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“I’ve never noticed,” she said “It isn’t so and undressing I am never completely naked before my maid Do you mean that my chest would do this too, if you touched me?”

If he touched her? Rubbing his fingers across the tips of her breasts…It was almost too much for him to bear in his weakened state

“Yes,” he ed

For one incredibleto ask him to do just that, and he knew he couldn’t Not now He wanted her, and he had said yes to her preposterous plan, but he didn’t think it was quite the thing to have her on her back the first day of their temporary affair

“I’m tired, Marietta,” he said quietly

She was clearly embarrassed “Oh Max, I’htless of me”

“No, not at all,” he said, trying to sri me”

“Did you?” she smiled in relief “I enjoyed it too”

“Can you tell Pomeroy to come up?”

Marietta rose at once “Yes, of course I’m sorry”

“For what?” He turned and looked up at her, his eyes bright in the laht “Don’t—I enjoyed it”

Far too much

“Good” She looked relieved that she had done nothing wrong

But Max wanted her to go He found he didn’t knohat to say or think or do, and he wanted her to leave hi to hiain

“Goodbye, Max I’ll call on you again soon”