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                  “Shall we, Lily?”
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Nine
     
     
     
                  A look of complete and absolute shock washed across her face from the sight of Daniel, her king and host, extending one of his hands towards her after he had just asked her for his permission to assist her with her bath in a hidden, subliminal way. Her body froze for a moment, as did her voice, out of the intense confusion that had hit it from the request the had made to her as Magdalene was on her way out.
                  This is not good, Lily… Her rational side went into full blow panic mode from the situation she had been placed into. I don’t see a good outcome from him helping you with your bath. This can only go in one direction…
                  I don’t think he has any alternative motives. Lily kept her eyes upon his face for a few more moments before they moved down to his palm that was still reaching out for her to take while she maintained the conversation she was having at the moment with her conscience. He hasn’t given me any reason to not trust him.
                  Lily, you cannot ignore the signs that are right in front of your face.
                  If you are talking about the way his voice is sounding right-
                  It is not only the voice, but also the way he has been looking at you…and how he had his strong arms wrapped around the curves on your body to where you were pressed against his body, completely. You can’t honestly-
                  “Lily…”
                  Daniel’s deep voice caused her to break out of the conversation with the rational part of her conscience. Blinking a bit, Lily lifted her eyes towards his face, and found him to be waiting for her next move. Her body shivered with nervousness at the prospect of him assisting her with a bath. She drew in a breath, and had her right hand to slip into his open palm before she looked down in time to focus on his fingers wrapping around the sides of it.
                  I really hope that I am making the right decision, and I won’t be regretting this later on.
                  Even though she had put on a confident and comfortable front with her conscience, Lily couldn’t get rid of an unsettling feeling that was resonating through her. There was a feeling about the moment going on pass the point of no return that she couldn’t get off of her mind.
                  She lifted her eyes from their hands being nestled within one another, and discovered him to be looking at her with concern pouring of out of his piercing gaze. Her gaze slowly started to drift further into his own while she picked up on the sound of his deep, sensual voice speaking to her.
                  “Lily, what is troubling you?” Daniel asked, gently. He clearly saw how upset she truly was at the moment even though it was lingering on the surface and not revealing itself, completely, and it made him become more concerned at the moment. “I can see that something has put you on edge with me, and I would like to fix the situation the best that I can.”
                  His words pulled at her heart strings, and her inner emotions, causing the moment to make them more intense with her. She couldn’t hide the truth from him anymore. She had to tell him.
                  “Daniel,” Lily replied, “I am just feeling a little nervous at the moment.” She spoke from her heart to him, revealing her issues in the softness of her voice. “No one else has ever undressed and bathed me besides my mother when I was little. I…I never had a man do it for me before.”
                  Lily did her best to keep calm and relaxed before him to keep herself from showing more of her feelings, but found it extremely hard from the way his eyes looked into her