The Revolutionary Mistress. Leia Rice
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man looked confused, glancing between the two. Something lit up in his eyes, and he suddenly understood. “Yes. For a drink. Unless other services are available. I’d only hope that they are as beautiful as this mademoiselle from the marketplace.”
“Y-you…you saw me?”
“How could I miss you?”
Mariette’s heart fluttered, sending a wave of desire through her veins. Maybe there was just one more knight in France.
Jean didn’t go any further to answer the man’s questions. He stopped there at the offer and quickly went back to cleaning his bar and ignoring whatever Mariette was going to do.
“If…if you wish, you can order your drink and I’ll show you to the…other girls in the back?”
“Sounds like a deal to me. I will meet you back there.” The knight smiled his charming smile as Mariette turned and forced herself to walk slowly to the back room and not run.
She pushed through the door and into the room that she had set up in the back. Furnished with a bed, a chair, a small side table and a lantern, it was minimal at best. On top of the tavern, Jean had a couple of apartments, where he, his wife and his six children lived. The back room was formally used to house patrons if they needed a night to sober up. In a way, she supposed it still served that purpose, to an extent.
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