The Countess's Groom by Emily Larkin

Author:Emily Larkin [Larkin, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Contemporary, Short Stories (Single Author), Romance, Flirts, Emily Larkin, romance series, entangled publishing
ISBN: 9781622662227
Google: ieRWAAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00EGJ33SC
Goodreads: 18308603
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2013-08-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

JUNE 21, 1763

It rained for two days, steady rain that meant they couldn’t go riding, but on the third day the sky cleared in the afternoon. Will saddled Dancer and led the mare to the mounting block.

He heard footsteps and turned his head. His heart kicked in his chest. Rose.

She walked across the courtyard, as she had done a hundred times before, dressed in an emerald green riding habit. Black ringlets curled beneath the brim of her hat. Her skin was pale and smooth, her lips rosy, her eyes lustrous.

Will did his best to appear stolid and disinterested as she approached.

“Good afternoon, ma’am.”

“Good afternoon, Fenmore.”

The sound of Rose’s voice brought a flood of memory: the taste of her mouth, the scent of her skin, what it had felt like to bury himself in her and come to a shuddering, heart-stopping climax.

Will swallowed. He helped Rose mount and rechecked the girth, methodical, business-like, forcing himself not to look up and smile at her, not to show that their relationship was anything other than mistress and servant. Then he swung up on his own mount, where the picnic hamper was strapped behind the saddle.

Once they were within the woods, Rose halted and turned to him. “Will...”

He saw her shyness, her nervousness, the doubt in her eyes—as if she thought his love for her had evaporated in the past two days.

Will brought the gelding alongside Dancer and reached for Rose, leaning across to kiss her. “I love you.”

Rose’s stiffness melted away. She kissed him back, shy and sweet and eager.

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