While in bed, he remembered the time he left his duty to watch over the chief's wife before the wedding. He could have simply ordered a soldier to do it, but he wanted to be close to Helena; in fact, his goal was to seduce her. Otávio was a scoundrel, and any woman in his sweetheart's place would have betrayed him, but she was so innocent that she didn't even notice his intention. She began to fear him even more when she noticed the looks he gave her. And he gave up; he desired her, but he waited for the opportunity to make her his wife instead of making her an adulteress, feeling that she would never forgive him if he had succeeded.
He slept with his hand on her breast; if it were at the beginning, she would have trembled at the proximity, but his sweetheart had learned to trust him and
