My Bonny Light Horseman: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, in Love and War by L. A. Meyer

Author:L. A. Meyer [Meyer, L. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Enough of that, you. Good night, Jaimy.

Chapter 23

Once again, I had breakfast at Deux Chats, and I ate it alone.

Seeing Jean-Paul at his station back on the corner, I had gone up to him, hooked my arm in his, and said, "Come, Monsieur de Valdon, and break the fast with me. At Deux Chats. It is a nice little spot. Very clean, with good food. My treat."

He took my hand from his arm and dropped it, looking straight forward, unsmiling. "No, it is not professional. You kidnapped me yesterday, but I have come back to my senses now."

I looked down at my spurned hand, my face flushing pink.

"Ah," I said, narrowing my eyes and deciding to throw a bit of a snit. "It is clear to me now. You, a young royal, cannot be seen in public with one such as me. That is it. You are afraid someone will see." Seemingly well steamed now, I poked a finger in his chest and glared up at him. "And I showed you such a good time yesterday, you foolish boy!"

He looked pained. "No, that is not it at all, it is..."

"Well, here, a last kiss for you, silly puppy, for you shall receive no others from me." I stretched my neck upward and kissed him on the cheek as I did yesterday when we left the carriage after our day in Paris. "There, Jean-Paul de Valdon, Aristocrat of France. Now run along home and tell your maman that you were kissed by a bad girl and she will wash your face for you, with strong soap, so you will be clean again! And maybe she'll wipe your bum for you, too! Baby!"

I shoved him away and strode down the street to Café des Deux Chats, leaving Jean-Paul de Valdon behind me. The food was, again, very good, but I didn't enjoy it as much. Stupid boy...

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