Judith Ivory by Untie My Heart

Author:Untie My Heart
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Published: 2012-04-25T15:31:35+00:00

Chapter 10

Her breath is like honey spiced with cloves,

Her mouth delicious as a ripened mango.

—Srngarakarika, Kumaradadatta, 12th century

STUART was already in the library when Emma found the room. It had to be he, yet the man standing over the large desk, reading papers that lay on it, looked so different that she stepped back momentarily. His hair was damp and combed away from his face, his profile stark. His angular jaw and cheeks had the damp, faintly vulnerable look of a fresh shave. Even more unfamiliar were his clothes: a heavy, knit jersey the color of wheat, roomy and athletic, as if he might dash off at any moment for a quick game of polo. His hands were tucked casually into the pockets of dark, loose trousers—till he absently licked his thumb and turned a page on the desk. So absorbed was he in his reading, he didn’t hear Emma enter.

The room was cold, though a crackling fire promised it would warm up. Dinner sat, absolutely fragrant, on a library table, its reading lamp pushed to the side to make room for two place settings of little hens of some sort.

Stuart startled when she cleared her throat. “Oh, there you are,” he said. “They just brought dinner.” He pointed to a table set for two. “Take a seat. Please. Start without me. I’ll be right there.” He waved his hand in cursory offer, then returned to whatever was so interesting on his desktop.

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