Laura Possessed (2012)
“The diamond-paned window was open and on the branch of a tree just outside, a wood-pigeon was clucking and cooing to itself in the drowsy heat of the summer afternoon. She turned contentedly on her side, spread eagling her hand on Lewis’s chest.
‘I love you,’ she murmured. ‘I love you, I love you!’ His hand came up to hers, tracing between each of her outstretched fingers. After a moment she opened her eyes and prompted gently, ‘Aren’t you going to say you love me too?’ He smiled a little. ‘If ...you want me to.’ She stared at him for a moment and the first nebulous doubts stirred in her mind—doubts which flung back at her like a douche of cold water the sheer lunacy of her abandonment to him, let alone that last, unguarded admission.
She tried to keep her voice level. ‘But it wouldn’t be true?’ He was still smiling. ‘Oh, come on, Caroline!’ ‘No, Lewis, I want to know.’ She propped herself up on one elbow, staring down into his face.
‘Then I put it to you,’ he said quietly after a moment, ‘that all this love business is largely euphemistic.MoreLess
‘I love you,’ she murmured. ‘I love you, I love you!’ His hand came up to hers, tracing between each of her outstretched fingers. After a moment she opened her eyes and prompted gently, ‘Aren’t you going to say you love me too?’ He smiled a little. ‘If ...you want me to.’ She stared at him for a moment and the first nebulous doubts stirred in her mind—doubts which flung back at her like a douche of cold water the sheer lunacy of her abandonment to him, let alone that last, unguarded admission.
She tried to keep her voice level. ‘But it wouldn’t be true?’ He was still smiling. ‘Oh, come on, Caroline!’ ‘No, Lewis, I want to know.’ She propped herself up on one elbow, staring down into his face.
‘Then I put it to you,’ he said quietly after a moment, ‘that all this love business is largely euphemistic.MoreLess
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