THE KING'S SLAVE

" No one need ever know what happened here. Lara. I didn't know what I was doing. I'm all to blame. But if we say nothing, there'll be no harm to my name and to you too."
Her eyes widened.
Caesar continued, his voice even more harsh.
"You are just a slave."
It is necessary for us to say nothing over something that was an accident. It meant nothing to me. And it should be the same with you. We weren't thinking straight. Desire can make people forget what is right. It meant nothing.
She took a quick step back, staring at him. As if he had struck her her.
He flinched inwardly, seeing he had hurt her, loathing himself for it. Loathing himself more because he knew he was lying. It hadn't meant nothing to him. For a moment, he had felt...he had felt something fill the emptiness of his heart.