but now she wasn’t sure what she was doing. And that was what she said to Max when she saw him in the hall, ignoring his broad-shouldered handsomeness as best she could.
“Why do we do this?”
“What?” He brushed a fleck of dust off his sleeve and glanced at her. Then stilled, his hand not moving and his gaze fixed on her. He perused her, head to toe and then back again, and for some reason she shivered. It wasn’t a cold night.
She groped for the banister rail and went down the remaining steps with caution, until she reached him.
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