Chapter 19Ethan came from the stable and slipped through the door looking as modest as any maiden of my acquaintance. Play acting? No, such was his nature. Aggressive to the point of coitus and then shy and reliant upon me to tell him what I wanted.
But this was not always the case. There had been times he insisted upon a union whether it was my desire at the moment. Were we all so complicated in our approach to life? Perhaps he was playing a role because he knew it made him so fetching. If so, then he was more accomplished at these things than I. And I’d been at the game far longer than he.
But I could play games, as well. “Are you hungry? I’m starved.”
Eyes averted, he declared he wasn’t hungry for food. “I wish it was spring or summer,” he declared, “so we could sleep outside and hea
