Wedding of the Season
“The evening he’d just endured wasn’t any easier than the previous ones had been.
Night after night of pretending to be debonair, carefree, and perfectly at ease in the same room with his old love and her new one took quite a toll, but it wouldn’t do for him to be dog in the manger about things. Julia had played up beautifully, putting on the same act as he for her own impish reasons, but even with her assistance, the evenings seemed endless.
Tonight had been the worst, the tension nearly unbear...able. When the clock struck one and the party broke up, Will was filled with profound relief, but as people began making their way to bed, he found himself reluctant to do the same. Though he’d been up since dawn, he was still too much on edge, too stirred up for sleep.
He caught up with Julia on her way to the stairs, finagled a cigarette and a match, and stepped outside. The lamps in the drawing room and study were still lit, making the limestone floor of the terrace seem to radiate with an incandescent, golden glow.MoreLess
Night after night of pretending to be debonair, carefree, and perfectly at ease in the same room with his old love and her new one took quite a toll, but it wouldn’t do for him to be dog in the manger about things. Julia had played up beautifully, putting on the same act as he for her own impish reasons, but even with her assistance, the evenings seemed endless.
Tonight had been the worst, the tension nearly unbear...able. When the clock struck one and the party broke up, Will was filled with profound relief, but as people began making their way to bed, he found himself reluctant to do the same. Though he’d been up since dawn, he was still too much on edge, too stirred up for sleep.
He caught up with Julia on her way to the stairs, finagled a cigarette and a match, and stepped outside. The lamps in the drawing room and study were still lit, making the limestone floor of the terrace seem to radiate with an incandescent, golden glow.MoreLess
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