Dirty Aristocrat by Carre Georgia le

Author:Carre, Georgia le [Carre, Georgia le]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Suspense, Crime, Mystery
ISBN: 9781910575253
Amazon: B01BF6EVS4
Goodreads: 28924978
Publisher: Georgia Le Carre
Published: 2016-02-02T08:00:00+00:00

I walked towards Ivan in a daze. Angela had brought a bouquet and I was conscious of my hands gripping its stem hard enough to snap it. There were only a handful of people. I could not even look at them. The photographers from Hello were there too. My legs felt shaky.

There he was! So straight and tall and …

A thought popped into my head, would a day ever come when I could look at him and not fall all over myself at how hot he was? The answer was immediate and cruel. Sure honey. When he leaves you.

I looked into Ivan’s face and my vision blurred. My eyes were filling with tears. What the hell? I wasn’t going to cry in front of these people and Hello photographers for God’s sake! I felt so stupid. I didn’t even know why I was crying. I had no tissues, and tears started rolling down my cheeks.

When I reached his side someone had already passed him a scrap of tissue. He gently brushed my cheeks with it.

‘Don’t cry, babe. Marriage to me won’t be that bad,’ he teased, his eyes kind and warm.

I laughed shakily.

He took my hand. I clung to it like a life jacket in a swirling sea. His hand was warm and strong. He would never know how much strength I took from it. The ceremony began. I dutifully parroted everything I was told to repeat.

‘I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawful impediment why I, Tawny Maxwell may not be joined in matrimony to Ivan de Greystoke.’

The registrar asked. ‘Are you, Ivan de Greystoke, free lawfully to marry Tawny Maxwell?

‘I am,’ he replied.

Then he smiled and made his vow.

‘I, Ivan de Greystoke take you, Tawny Maxwell to be my lawful wedded wife.’

The registrar looked at me.

‘I, Tawny Maxwell take you, Ivan de Greystoke to be my lawful wedded husband.’

That was the end of the statutory declarations. We slipped rings on each other’s fingers and Ivan pressed his mouth on mine while flash-bulbs went off. He lifted his head and I looked dazedly into his face. He was like a stranger. Yet I loved him. He was my first love. He was my first for everything. At that moment I loved him so much I couldn’t even imagine ever loving anyone else. He curved his hand around my waist and turned me towards the small group of people gathered there.

His mother was the first to congratulate us. She was immaculate in an apricot dress suit.

‘Well done, darling,’ she said to her son. Kissing me on my cheek, she whispered, ‘You look absolutely beautiful, my dear. I wish you every happiness.’

There were more photos at the steps outside before we were driven to the Ritz. In the car, Ivan took my hand. ‘Are you OK?’

‘Yes,’ I said.

‘Good. We only have to down a couple of glasses of champagne and eat a few canapés then we can escape.’

‘Where will we escape to?’ I asked, not expecting the kind of answer that he gave me.

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