Mistress At a Price
“Just as she had known it herself, of course, in spite of her denials.She undressed without haste and put on her nightgown, adjusting the narrow straps on her shoulders. She brushed her hair, and sprayed her pulse-points with her favourite scent.Then she turned off the lamp and drew back the curtains, opening the window a little so that the cool fragrance of the night drifted into the room along with the moonlight.As she turned back into the room she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror. In... her filmy gown, with its low-cut bodice and straight skirt, she looked like a slender ghost. But the swift hammer of her pulses and the heat invading her body told her that she was all too mortal.His knock at the door was quiet.‘Come in.’ Her voice was equally subdued, even shaking a little.He had changed too, she saw. He was barefoot, and she knew that his dark blue silk dressing gown was his only covering.He stood watching her for a long moment, the open hunger in his gaze mixed with a kind of wonder that made the breath catch in her throat.He said huskily, ‘You are almost—too beautiful.MoreLess
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