The Kiss of Love (The Book of Love 6) by Meara Platt

Author:Meara Platt [Platt, Meara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Historical
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2020-05-20T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Honey’s fingers were shaking as she tried to undo the ties of her gown but couldn’t seem to manage them all. Sighing, she gave up and decided to simply wear her half-laced gown to sleep. Lottie would freshen it and press the wrinkles out of it tomorrow.

She took off her shoes and stockings and was about to turn down her lamp when she heard a rattle of the doorknob and then a light knock at her door. She’d bolted herself in after Tom had stalked out. She and Belle had faced some very nasty coves trying to steal their Oxford perfume business, but dealing with Tom was almost worse. She’d fallen in love with him, and no matter what happened, whether for the good or the bad, she would never be able to stop loving him.

“Honey, let me in,” she heard Tom whisper through her door.

Would it be a mistake? He was a man in turmoil on every front and not in control yet of his quiet rage. But she knew he’d never do anything to hurt her, no matter how wild and unbound his pain.

“All right.” If she was completely wrong about him, then she will have learned a harsh lesson. But it would relieve her of the need to reveal her secret to a man she thought she could trust. It would also relieve her of the pain of rejection when he decided she would not make a suitable countess.

But one look at his eyes calmed her at once. He stepped in and closed the door softly behind him, but could not seem to speak yet. She understood the feeling. He had so much that needed to pour out of him, he couldn’t get it all out at once. He was still frustrated and angry. Hurt, worried. But what shone brightest in the magnificent depths of his dark green eyes was gentleness and wisdom. “Oh, Tom. Just take me in your arms.”

He didn’t need coaxing.

He wrapped her in his absorbing embrace, this beautiful way he had of holding her as though he needed to take her into his body and store her in his heart. She felt the same about him. She laughed when he lifted her up against his body and held her close so that her feet no longer touched the ground. He was a big man with a strong, hard body and muscled arms that seemed to have no trouble holding her up.

She wrapped her arms around his neck, and on impulse, pressed her lips to the base of his throat. The gesture broke the dam that was holding him back, and all his feelings spilled out. “Honey, I love you,” he whispered and then closed his mouth over hers with a fervor that held no anger, only desire and hope and a promise of forever that she could not hold him to yet because he did not really know who she was.

She had to tell him tonight. “Tom—”

“No words yet, Honey. Give us another moment of just this.

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