When their pulses returned to a rate of normalcy, Julian picked himself upright as he assisted Lilianna into covering her own frame with the robe that he removed from her an hour prior. When she was covered, he then stood over the sink to wash himself off from his own release and redressed, unable to meet her eyes as his thoughts won temporarily over his heart.
"Do you regret it?" She asked shamefully as she pulled her hands over her body in an attempt to comfort herself. Quickly, Julian turned and captured her face between his palms in an immediate dismissal of such a preposterous question.
"Never." He kissed her forehead before helping her tie her robe together to ensure no soul aside from him and the good Lord above would know the sight of her bare gloriousness.
"But something HAS
