*Penny*
I do not sleep. But it certainly isn't because of any nightmares. It's because of how much I enjoyed sitting in the library with Kingsley when no business hovers between us to intrude. Then, when the debt collectors joined us, the way he defended me, the feral growl in his throat when he threatened the grubby man who made a move toward me.
Never has anyone stood as my champion before. I've been on my own for so long that his defense of me nearly brings tears to my eyes.
He is a far greater danger to me than those ruffians were. To love him when he is indifferent to me is relatively harmless, but for him to unintentionally give me hope that more could exist between us, that he could return my affections.
But of course, he can't. He made that clear. Last night he simply defende
