Rose raised an alluring eyebrow in amusement. While keeping her voice low, she replied to Joseph’s question, “There wasn’t enough time to get a new dress. The stylist and I just mended and redid the ruined one. This was the best we could come up with.”
Joseph swallowed imperceptively to moisten his dry throat. He then forced himself to recover and approached Rose to once again wrap an arm around her waist. As he was gently guiding her to the front of the stage where the microphone was, he whispered in her ear, “I’m no expert on dresses, but I think this looks better on you.”
Under her makeup, Rose blushed. Only Joseph knew it because he saw the blush extend to the tip of her ear. He was awfully tempted to nibble it.
Once again, it was a massive effort on his part to stop himself. He loo
