“I...I don’t,” I struggled to clear my throat. “I don’t see the need for us to, you know, need to share a bed—a room.”My face flushed uncontrollably as I felt James’ eyes peer into my. Good God. There was no way I could have sounded any more of a stuttering mess if I’d tried. There was nothing, tru
The door swung open and an unimaginable wave of fear took hold of my nerves. There was always going to be a small part of me that hoped it was Lily. But I knew better than to assume that it was her. After all, even as the headmaid, there was no chance that she would purposely barge into the master b
“Yes,” I told James shakily.I felt James’ heavy gaze drop to my lips before lifting back up to lock onto my eyes. He stood there for another long pause until he turned on his heels and headed toward the dining room. Had that been a look of disappointment in his eyes?I wasn’t sure.After breakfast,
‘Was he thinking of taking me to the movies? Maybe an art gallery? Oh, perhaps some kind of museum? Perhaps, he’d plan a cute picnic in the park?’Then again, this was James I was dealing with. It was truly difficult to associate a man like him with any of the ideas that came to mind.He certainly d
Dr. Harold pulled his gaze away from his various screens to shoot me a hesitated glance. “Well, uh...Let’s just say that it’s not entirely my place to talk about such things. Anyway, just a few more minor tests to get through and we should be just about done here.”After Dr. Harold had finished up w
My lips parted and my jaw immediately went slack.There was genuinely nothing that could have prepared me for the suggestion that had just passed through James’ mouth.My heart seized inside of my chest while I continued to openly gape at the man with a look of pure disbelief. I didn’t have any sort
I let out a sharp gasp and whirled around to find a rather amused James crowded in the open doorway. His arms folded over his broad chest as his gaze remained fixed on the pile of scanty clothing and personal bedroom toys.An inaudible squeak slipped past my lips while the whites of my eyes grew lar
Chris?! What the hell was my brother doing here??There was no way that my brother was currently standing outside the front gates of James’ estate.“That’s impossible,” I muttered briskly. “He’s supposed to be in Egypt, conducting some kind of archaeological excavation.”“Clearly not,” James said dr