The single word carried far more meaning than it should have.
She looked away again.
A moment later her fingers rose unconsciously to touch the gifted necklace hidden beneath her collar.
The gesture was tiny. A brush of fingertips against the chain followed by a remembered sensation.....many remembered sensations....
Caspian saw it anyway.
His heartbeat quickened at the betrayal. And his vision started to blur.
"The youngest prince seemed particularly determined to keep me from becoming bored."
The color deepened slightly.
Aria laughed under her breath. She knew it was affecting him but who was she to care? He was a man who scorned her. A man getting married to another soon.
"Is that so? Leander was a man who has never met a boundary he did not immediately challenge," he added keeping his tone as casual as he could.
Caspian suddenly wished he had never asked.
