The Reluctant Earl
“he said with satisfaction. Then he straightened and turned to Claire.Her brown eyes were huge. “I can scarcely believe it,” she whispered. We’re married.”He grinned, encircled her waist with his hands, lifted her, and began to spin her around in a circle, laughing exuberantly. She braced her hands on his shoulders and laughed back down at him. When he returned her to her feet, she looked up at him with eyes full of curiosity. “How do we start?” she asked.There had been women in the town n...ear Simon’s school who offered opportunities for upper-class students to shed their virginity, but he had never taken advantage of them. He wanted to come to Claire as pure as he knew she would come to him. He looked at her now and felt such enormous tenderness, such gratitude that she had trusted herself to him, that he almost stopped breathing. Then he held out his hands and said, “Come here and kiss me.” # # # Claire went eagerly into his arms and kissed him with all the love that was in her. He kissed her back so fiercely he pressed her head all the way back against his shoulder.MoreLess
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