Sarah's Duke: and Ellie's Gentleman (The heir and the spare, book 1) by Fiona Miers

Author:Fiona Miers [Miers, Fiona]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Fiona Miers
Published: 2015-03-11T00:00:00+00:00

Eight

For the first time since they had married, Oliver didn’t join her in her bed that night. Sarah stayed awake most of the night listening, hoping to hear some movement in the room next door. She was completely alone now and it was her own fault. She had destroyed the one good thing they had together by speaking her fears aloud, and now her husband wouldn’t come to her bed. Around dawn Sarah fell asleep, only to reawaken when her maid came in to inform her that lunch would be served soon.

Sarah gasped and sat bolt upright. How could she have missed breakfast? She twisted and placed her feet on the floor, jumping out of bed obviously too quickly. She swooned and would have fainted dead away to the floor if her quick thinking maid hadn’t pushed her in the direction of the bed.

She landed with a thump on the soft mattress, black spots still swimming in her eyes. They slowly receded and she took long, deep breaths.

“There now, yer Grace. Do not you be getting up so quickly. The last thing you need is a fall.”

Sarah lay a hand to her spinning head and swallowed the bile that rose in her throat. The dizziness she usually felt had been multiplied this morning, and she was feeling very sick in the stomach too.

“Thank you Sophie. I am feeling quite sick. Do you think I could have some toast and tea in my room?” Sarah winced at the tone she was using to talk to her servant. Her mother-in-law would be disgusted.

Well, her mother-in-law could go fall in the lake for all she cared. Sarah had a new priority, her baby. If her husband was annoyed with her then she wouldn’t fight him. The thought made Sarah’s stomach clench painfully, reminding her that she wasn’t being truthful.

She wasn’t willing to give up on her husband, but until her pregnancy was better established she would have to protect herself. That would mean not allowing her in-laws to cause her distress, and not upsetting herself over Oliver’s withdrawal from her.

Sophie brought in her tray of toast and tea, and Sarah sat up in her bed and nibbled on her very late breakfast. Drinking slowly and eating slower, she waited for her body to respond to the food. When she wasn’t rushing to the chamber pot to be sick she had another nap.

The next time she awoke, Sarah felt more relaxed than she had in a month. The weight of the world had been lifted from her shoulders as she saw her life for what was important. She was pregnant. She had to get outside, get some fresh air, and avoid her mother-in-law and sister-in-law at all costs.

Dressing in one of her old walking dresses, Sarah slipped out the servant’s entrance with help from Sophie and the housekeeper, and made her way to the stables. Walking slowly and enjoying the gentle breeze, she didn’t see her husband until she almost walked into him.

“Oh, Oliver, I’m sorry,” Sarah stepped back from where her husband was talking to his horse.

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