The Duke of Diamonds by V. C. Lluxe

Author:V. C. Lluxe [Lluxe, V. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Punk Rawk Books
Published: 2025-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

THEY SET OUT in the carriage together the next morning, and Patience had a pulsing headache that seemed to hurt worse every time they went over a bump in the road.

“We don’t have to talk about it,” said Nothshire from the other side of the carriage. “We can pretend it never happened.”

She didn’t have a spare shift, of course. She had not packed to spend the night anywhere. She was wearing her dress from yesterday, but with nothing at all underneath it except her stays. It wasn’t entirely uncomfortable. On the other hand, having only the one layer of fabric—her dress—between her skin and the carriage was a quite odd feeling.

“You can’t have been thinking things through when you were that drunk,” said Nothshire. “I’ve done stupid things while drinking as well. I don’t hold it against you, certainly. Of course, I did a stupid thing to you last night, and I wasn’t drunk at all. I am sorry. But the more I think about it, the more I think we’re both equally in the wrong. You shouldn’t have sneaked into my room and my bed while I was sleeping. I shouldn’t have touched you, definitely shouldn’t have done that. I shouldn’t have put my leg between yours. That was my fault. So, it was both of us, and that’s why I think we should simply never speak of it.”

She was embarrassed, of course.

She would never have come up with such a ridiculous idea sober.

But more than she was embarrassed, she was annoyed. Why couldn’t he have just done it? Why had he sent her off like that? What was wrong with him?

No, she thought. It must have been her. Something must have been wrong with her that he didn’t actually want her. He had wanted her when he was half-asleep, but then he’d come to himself and realized what was going on and then he hadn’t been even a little interested in her.

“Anyway,” said Nothshire, “I just think it’s better to move on from it and leave it in the past. I promise not to chastise you if you promise not to chastise me, and I think that’s fair. Let’s just forget it ever happened.”

“You say you wish to forget it happened, and yet you won’t stop talking about it,” she said tersely.

He shifted on the other seat, uncomfortable. “I am sorry.”

She rolled her eyes. “Yes, so am I.”

“Good, then,” he said. “We shall put it behind us.”

“In one moment, if you don’t mind,” she said. “Tell me what it is, if you don’t mind?”

“What it is? What are you talking about?”

“What it is that’s wrong with me.”

“What are you talking about? Nothing’s wrong with you.”

“Well, you didn’t want me, so—”

“I obviously wanted you. I spent all over your—This is why I don’t wish to talk about it.” He groaned, turning to pointedly look out the window.

“Yes, but I don’t suppose that means much of anything,” she said. “As I understand, men are spilling their seed all the time,

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