“Are you choosing to be my lover or just a bed partner?” Ethan set the newspaper down and stared at her, a hint of surprise in his expression at her request.
Natalie knew his reaction was coming. If she became his lover, the resources she could access would be beyond anything she had ever known.
She could use the time while Ethan was bored with her to step up in the world, climb to a new social status.
And she believed that someone like Ethan would give her enough to live a comfortable life if they parted ways. It was a shortcut to everything.
But perhaps because of her pride or the fear of the unknown, Natalie wasn’t someone who liked to leave her future in the hands of uncertainty.
Beyond the physical connection, she didn’t know a single thing about Ethan.
Physical pleasure alone
