Chapter 21. Tempted

“Wha-what? Me?” I asked in shock.

“I can’t?” He asked as he watched me intently. I could swear seeing a trace of disappointment on his face that moment.

“When you meant that, you mean, my nude?” I asked as he stared at me as if I wasn’t making sense.

“Of course, it’s your nude dummy. He only paints nudes.” Arya pointed out as I swallowed still waiting for a response from him.

“Yeah.” He replied with a smile.

“Ah!” I retorted in surprise and my eyes looked like they would pop out of his socket. Aren’t these brothers filled with surprises?

“Don’t want to?” He asked calmly as if scared I would refuse.

The problem wasn’t him painting my nude, of course, he was a professional and nothing would happen….

“Don’t deceive yourself, Rose,” Arya mentioned as I bit my lower lips and felt my throat suddenly go dry.

“No, I mean. Yeah, I would love to. I mean, it’s no big deal. I just need to strip and…..”I paused as if the word ‘strip’ was a forbidden word. And to make it worse, the look he was giv