Lauren Hawkeye - My Royal Sin / Playing Dirty

We lie down, his soft kisses continuing as we do. He pulls my body close and grins.

“What are you smiling at?” I ask.

“I didn’t realize I could do that,” he says. My brows pull together. “Kiss a woman,” he continues, “and have it not be sexual in nature.”

I stroke his cheek, my chest tightening at what it would be like to meet such a man under any other circumstances than the ones we are in. That’s when I know I have to break this spell. I thought the hard part would be living with myself if I succeeded in tempting him from his holy path—or if I betrayed him to the Madam. I realize now the difficulty lies in thinking I could fall for such a man and not get my heart obliterated.

“I think I’m okay to sleep now,” I say, trying not to sound too cold.

“Of course,” he replies flatly, taking the hint, and I know I’ve hurt him...or at least bruised his ego.

He slides his arm out from beneath me and leaves the bed, lowering himself to the hard, wooden floor.

“Don’t you want a pillow?” I ask. “Or a blanket?”

He rests his head on his forearm. “Not tonight. I must remind myself there are certain comforts that are not for me.”

Like sleeping with a woman in my arms , I imagine him saying to himself.

Like believing a prince could choose you over God, I think, realizing my own guilty wish.

“Thank you for making me feel safe,” I say, staring at the ceiling.

I hear him let out a long breath.

“You will always be safe with me, Evangeline.”

Tomorrow morning we will find out what X knows of the map that must exist. Tomorrow night I will convince Benedict how dangerously tempting I really am—so that neither of us is seduced again into thinking there could ever be more.

So that my foolish heart understands there is no promise in a prince’s kiss.

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