He supposed he ought to be relieved, if anything, that she seemed still to have an appetite there; far worse if she had clearly not enjoyed it at all, and dreaded the next time. Still, her enthusiasm was the smallest bit alarming: Evander tried not to consider it too closely, lest he turn out to be the one made apprehensive.
And, in spite of her fingers tracing suggestively up his arm, her actual reply spoke of safer appetites. Evander almost laughed in surprise. “Yes,” he said, and never mind that they weren’t dressed and the room was a veritable mess of clothes and he had never before thought it appropriate to eat in bed; supper was a small request. He shifted up and made to get out of bed to ring the servants’ bell. “Yes, I think that can be arranged.”
And, in spite of her fingers tracing suggestively up his arm, her actual reply spoke of safer appetites. Evander almost laughed in surprise. “Yes,” he said, and never mind that they weren’t dressed and the room was a veritable mess of clothes and he had never before thought it appropriate to eat in bed; supper was a small request. He shifted up and made to get out of bed to ring the servants’ bell. “Yes, I think that can be arranged.”
