The Greatest Challenge of Them All by Stephanie Laurens

Author:Stephanie Laurens [Laurens, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Amazon: B071D4BGVR
Goodreads: 32702804
Publisher: Savdek Management Pty Ltd
Published: 2017-07-13T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 36

L ater that evening, as the highlight of their engagement ball, Sebastian led Antonia onto the St. Ives House ballroom’s dance floor, twirled her into his arms, and with utterly besotted smiles on their faces, they stepped into their engagement waltz.

They moved effortlessly—instinctively—together, tall and graceful, the epitome of marquess and marchioness-to-be, regal and yet worldly. So very much of their time.

Antonia felt sure she was glowing; she felt as light as thistledown as Sebastian whirled her down the floor. She smiled into his eyes. “We made it.”

His eyes hadn’t left hers from the moment they’d taken the floor. “There were moments over the last few days when I had to steel myself and not run.”

She laughed, and the sound sank to Sebastian’s bones. Then she met his eyes again and murmured, “I would have run with you.”

“We’d never have made it to Gretna Green. Someone would have seen us and wanted to know what we were about.”

Grinning, they fell silent as they negotiated the tighter turns at the end of the room. When they were once more revolving up the long length, Antonia said, “Well, we’re on the right road now, socially speaking.”

His expression radiating unalloyed happiness, he nodded. “The one leading to the altar, and from that, we won’t stray.”

Antonia tipped her head. Lost in Sebastian’s eyes, she uttered the words that sprang from her heart. “It was always you for me. For me, it was always going to be this, here, with you.”

“And for me.” His voice had deepened. A low rumble, it fell with absolute conviction on her ears. “I admit that I didn’t exactly know that, but my eyes are now open, and all I see is you.”

No more words were said, but volumes were spoken, of what each meant to the other, of their hopes and dreams.

Carried via the bridge of their gazes, sent winging with the power of what they’d discovered was the reality of what lived between them.

Both were entirely unaware when other couples joined them on the floor. They were lost to each other, transfixed by the promise of a future shaped by, anchored by, and driven by their love.

They revolved and dreamed of family and the future while the rest of the ton looked on.

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