Guilty Series
“But after a week had passed with no sign of him, she had come to think perhaps he had finally given up on reconciling, and that was when the unthinkable had happened.
She began to miss him.
Especially at night, sitting by the fire as she remembered those passionate moments in the library at Grosvenor Square. She’d even begun to dream about him, about his kiss and his touch, an aggravating development, and one that if he ever learned of it, would be excessively mortifying.
At dinner that evening... she kept her head lowered, studying him in quick, surreptitious glances as he sat at the head of the long dining table. Odd to see him there. Odd to have him in this house she had come to regard as her own. But it wasn’t hers, of course. As he had reminded her earlier, it was his. And he was the master of it.
What do you want, Viola?
His question echoed through her mind. A few weeks ago her answer had been simple and succinct: go away. Now, she didn’t know what the answer should be. Her reprieve was at an end, but that wasn’t what kept her silent while he tried to make conversation.MoreLess
She began to miss him.
Especially at night, sitting by the fire as she remembered those passionate moments in the library at Grosvenor Square. She’d even begun to dream about him, about his kiss and his touch, an aggravating development, and one that if he ever learned of it, would be excessively mortifying.
At dinner that evening... she kept her head lowered, studying him in quick, surreptitious glances as he sat at the head of the long dining table. Odd to see him there. Odd to have him in this house she had come to regard as her own. But it wasn’t hers, of course. As he had reminded her earlier, it was his. And he was the master of it.
What do you want, Viola?
His question echoed through her mind. A few weeks ago her answer had been simple and succinct: go away. Now, she didn’t know what the answer should be. Her reprieve was at an end, but that wasn’t what kept her silent while he tried to make conversation.MoreLess
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