Sacked (To Love a Governess Regency Short)
“How soon would she be done with her bath? How soon could he speak with her? He thought the dinner would never end. There was so much he wanted to say to her but couldn’t. Instead, they discussed how the girls were progressing in their studies and such, so similar to the many conversations from the past six months. He turned to John, the man who had driven him about for the past ten years. “If I do not sleep here tonight, you will tell no one.”
The man had the audacity to grin.
“If you do, you will be out of a job without a reference.”
The smile fell from John’s face. “Of course, Lord Fairfield.”
It didn’t matter what people thought of him, but it mattered a great deal what they thought of Elizabeth.
Since her arrival he had ached with need for her. All she had to do was pass him in the hall, her scent of honeysuckle wafting past his nose, and he was ready to pounce. He had been bidding his time until this morning. And, now that he had tasted her, he couldn’t go back.
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