The Star-Crossed Bride (2011)
“For a second he felt as if he were taking his very life in his hands to enter the room. He paused to listen, but heard nothing untoward. It was dark without a lamp lit, but even so, the figure in the bed, and the scent of Emily, drew him like a moth to a flame and he felt his tenuous grasp on his emotions begin to slip. But what was it that was so different about the room? About tonight?
At first he thought that it was simply the lateness of the hour and the fact that Emily herself was silent and presumably asleep. Always before she had waited up to greet him. He damped his disappointment. She was asleep and he would not get to spend a few precious moments in conversation with her. He tried to convince himself that this was also a relief. He did not have to answer her question once again about why he would not share her bed with her. He shut the door, plunging the room back into darkness.
If only he could forget that he had seen it. Thank heavens he had been delayed long enough for he...r to fall asleep before he arrived.MoreLess
At first he thought that it was simply the lateness of the hour and the fact that Emily herself was silent and presumably asleep. Always before she had waited up to greet him. He damped his disappointment. She was asleep and he would not get to spend a few precious moments in conversation with her. He tried to convince himself that this was also a relief. He did not have to answer her question once again about why he would not share her bed with her. He shut the door, plunging the room back into darkness.
If only he could forget that he had seen it. Thank heavens he had been delayed long enough for he...r to fall asleep before he arrived.MoreLess
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