Chapter 19

Eden would probably make an effort, and he would help her. Ian settled back comfortably against the bench and gazed at his wife-to-be's sleeping face.

 When Eden had blushed earlier, he had found it charming. Perhaps he should make her blush more often? With a smile on his face, he thought of different ways to do it.

Yes, the wedding night was going to be interesting... He had however felt much too rough while discussing with her, a few minutes earlier, he already felt guilty. 

And he had the unpleasant impression that Eden was used to reprimands. But she needed to have confidence in herself to play her new role. It wasn't his place to show impatience, whether in bed or elsewhere.

At least the whole thing had made it clear that he didn't have a lover. 

As he was planning, a few weeks earlier, to court Frederica, he had left Lucia, a dancer mistress he maintained. 

And even if, these last times, he had been much too busy so that the ab