[So soon, she thinks to herself, as his fingers roam over her pulse. She can't cave, she doesn't want to cave... not yet, no matter how much she wants to wrap her legs around him and bury his face into her neck, but there is a low whine that bubbles in her throat, spilling out as he gives that corset a powerful tug.]

I am only a humble maid... but I can offer you money. Jewels, if that's what you want.

[She breaks character only a little when his breath tickles a particularly sensitive spot just below her ear.]

Just for one night... that's all I ask. Please. [She doesn't mean for that word to come out so desperately.] It's so dark and cold outside in the rain...