An Unbroken Marriage by Penny Jordan

Author:Penny Jordan [Jordan, Penny]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781488028809
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1982-07-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

THEY were married a week later in the same small village church where Simon’s parents had been married, and during the brief ceremony India caught herself praying that their marriage would prove more secure and enduring. Which was extremely foolish of her, she told herself afterwards sipping champagne and trying not to look as bemused as she felt as Simon introduced her to various people, because if any marriage was doomed to failure theirs surely must be. She didn’t doubt Simon’s good intentions, but how long would it be before he found himself longing for the sophistication of women such as Ursula and Melisande?

It was something India tried not to think about. Alison had been both delighted and horrified when Simon informed her how quickly they were to be married, and despite her pregnancy had insisted that the simple no-fuss ceremony Simon was planning was unfair to India, who would want to cherish the memory of her wedding day.

Instead, Alison had organised a small, informal buffet party at her house, and although India was touched by her thoughtfulness in many ways she would have preferred just herself Simon and the necessary witnesses. There was something bordering on the temptation of bad luck about celebrating what was no more than a formal business arrangement in such a way.

Simon had asked India what she preferred to do after their marriage; if she wished to move into his flat which had a spare bedroom, or if she would prefer them to start afresh. If there was to be a child, he had pointed out, the flat would hardly be suitable, for all its luxury.

Moved by an impulse she could barely comprehend, India had asked if it would not be possible for them to move down to the cottage, regretting the words the moment they were spoken, as she saw Simon frown and hesitate.

‘So you managed it after all!’

She hadn’t seen Ursula Blanchard approaching her. The older woman’s eyes raked the plain cream silk dress and jacket India had chosen for the ceremony—not her own design as there had not been time to make anything suitable but an outfit she had bought from Bellville Sassoon and which bore their unmistakable stamp.

‘You’re not wearing white, I notice,’ Ursula murmured cattily. ‘Very wise of you, my dear—no one knowing Simon would have believed you had the right… Oh, there you are, darling,’ she cooed as Simon, tall, and unbelievably handsome in a dark formal suit and crisp silk shirt, came towards them. ‘I was just telling your little bride how fortunate she was.’ Her fingers stroked the fabric of Simon’s suit, and India felt nausea rise up inside her as she pictured those plum-tipped nails digging passionately into tanned male flesh; the sullen, pouting lips, parting beneath the skilled insistence of Simon’s… She moved blindly away, appalled by the depth of her emotions; the strength of her jealousy, her face paling suddenly, causing Simon to frown and glance at her from beneath hooded lids. As

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