Bared to the Viscount (The Rites of May book 1)
“The day-long struggle to imagine a future in which she could be happy was not going well at all.
And her brother was clearly growing suspicious about the true nature of her ailment. Empathy was one of Thomas’s God-given gifts as a clergyman, and he seemed determined to exercise it on her now. “What’s wrong?” he asked, hovering over her. “You’ve never stayed away from the May Day celebrations in your life.”
She puffed a breath into the steam of her tea and watched it whirl.
What could she possib...ly tell him about the last few days? How could she explain why she felt so heavy and dull and empty inside? How she couldn’t even sip her tea because all she could think when she touched the teacup was how she’d held its now-smashed mate in slackening fingers while John pressed her up against the cupboard and kissed her senseless?
She tried a joke instead. “Maybe I’ve just become more serious and sober in my old age.”
Thomas laughed his cheerful laugh. “You’re three years younger than me!MoreLess
And her brother was clearly growing suspicious about the true nature of her ailment. Empathy was one of Thomas’s God-given gifts as a clergyman, and he seemed determined to exercise it on her now. “What’s wrong?” he asked, hovering over her. “You’ve never stayed away from the May Day celebrations in your life.”
She puffed a breath into the steam of her tea and watched it whirl.
What could she possib...ly tell him about the last few days? How could she explain why she felt so heavy and dull and empty inside? How she couldn’t even sip her tea because all she could think when she touched the teacup was how she’d held its now-smashed mate in slackening fingers while John pressed her up against the cupboard and kissed her senseless?
She tried a joke instead. “Maybe I’ve just become more serious and sober in my old age.”
Thomas laughed his cheerful laugh. “You’re three years younger than me!MoreLess
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