"Elise." That deep voice made her shudder immediately.
Elise got up from the bed pacing around the room, trying to crack her brain for a response. Anything to get out of tonight's trouble?
Lucien would never think twice of sending her out if he discovered that she was a virgin. An inexperienced old virgin. She was already an aunt, her nieces and nephews knew more about life than she did.
Elise didn't know what to do.
Did people even have sex in the evening? Why was he calling her now?
She had always imagined it happened at night. When everyone was asleep and no one would even hear what they did. Not… now. Not in broad daylight, when her heart was already beating too fast.
She slapped her forehead softly. God, she was so bad at this. How had she gone twenty-two years without even learning the basics?
If only the universe had been kind enough to give her a boyfriend earlier. A normal one.
But she has been too focused on living and now she is actually dying.
