Overcoming her shyness, she used her mouth to hold another piece of sweet and sat astride Andre''s laps, feeding it to him. She bit the sweet, then bit his hot tongue, continuing this particularly treacly and ardent kiss.

Time seemed to stand still until the lovers finally parted, gasping for air, tenderly tracing each other''s faces with their fingertips.

"Come to my bedroom tonight, dear Andre!" whispered Edith, with an unprecedented boldness shining in her amber eyes.

"If your aunt finds out, she''ll kill me," Andre sighed and shook his head wryly. "My presence alone is stinging Citizeness Percy. You know, as a sensible person, I should have moved out long ago, if it weren''t for my reluctance to part with you. "

Edith felt a bit disappointed but also calmed down. She turned around and caught a glimpse of a long namelist lying on the desk.

The thought of the names written by Andre''s own hand, each representing a vibrant life that might end on the guillotine tomorrow, made her cower for a moment. The embrace she was in no longer felt as hot as before.

"Citizeness, I accuse you of conspiring against the Republic," Andre''s icy voice suddenly came from behind.

"Me?" she nervously asked back.

"You agitate the emotions of a Commissioner like this, preventing me from wholeheartedly serving the Republic," he replied primly.

Edith chuckled and hit him on the chest. She intentionally diverted her gaze from the list, as if it would no longer exist that way.

However, her heart was no longer holding