Temptation of a Teacher

stared at him in amazement.

“You speak English?”

“Almost as well as you speak French.”

Je t’aime! I cannot say it too often and I will also say it in your language. I love you!”

He spoke in English and Arletta

“You are not to tempt me, ma belle, until we are married.

under the chandeliers in the ballroom and wearing very little to hide your exquisite figure

and I was really frightened.”

“Frightened?”

It was a word that Arletta would never have imagined him using

There will be no trial. Jacques is not dead, which in some ways is a pity

You must go to bed, my precious, and I must deal with that devil below who intended us to die tonight

“It’s all right, ma chérie,” he breathed very quietly. “We are both alive and I promise you that this will never happen again.”

“No, he is alive,” the Duc replied, “but I will deal with him later.”

It’s all right,” he said gently, “it’s all right and you have saved us both.”

“D-did I – k-kill him?”