Mr. Darcy Forever by Victoria Connelly

Author:Victoria Connelly
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, General, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9781402251399
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2012-03-31T23:00:00+00:00

Sarah had, indeed, been in the talk about food in Regency times. She’d been sitting towards the back of the room and had suddenly felt very hot and in need of some fresh air and had got up to leave before the questions had begun. She’d not seen Mia or Shelley and hadn’t thought to look for them either. Besides, she was too busy thinking about something else.

Lloyd.

She was due to meet him outside the abbey and was anxious not to be late. He’d told her he was going to photograph the River Avon in the morning and Sarah was so pleased that he was staying in Bath. It took her mind off how lonely it was being on her own there despite the many different festival events that were keeping her busy.

Now, walking through the city, she couldn't help thinking how nice it was to have a man's company again. It felt as if she hadn't had that for some time and life was always a little bit duller without a companion.

As she approached the abbey, she began looking out for him and soon spotted him amongst the crowds in front of the great door. He was bent down at ground level, his broad shoulders taut as he found some new angle from which to photograph. Sarah sneaked up on him, wondering how close she could get before he saw her.

‘Hello,’ he said, without raising his eye from the viewfinder.

‘How did you know it was me?’ Sarah said perplexed.

‘I saw you as soon as you came into the square.’

‘Did you?’

He got up and showed her a photograph he’d taken of her a few seconds before. Sure enough, there she was, wearing a soft, otherworldly expression on her face.

‘What were you thinking of?’ Lloyd asked her.

Sarah looked up at him. ‘I was thinking of you.’

He smiled and she smiled back. It was the right answer.

‘Did you get the photos you wanted of the river?’

‘I got a few,’ he said.

Sarah liked his modesty. They were sure to be brilliant photographs but she knew he wouldn’t boast about them.

‘So,’ he said, ‘are you going to tell me the secret history of Sarah now?’ His voice was full of warmth but it made Sarah feel quite cold and she sat down on a nearby bench feeling depleted.

When Lloyd had told Sarah that he wanted to know everything about her, she hadn’t quite taken him at his word but he seemed intent on finding out about her.

This is your comeuppance, a little voice said. You’re going to be found out. You can’t escape.

‘Sarah – what is it?’ he asked. ‘You’ve turned white! Are you okay?’

She nodded but then shook her head.

‘I’m a bad person,’ she whispered.

‘What?’

‘I’m a bad person. You don’t want to know about me. You really don’t want to get involved with me.’

‘What are you talking about? How could you possibly be a bad person?’

‘You don’t know what I’ve done.’

Lloyd’s forehead furrowed. ‘I admit I don’t know much about you,’ he said,

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