“You and the other maids may leave,” he says to Maggie.
“Yes, sir,” Maggie bustles through the door, and I can hear the shuffle of everyone leaving the villa.
“How is your bath?” Ansel asks roughly.
I part my lips but close them again. Joy’s words and teaching cross my mind. This is the perfect time to put them to use. Returning his gaze, I bit my lip. “Why don’t you join me and find out?” Ansel furrows his brow, and I extend one of my legs from the basin for him to see. I lower my voice to a sultry whisper, “Come.”
He stands in silence, and his jaw flexes slightly.
Shit!
I think to myself. I may not be as experienced as others, but even I know that his reaction wasn’t the one that I was hoping for.
“No. You come to me,” he says with an even tone.
“What?”
“You heard me. Be the
