An Unexpected Kindness: A 'Phantom of the Opera' Novel

Following a chance encounter with a homeless blind woman, the Phantom employs her as his housemaid. A maid in the house by the lake will make things more comfortable for Christine when she comes to visit. But how long will it take him to realise that his secret doors, hidden from view, are not so secret to someone who finds her way by touch? Or that, lacking sight, her keen ears might let her overhear words not meant for her?
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He continued to stroke her, not intrusively, shoulders, waist, the outside of her thighs. Then he bent his head to kiss her, which he had not done before. She felt his hesitation and divined the cause, his self-consciousness about his odd mouth. Taking his head in her hands, she drew him more firmly into the kiss, then let her hands cradle his face. Again she felt his slight withdrawal. "Don't hold back," she murmured. "Remember that I have touched you… touched all of you." She kissed his cheeks, then his lips again. "This is who you are, the man I desire."
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