“I’ll admit I wasn’t…indifferent.” And if he knew her, which he didn’t, he’d know that was a huge concession. “I mean, I did show up at the wedding.” And she had participated in the wedding night with surprising enthusiasm. He should have noticed that.
A slight smile edged his mouth. A little slow out the gate, but he got there.
She needed to ask him his wifely expectations, but it was hard to phrase a question she didn’t really want answered. She looked up and all words dried in her throat at the look in his eyes.
Thanks to the legal consummation, she knew what it meant. She took a quick peek lower down. Yeah, other signs positively confirmed her conclusion.
“My lady?”
She knew what he was asking. She bit her lip, slanting him a look through her lashes. She’d meant to talk to him abo
