Pretend it never happened

CAMILLA

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First of all, I'd like to get something straight. Remember when they told you, or us, that the forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest? Yes, they did not lie, not at all.

For some reason, the things you could not have appealed to the eyes and mind much more than the things that were yours.

That was how it felt like with mister Ivan. Knowing that he wasn't mine by law, that his last name belonged to another woman, yet he was here with me, filled me with so much pleasure.

I watched with smiling eyes as his eyelids parted and he opened his eyes to stare at me. I would have given him a flashy smile. Hell! I had already prepared my small wave. But, immediately his eyes caught sight of me, a frown formed on his face. I found myself withdrawing my face from his.

He looked over at me and sat up, leaning against the exquisite headboard of the bed.

I sat up straight and turned to him. This was the moment of awkward silence. It was the moment he woke up to realize he had made a te