His Michaelmas Mistress
“Beatrice gasped.
Beatrice looked quickly between them, and then leveled her piercing glare on him. He felt a little intimidated. She clearly wasn’t a woman to be trifled with. There were very few people in this life that could intimidate him, and he was looking at one of them. Julia’s mother probably scared a lot of men.
Julia gasped, and all of the colour drained from her face. “You don’t mean it, Freddie…you can’t mean it…” she whispered. She finally looked as if she’d given up. She l...ooked defeated, and that was what he’d wanted, wasn’t it?
“Julia…I don’t want to marry you until you are quite certain that you want me.” He fought to keep his voice level. He didn’t want to look weak by seeming emotional.
“I have told you I wanted you until I was nearly blue in the face. Nothing I can say or do will convince you, can it?”
“And by the looks of things, you were doing more than a modest young lady should,”MoreLess
Beatrice looked quickly between them, and then leveled her piercing glare on him. He felt a little intimidated. She clearly wasn’t a woman to be trifled with. There were very few people in this life that could intimidate him, and he was looking at one of them. Julia’s mother probably scared a lot of men.
Julia gasped, and all of the colour drained from her face. “You don’t mean it, Freddie…you can’t mean it…” she whispered. She finally looked as if she’d given up. She l...ooked defeated, and that was what he’d wanted, wasn’t it?
“Julia…I don’t want to marry you until you are quite certain that you want me.” He fought to keep his voice level. He didn’t want to look weak by seeming emotional.
“I have told you I wanted you until I was nearly blue in the face. Nothing I can say or do will convince you, can it?”
“And by the looks of things, you were doing more than a modest young lady should,”MoreLess
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