The Silver Coin
“Through most of that time, she’d longed for nothing but the solace of her room. She needed to ponder exactly what had happened between her and Royce tonight and, more importantly, exactly what it meant She might be inexperienced, but she wasn’t naive. Nor was she stupid. What she and Royce had shared had, by absolute standards, amounted to no more than a very heated kiss, something Royce might indulge in with countless women. But shedidn’tindulge in it with countless men. She’d never even yearned for that intimate a contact, never imagined herself capable of it.
Not until tonight.
So while Royce might have already dismissed the encounter, summed it up as the result of one slightly tipsy woman falling prey to his charms, she couldn’t be so blase.
She’d realized from the start that she was drawn to him, that he affected her in a way no man ever had. That in itself had been an intriguing discovery. But out there tonight, clasped in his arms, she hadn’t even known herself.
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