CHAPTER 28
PEACE REIGNED IN Riverley Hall when we got back. Without Black around, people had drifted off. He led me straight upstairs, and when we got to the second floor, I trailed him into his bedroom. Our rooms were next to each other with an interconnecting door. We often stayed up late talking, and the last thing I insisted Black do each night was to lock that door so I couldn’t get to him. Mainly in case I went sleepwalking, but also a tiny bit in case I ever got tempted to give in to my feelings, run in there, and throw myself at his sculpted, oh-so-delicious body.
Yes, I know I said if I ever saw him again, I’d confess all, but now that moment had miraculously arrived, I’d chickened out.
I was such a bloody coward.
While Black changed and brushed his teeth, I paid a visit to my
