Chapter 13

“I’m sorry. I did not mean to lead you on this morning,” she said. “The other women are already agitated by my presence. If they find out that I am warming your bed, I’m afraid they will make my life difficult.”

She cursed inwardly at how weak she sounded, but she needed him to believe that she was worried only for herself. She feared that if he realized it was Maya she was concerned about he would send Maya away despite her abilities with his children, in order to indulge in his obvious desire for her. She was not completely naïve to the ways of men, and she knew there were many who could be like a dog with a bone when it came to sex.

He didn’t reply but he made no move to continue touching her either. They rode in silence for a few minutes. Avery watched the rest of the group disappear around a curve in the road ahead.

“May I ask you a question, my lord?”

“If I can ask you one.”

She thought about it for a moment. “Fair enough. What’s your question?”