It had been Katherine’s idea that they enter Gregory’s chamber together. Even though he’d been intrigued and even anxious, Edward couldn’t help but enter the room with some trepidation. His days of swiving multiple partners were in his youth and, he thought, over. And in those days he did not have tender feelings for most of his partners.
His wife, however, had said Gregory was a willing participant, but still Edward found himself a bit nervous. He wanted to make them both happy. He certainly hoped he would be up to the challenge.
When they entered Gregory’s chamber hand in hand, he was sitting up on the bed. The furs from the bed only covered his lower half. Edward immediately spotted a large, ugly bruise on his ribcage.
He halted their approach a few feet from the bed. “Are you…this i
