A Duchess in Name (2015)
“The feeling of peace and belonging he had always known here was conspicuously absent. Would he always feel this way now? Torn down the middle, as if there was somewhere else he was meant to be?
The red painted door opened and Luciana stepped onto the terrace. She looked lovely, dressed in a simple white cotton dress that complimented her golden skin and glossy black hair. The flare of pleasure he usually felt when he returned to her was notably absent, too. Instead, there was a surprising s...urge of guilt. Where had that come from? And why?
She didn’t cross to him right away. “Well? Is it done?” Bless her, she’d accepted the news of his engagement with perfect equanimity. She was a realist, and understood that some things simply had to be done. All the same, there was an awkwardness between them now that hadn’t been there before—this phantom bride, who never fully went away.
“Do you mean my marriage? Yes, it’s done.”MoreLess
The red painted door opened and Luciana stepped onto the terrace. She looked lovely, dressed in a simple white cotton dress that complimented her golden skin and glossy black hair. The flare of pleasure he usually felt when he returned to her was notably absent, too. Instead, there was a surprising s...urge of guilt. Where had that come from? And why?
She didn’t cross to him right away. “Well? Is it done?” Bless her, she’d accepted the news of his engagement with perfect equanimity. She was a realist, and understood that some things simply had to be done. All the same, there was an awkwardness between them now that hadn’t been there before—this phantom bride, who never fully went away.
“Do you mean my marriage? Yes, it’s done.”MoreLess
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