“No.” I knew it was true the minute I said it. Will was so much more than the vain fop people took him for. With his beauty and talent, he could have seduced any number of greater nobles than I, but he had chosen me. But he had also taken the note. “Prince George will one day be king. It can be hard to refuse a man with so much power.”
“And what do I care of power? Robbie, the man could threaten to throw me in Newgate or f*****g Bedlam and I would still refuse to suck his royal prick.”
I blinked at the foul language, something Will thought gauche and unfitting of a learned gentleman, but then a smile tugged at my lips at the petulant line of Will’s mouth. In truth, I didn’t think the situation would escalate that far. The prince regent was swarmed by admirers and sycophants every day, an
