She started working at the buttons on his shirt, aroused by his ardor. It was true, she hadn't been feeling very attractive lately - her body was getting awkward and swollen, her feet hurt and her back ached a lot of the time, and she got tired pretty easily. They hadn't had sex in a couple of weeks, not that Arthur had given even the slightest hint of complaint about it - he was too good for that.

But the way he so obviously wanted her now, the way he was looking at her with open lust as the dress she'd been wearing slipped to the floor, revealing her big belly and the simple black bra and panties she had on - it was already making Ariadne's body tingle with pleasure.