A Night with my v*rgin maid
Damien’s silence.
The words Ariana had spoken rang in her ears. I was here long before her.
Her stomach twisted. Her heart felt heavy, and she could not understand why it hurt so much.
She was nothing to him. She knew that. She was just a maid, a girl who had been given work and food and shelter. Yet somehow, she had let herself believe he saw her. That maybe, in those moments when his eyes stayed too long, or when his voice softened, she mattered.