Glass Slippers and Unicorns by Carole Mortimer

Author:Carole Mortimer [Mortimer, Carole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488031977
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1986-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

‘IF there was one other relationship, Darcy, how did you come to me a virgin?’

She had been expecting this question since last night when she had sensed his shock at her inexperience. But even though it was now morning, the night hours, despite Reed’s claim to the contrary, having seen them return to that heady delight twice more before they fell asleep in each others arms, she couldn’t look him directly in the eyes as she answered him.

‘He—Jason realised at the last minute that he didn’t want me.’ She could still remember the painful humiliation of realising she couldn’t even arouse Jason enough to give him what he needed, the two of them dressing in silence afterwards, knowing that the experiment wouldn’t be repeated. It hadn’t been until she met Reed and realised how she felt about him that she had been grateful for her aborted affair with Jason, knew that the relationship hadn’t been worthy of either of them.

Reed had left her in little doubt last night of her ability to arouse him!

‘Were you in love with him?’ Reed asked huskily, obviously puzzled about the whole relationship.

‘I thought we—needed, each other,’ she evaded. ‘It just didn’t work out.’

‘And now?’

‘I’m so glad you were the first, Reed.’ She looked up at him with glowing eyes. ‘It felt—right, with you.’ She frowned as she saw the flicker of uncertainty in his eyes. ‘Reed?’ He couldn’t already be regretting last night, not when it had been so beautiful!

‘After the first time, when I realised that in your experience you wouldn’t have taken care of such things, I took preventative measures, but that first time…!’ He grimaced at his lack of control even after he had breached that gossamer barrier. ‘I couldn’t have stopped at that moment if our lives had depended on it!’

She knew what he was trying to say, and the thought of a child being made from their lovemaking was as much a shock to her as it obviously was to him. But for different reasons she was sure. She knew she didn’t deserve the happiness of having Reed’s baby.

‘It will be all right, Reed,’ she assured him as she stretched her silky length above him, thrilled as she felt him stir beneath her.

‘You would tell me if it isn’t?’ he persisted, even as his body leapt with desire.

‘Of course,’ she confirmed without hesitation. ‘I’m sure you would never “demand” that I marry you or threaten to take the baby away from me.’ She was confident he would never be so cruel as to do the latter but she wouldn’t object at all if he wanted to do the former.

‘Darcy, this is serious!’

‘Babies usually are,’ she nodded. ‘But aren’t you being a little premature?’ she teased. ‘We’ve only spent one night together.’

‘Are there going to be other nights?’

Now that she had known him so completely she felt as if she would die if she didn’t spend the rest of her nights with him in his arms and all of her days at his side.

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