Chapter 14

She remembered that Ivan also loved to see her go red for nothing. 

This detail saddened her for a moment.

“We have taken only what is strictly necessary, of course,” he added. “We will bring the seamstress to the castle before …”

He paused and waved his hand.

“Before your body... changes.”

“Yes of course.”

Another good reason to blush.

 It was better, after all, to abandon all excessive modesty. 

“I think it should not be long in coming.”

Fortunately, the current fashion makes it possible to hide this kind of ... change.

 There was a discreet knock on the door and a waiter entered the room, his arms laden with victuals of meats, cheese, bread, butter and a fruit cake.

“You have to eat, it's good for…”

Ian left his sentence in abeyance, and as Eden was not reacting, staring lost in the void, he buttered a piece of bread and handed it to her. 

She suddenly came out of his reverie.

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