Four of a Kind: A women's historical fiction by Russell Vanessa

Author:Russell, Vanessa [Russell, Vanessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-08-04T04:00:00+00:00

I’d brought on more than I bargained for. I hadn’t thought things through clearly, so desperate was I to get that annulment signed. Mary Sue was far behind in education for her age, so the school principal recommended fulltime tutoring until January’s new term. They would test her then for possible enrollment in seventh grade. I was responsible for getting her up to that level before then.

When I told Thomas about this though, he could not see the tremendous burden I had taken on. “Good girl, Bess. You’ve never been responsible for someone else before. You may learn as much as this little girl does.” He closed the door to his office and took me into his arms. “You’re a very good girl indeed,” he said, his tone as soft as his gaze. His head dipped and his lips pressed mine gently. I blinked in wonder and saw his eyes were wide open as well. He backed away an inch and I reached for more, letting my lashes flutter closed, only wanting to feel him, touch him. The kiss lingered longer, me savoring the flavor as I would with ice cream. My fingertips traced his cheeks and jawbone and were lost in his thick hair. When he heard the soft moan, he pulled away. He squeezed my shoulders and returned my questioning gaze with heavy-lidded eyes, their green depths warm as summer grass. “As soon as that Tennessee lawyer calls and says we’re clear, we’re getting married. Or else I’m going to make a bad girl out of you.”

At that moment, I had no objection either way. I held true love and I now understood its meaning. To long for someone physically, well, I didn’t know this could be possible with Thomas but here I stood hungering for more of his lips.

“Kiss me again and I might marry you,” I said.

He grinned and gave me a light peck. “Oh, you’ll marry me. You have to. I’m the boss and you have to do what I tell you.”

“Yes, sir,” I said, batting my eyes, not the least bit irritated by his advantage. He squeezed my shoulders again and returned to his desk. “Besides,” I continued in that sweet little girl tone, “I’d like to see more of those burning eyes and flushing cheeks. They’re far more interesting than that business mask you just put back on.”

He let out a short laugh but picked up a stack of papers in spite of me. “I’ll see what I can do. In the meantime, stop flirting with me. It’s distracting and we have a day’s work to do.”

He put his spectacles on the end of his nose and sat still for a moment. “Tell you what I want you to do.” He pulled some papers out of his stack and handed them to me. “Take these company requests for advertisements and write them from the Lighthouse. From now until Mary Sue starts to school in January, work from there. You’ll have a full day teaching her as it is.

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