A Shadow's Bliss
“Jonathan rode up and looked down at her gravely.
Gathering the reins, she said, “Oh, do get down and come and talk to me! I have worried and worried. Why you must persist in keeping behind me all the way here, I do not know! Lots of grooms ride beside their ladies.”
“But many would not consider me to be a groom. It were wiser for me to stay mounted. If anyone should see us—”
“Who is to see us? There is not another soul for miles, I dare swear. Johnny—please…”
He sighed and swung down with easy ...grace. Tethering the horses to a shrub, he said, “But you must not come near to me, because—” And turning, he found her breast to breast with him, her eyes tender with love.
“Because—what, my very dear?” she murmured, her hands sliding up his shoulders.
He gave a gasp and wrenched away. “You know—why.”
She was beside him again at once. “Dearest, I—”
“Jennifer—do not.” Stern and unbending he gazed at the far horizon. “Don’t make me add to my shame.”MoreLess
Gathering the reins, she said, “Oh, do get down and come and talk to me! I have worried and worried. Why you must persist in keeping behind me all the way here, I do not know! Lots of grooms ride beside their ladies.”
“But many would not consider me to be a groom. It were wiser for me to stay mounted. If anyone should see us—”
“Who is to see us? There is not another soul for miles, I dare swear. Johnny—please…”
He sighed and swung down with easy ...grace. Tethering the horses to a shrub, he said, “But you must not come near to me, because—” And turning, he found her breast to breast with him, her eyes tender with love.
“Because—what, my very dear?” she murmured, her hands sliding up his shoulders.
He gave a gasp and wrenched away. “You know—why.”
She was beside him again at once. “Dearest, I—”
“Jennifer—do not.” Stern and unbending he gazed at the far horizon. “Don’t make me add to my shame.”MoreLess
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