Two Wee Drams of Love by Grace Burrowes

Author:Grace Burrowes [Burrowes, Grace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781941419243
Amazon: 1941419240
Publisher: Grace Burrowes Publishing
Published: 2016-01-20T18:30:00+00:00

Louise had become like one of her vases, a pillar of grace and beauty, illuminated from within, imbued with motion even when she stood still.

“Let’s find some ferns to hide behind,” she said, taking Liam by the hand. “Understand this: You are being daft, and I love you for it, but enough is enough.”

“I am daft,” Liam said as they wound past the buffet and into a conversational grouping away from the brightest lights. Across the mezzanine, people were putting on wraps, security guards were looking relieved, and a wonderfully successful show was coming to an end.

The press had attended, and Liam would have a few more clients for this evening’s work, about which, he cared not at all.

“I was mean to Robert,” Louise said, stretching luxuriously.

“You were quite civil to him,” Liam countered, lowering himself to the carpet beside her chair. “You asked about his latest publication then dodged off to say hello to the reigning queen of textile art.”

Larry O’Connor had been trapped in a discussion of the symbolism of fur in colonial portraiture for another fifteen minutes while Liam had stayed at his lady’s side.

“Naughty me,” Louise said, admiring her own bare toes.

She could light up the Orkneys on New Year’s Eve with that smile.

“Might I interrupt your naughtiness to trouble you for your opinion on another artist’s work?” Liam asked.

Louise stroked his hair, the gentlest caress. “I’d give you pretty much anything you asked for, Liam Cromarty. I hadn’t realized how I’d been grieving, not knowing what had happened to my art. Without the actual pieces, I had no evidence I’d ever created anything. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. The managing partner for the law firm that hosted this shindig asked if I accepted private commissions.”

“You’ll soon be wealthy if you said yes.” And how pleased Liam would be, to see Louise’s career restored to her in such abundance.

Louise dropped a kiss on his crown. “I am wealthy. I have good health, a ton of ideas, and good people in my life. The rest doesn’t matter.”

She didn’t reiterate that she loved him. She’d lobbed that salvo at him when he’d been too drunk on the sight of her to respond, and then she’d nattered on about taking his clothes off.

Liam scooted around, so he was on his knees at her side. “You have something else, too, Louise.”

“A sweet tooth. Or a tablet tooth.”

“You have my heart,” Liam said, extracting a ring box from a pocket. “You have my love. You have my loyalty, my fidelity, and most of my tablet stash for the rest of my natural days. My cat and my uncle have already switched their allegiance to you, and my dog is sure to follow.”

Louise had gone still, her hand resting on his shoulder.

“Thank you, Liam. I love you, too. Very much.”

“We thought we were done,” he said. “You went off to law school, thinking you’d closed a chapter in your life forever. I settled into teaching and hoped I could be content.

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