The Duke Wants Her Curves: Taboo Historical BBW Forbidden Erotic Rubenesque Romance by Clarke Kimberley

Author:Clarke, Kimberley [Clarke, Kimberley]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Alexandra Books
Published: 2016-06-25T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

Life felt different after my encounter with the Doctor. I felt a new-found confidence in me, as though something fiery and unknown had been awoken in my breast. I was a little more assertive with my uncle, and started to realise that, in a way, I had all of the power in the household now. He was totally dependant on me for his shot at a work-free life, and so I made him work for it. I demanded that he buy me a new dress, for one, and went with him to York to pick it out. I chose a beautiful white lacy thing, figuring that if I was going to be married to this Duke, I might as well dress for the part. The look on my uncle’s face when he had to shell out a whole pound for it was priceless! Well, I suppose it was actually worth about a pound!

Life was really just a long wait now. It was two weeks after the Doctor’s visit that I was due to go to the Duke, and not much happened. I saw little of Robert before leaving. We only met once, and even that seemed to be too much for my uncle, who warned against the meeting vehemently.

‘We both know that Rob loved you, Bri. Who knows what he’ll do when he sees you? We have to protect your maidenhood!’

I didn’t quite follow what my uncle meant, but knew him to be overly cautious, and something of a curmudgeon, always seeing the worst in people. Robert wasn’t exactly jumping for joy when we met, and I did feel a little sad. His heart was obviously broken.

‘Just know, Bri,’ he said, as we made our final trip around the farm’s perimeter, ‘that if you ever need a friend, or someone to talk to, I’ll be here.’ He looked as handsome as ever in the early evening light. For a moment, I thought about leaning in, kissing him, giving him something to remember me by. But I knew that it would be much kinder to leave him without a token like that.

‘I’ll always think fondly of you, Robert,’ I said. Although it’s bad, I couldn’t help but feel as though I was on my way to a brand new, exciting life. I felt a little guilty, but knew that it hadn’t been my choice. If things had been different, maybe I would have ended up with Robert, and lived out my days as a shepherdess on a small-holding somewhere. But it was not to be.

On the day of my trip to the Duke’s estate, which was in fact on the other side of Yorkshire, I was extremely nervous. Everything seemed to be going wrong. I’d woken up with a pounding headache, and no mater how vigorously I attacked it with the brush, my hair looked so thatched, messy and nest-like that it seemed like a bird might fly out of it at any moment.

The only thing that was right was the dress, which fit me like a dream.

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