His Saving Grace (Regency Refuge 1) by Heather Gray

Author:Heather Gray [Gray, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Fiction, Romance & Love Stories
ISBN: 978-1621351924
Publisher: Astraea Press, LLC
Published: 2015-01-24T05:00:00+00:00

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Grace looked up and saw a smoldering look on Thomas's face. Her breath hitched in her throat. "Is everything all right?" He nodded but said nothing, instead turning and lifting the curtain over the window to take a look outside. "Are you sure? You seem upset."

"Everything's delightful." His expression didn't at all match his words.

Ever the curious one, she asked, "What were you thinking about?"

"I am fairly certain you don't want to know," he replied.

Drop it. Don't pry. A good wife does not force her husband to speak to her.

"Oh." She knew she should stop asking, but something inside her wanted to keep pulling at him until he gave an answer.

As a child, she'd once skinned her knee. Thomas had repeatedly told her to leave the scab alone for her own good, but she'd ignored him. In the end, unable to resist picking at it, she'd pulled the scab off, and the wound had started bleeding again. Even then she'd known that, given the chance to do it again, she'd likely not have heeded his words of warning. "I'm naturally curious, you know," she said.

Thomas rounded away from the window and let the curtain fall back into place. "You look lovely in that dress," he said.

That's what he was thinking? Then why do I feel like…

"Thank you."

"Did your mother talk to you about the things that happen between husbands and wives in marriage?"

That's what he was thinking!

Grace felt the heat radiating from her skin at his words, but she refused to reach for her reticule. I will not hide behind my fan! I can be adult about this conversation. Maybe. "She did, though I have to admit to not understanding much of what she said. What she explained sounded nothing like what I've seen the horses and sheep do. Or the pigs, for that matter."

Thomas's face flushed as he was overtaken with a fit of coughing.

I grew up in the country. It can't possibly be shocking that I've witnessed animals cavorting.

Once Thomas finally got his coughing under control, he said, "I have no idea what to say to that."

Grace chuckled, tickled that, even if inadvertently, she had discombobulated him so. "Why don't you say whatever you had planned to say before I started talking about the mating habits of animals?"

It took Thomas a moment, but he finally said, his gaze never leaving her face, "I thought perhaps we could share a room again tonight."

"Even if the inn has additional rooms available?" Her voice was not much more than a whisper, but she credited herself that it didn't waver.

Her husband's nod both excited and frightened her. "Only if you are comfortable. I won't force the issue. I've been enough of a clod already in this marriage."

"Would this be a better time for me to be honest or silent?" Mum always did tell me I should think before I speak. I suppose this is as good a time as any to start following her advice.

"I'll always prefer your honesty over your silence, Grace.

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