Brian Lumley by Necros

Author:Necros
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-02-08T22:17:27+00:00

I had smartened myself up. That is to say, I was immaculate. Black bowtie, white evening jacket (courtesy of C & A), black trousers and a lightly frilled white shirt, the only one I had ever owned. But I might have known that my appearance would never match up to hers. It seemed that everything she did was just perfectly right. I could only hope that that meant

literally everything.

But in her black lace evening gown with its plunging neckline, short wide sleeves and delicate silver embroidery, she was stunning. Sitting with her in the bar, sipping our drinks—for me a large whisky and for her a tall Cinzano—I couldn’t take my eyes off her. Twice I reached out for her hand and twice she drew back from me.

“Discreet they may well be,” she said, letting her oval green eyes flicker towards the bar, where guests stood and chatted, and back to me, “but there’s really no need to give them occasion to gossip.”

“I’m sorry. Adrienne,” I told her, my voice husky and close to trembling, “but—”

“How is it,” she demurely cut me off, “that a good-looking man like you is—how do you say it?—’going short’?”

I sat back, chuckled. “That’s a rather unladylike expression,” I told her.

“Oh? And what I’ve planned for tonight is ladylike?”

My voice went huskier still. “Just what is your plan?”

“While we eat,” she answered, her voice low, “I shall tell you.” At which point a waiter loomed, napkin over his arm, inviting us to accompany him to the dining room.

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