A Gentleman's Luck by Nicole Hill

today and had to stay locked up with her all day. Maybe he would leave through the passage and find something to keep himself busy. He couldn't spend the day with her. Making love to her had been wonderful. Better than he expected but knowing that she did it out of obligation somehow made him lose some of the vast amount of respect he had for her. “You’re leaving?” She asked his turned back.
    “ Yes.” He answered venom in his tone.
    “ But. Why?” She asked sounding hurt. Her hurt, he thought yeah right.
    “ I don’t need a reason.” He said as he pulled on his cotton pants without looking at her.
    “ I don’t understand.” She said. “Did I do something wrong? Did you not like it?” She asked her voice wobbly. He was angry now. How dare she ask that!
    “ Of course you did everything right.” He spat “Of course I enjoyed it. You should be proud. You acted the perfect whore just like your uncle wanted you to.” He nearly yelled and finally looked into her eyes just in time to see them fill with tears before she hid her face from him, jumped out of bed and ran to the washroom. He stared after her for a few moments berating himself for losing his temper with her. It wasn't her fault he fell in love with her. It also wasn't her fault they had been together. He should have been more clear headed.
    She was only doing what she had to do in order to not be beaten. He huffed out a breath feeling like a perfect asshole as he headed to the washroom. As he reached the door he could hear her sobs coming from the other side. He tried the knob and it was not locked. He opened the door and found her in the corner behind the wash basin with her knees brought up to her chest and her head down on her knees naked and sobbing uncontrollably. He reached down and picked her up and carried her to her bed and sat down on the bed with her in his lap. He pulled the covers to hide her nakedness.
    “ I’m sorry Lisa Darlin.” He told her. “I should not have taken it out on you.” She peaked up at his face.
    “ I’m sorry William. I will try harder to please you next time.” She told him. What was she talking about? Did she honestly think that last night had been anything other than heaven to him?
    “ Don’t worry darlin. We won’t do that again.” He told her. Her head shot up at once.
    “ But why? I know I could be better.” He placed a finger over her lips to hush her.
    “ We can’t do that again darlin. I got carried away last night. Where I am from, you only do that with the person you love.” He said.
    “ Oh.” She said looking down tears filling her eyes. “I understand.” Now she got it. They could not do this when he did not love her. He watched her as she got up and pulled on his shirt and walked back to the washroom. He could see her standing in front of the mirror. She looked down at her arms and then picked up a piece of her hair. She had an odd defeated look on her face and he could not decipher what she could have been thinking. She heaved a sigh and came back to bed and just laid there within his arms and said nothing. He was fixing to get up when she spoke. “William. Do you love anyone back home?” She asked He was surprised by that question and by the hollow sound of misery in her voice.
    “ What do you mean?” He asked her
    “ A girl.” she said even more quietly that before. Now he was really confused.
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    Lisa was petrified. But she had to know if he already loved someone else. She knew that he did not love her and that already killed her. Why she wanted more punishment was beyond her but she had to know. “No.” He said. “Why do you ask?” Lisa was so scared she did not want to see the pity in his eyes. But she could not stop now.
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    William was really confused. Why would she want to know if he had someone at home? What did it matter? He answered No and asked why. She stayed quiet for a few moments and then answered still looking down at the bed instead of at him. “I