Bab 34: Chapter 34

"What?"

Lia frowned and turned her face away from Eddie.

"How did you do it—disguising yourself so perfectly as a woman? What are you wearing underneath?" His hand was already outstretched toward Lia's chest.

Shocked, Lia clutched the books in her arms and barely avoided his touch. Undeterred, Eddie grabbed her dress.

"Are you truly wearing women's undergarments as well?" he whispered.

Lia took a deep breath and gripped the dagger Claude had given her.

'Eddie Kirkham fancies men.'

She thought back to Claude's warning, regretting how she had dismissed it because she thought it to be impossible. Lia suddenly wondered whether he knew that Eddie Kirkham was the one to assist her tonight.

"Stop. I'm warning you."

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about," he said, unfazed. "We're both men. I simply wish to satisfy my curiosity. I have no intention of harassing you."