“If you don’t mind my prying more. I do think this is a fascinating subject. You say her art changed directions with your love affair?”
“Indeed it did,” Lucien replied.
“But you became more than lovers.”
“Once the scandal was out, the Tiptons were insistent that Arthur divorce her – a fact that was accomplished in a matter of weeks. We were free to marry, which I count as one of my life’s greatest blessings.” Lucien smiled triumphantly, as if it had happened just days before.
“I can see the romance in your eyes.” Dana found herself responding easily to his sudden facial changes, from his dour grimace, to the light-filled wonder and even the sly indication of something deliciously sordid. He was a charming man.
“It was romance in the classic sense. I was so lucky to have her. Such a vi
