Chapter Sixteen
“Can you be good for just two more days, darling?” the redhead giggled as she looked over her lists. “I so want to take you and Nora into Paris.”
From the floor beside Vivianne, Lucy blushed. “I can be very good now that Sir Benjamin is gone.”
Vivianne had already told Lucy about the visit she had gotten from the man. “Yes, he was a bit of a worm. Sometimes the Countess does not make very wise decisions, but she is getting on in years.”
“Can I ask you something, Vi?” Even though Vivianne was a Mistress and Lucy a slave, the friendship that had developed between them since their first meeting at Greenbrier over three years ago permitted Lucy one indulgence with Vivianne. She almost never called her Mistress.
“Of course.”
“I spoke to Beau and he said I should talk to
