Page 136 of The Lord Meets His Lady
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Did the humble miss from Tavistock Street know she’d won him for life?
Genevieve’s cheek mashed his chest. “The story. Tell me what happens.”
“Venus and Adonis? You are a lusty wench.”
She scratched his ribs, her sleepy laughter prodding him.
“Well, let me see. There is Adonis on his horse about to go hunting. Fair Venus is taken with him…” Marcus began, his smile fading.
He’d give his version of the tale and let Genevieve fall asleep. She didn’t need to hear how the tragic love story ended.
It could be their own.
