Shame of Man by Piers Anthony

Author:Piers Anthony
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media

Again he knew he was being too weak, but his reluctance guided him. A few more hours of illusion. “If you would, dearest friend,” he said, relieved.

Crystal departed. Scylla did her best to cheer him. “You have not played your flutes since you returned,” she said brightly. “Perhaps you should practice.”

Normally he had played while Annai danced. That was another font of pain.

She saw his reaction, and was immediately contrite. “I should not have suggested it. Is there anything I can do to ease your condition?”

He looked at her, becoming aware of their situation. He was seated on a couch, and she was kneeling before him, leaning forward. Her inefficiently tied robe was falling open again, so that he saw the rondure of both her breasts. Her loose hair curved down around her face before spreading across her shoulders. Her eyes were great and concerned.

Suddenly he wanted her. But immediately his rational self condemned the illicit urge. This was not his wife; this was another woman, whose concern for him allowed her to become careless. He had no business eying her body. “No, I think not,” he said. “You have been more than kind to me. It is time I stopped imposing on you and found my own residence.”

“I understand your sentiment,” she said. “But in truth, you have been no burden to me. Your wife was a most fortunate woman. I think I would have found it exceedingly dull and lonely in this house, were it not for you. Instead it has been a pleasure.” Then she paused as if struck by a new thought. “I wonder whether this house might be suitable for you? You know I am here to arrange its sale. It never occurred to me that you were a potential buyer.”

Huuo considered that, surprised. “It is true. This is a good house, and I do need one. It never occurred to me that you were catering to me in order to sell your house.”

She laughed, and her breasts shook, attracting his gaze again. “I should have used that as a pretext. But I simply wanted to help you when it was easy for me to do so, and the more I have been with you, the better I like you. Do you realize that with any other man I would have been afraid to sleep without a guard?”

“Oh, I would never—”

“And yet my respect for you is such that if you asked me, I would agree,” she continued. Then she flushed, prettily. “I just heard myself speaking. I should not have said that. I apologize.”

“I understand. You are a Philistine lady. You would never—”

“Oh, I would do it. I merely should not have spoken it.”

Because appearance was at times more important than reality. “Then I will forget it.” But if she had inadvertently spoken her true thought, he was speaking a false one, for he desired her again, more strongly, and knew he would not forget her words. His guilt for the thought might rage, but at this moment he wished he were free to clasp her evocative body.

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