Bella hummed approvingly as Jamie wrapped his arms around her. She'd long been convinced that marriage was the only option in life, but after rejecting Mr. Gladstone because of her inability to commit, this seemed like the best alternative. He was able to act on his desires without fear of being forced into something permanent, and she could privately enjoy his affection without worrying about how it would affect their reputations. It wasn't as if strangers wandered the grounds outside the shack—Merlin, Jamie's family hardly visited!
"I don't know why you assume I won't want you," she said with a dramatic roll of her eyes. "Am I not the one who suggested this to begin with?" Or was he really so self-conscious that he'd convinced himself that a woman could never truly desire him? (Or worse, that a woman was incapable of true desire? Ha!)
"Nonetheless, I will inform you if your advances are unwanted," she teased, leaning up on her tiptoes to peck him on the cheek. "I'm not the sort of woman to sit quietly, anyways."
"I don't know why you assume I won't want you," she said with a dramatic roll of her eyes. "Am I not the one who suggested this to begin with?" Or was he really so self-conscious that he'd convinced himself that a woman could never truly desire him? (Or worse, that a woman was incapable of true desire? Ha!)
"Nonetheless, I will inform you if your advances are unwanted," she teased, leaning up on her tiptoes to peck him on the cheek. "I'm not the sort of woman to sit quietly, anyways."
— MJ is MAGICAL —