She needed to guide him because he felt light, ready to tip right over. It was like walking on clouds for the first time. Everything rushed to his head. It had been her beauty that persuaded him to believe in women. While he still refused to see it in every one, he would see it in just her.

He couldn't even get any words out of his mouth, she'd stunted his thought process. There was a smugness in his smile as he feathered her face with his soft fingers.

The maids she'd hired wouldn't understand the importance of the man that stood before her.