No Ordinary Princess by Pamela Morsi

Author:Pamela Morsi [Morsi, Pamela]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Adult
ISBN: 9780380786435
Google: 1Y7M_8bnT7MC
Amazon: 0380786435
Barnesnoble: 0380786435
Goodreads: 264002
Publisher: Avon Books
Published: 1997-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

The quiet evening at home on her wedding night was one of the longest and most nerve-racking that Princess could ever remember. Gerald had taken the team back to the livery and she was jumpy as a cat the whole time he was gone. She tried to organize a lovely dinner for two, but she was so nervous and almost giddy that she simply could not think straight. Mrs. Marin had graciously taken up the challenge of their wedding feast as if a gauntlet had been thrown. They sat in the dining room for what must have been hours.

Princess was so anxious and edgy she had no appetite at all. Still, it was an impressive display of culinary excellence. The formal dining table was set with the snowy handloomed linen table dressings. The rose china was hastily unpacked and washed. And a simple pork roast dinner miraculously blossomed into a veritable feast of a thousand courses.

Cessy had no idea what she ate, but she was extremely aware of every bite that Geralcl took. She sat at the far end of the table from him and barely a word passed between them during the meal. Yet she was aware of every movement he made. Every breath he took. Strangely, it made her tremble.

Howard had managed to unearth a dusty bottle of wine. Although Cessy had never cared for spirits, she found herself nervously bringing the rim of the glass to her lips time and time again. Gerald drank very little, but as they rose finally to leave the table, he drained the contents of his glass and urged her to do the same.

"Shall we withdraw to the sitting room, Cessy?'' he suggested.

She agreed, and they spent a very long, uncomfortable evening making stilted conversation as they sat next to each other on the silk damask t ê te-a-t ê te. They had always talked so easily together and been so in tune. Why now that they were man and wife could they not seem to find one interesting thing to say to each other?

Cessy knew the answer. They couldn't enjoy a pleasant evening together without thinking about the inevitable night that followed it. She had felt so free, so alive and cheerful in their ride home from the school. But now, looking at the man that was now her husband, the niggling doubts that she had deliberately refused to give credence to had begun to creep into her thoughts.

Muna clearly did not trust him. And Reverend McAfee seemed disturbed by her choice as well. Ma suggested that it was very strange for such a man to live in town for no reason. And then there was the letter, the strange, nearly illiterate letter from a Yale graduate.

"Cessy, I believe that it is time for us to retire for the evening."

Gerald had leaned his head down more closely to her own to speak quietly in her ear. Princess was startled at his unexpected nearness. His voice broke into her rumination and she felt momentarily guilty and disloyal for her thoughts.

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