Wooed in Winter (The Wicked Winters Book 7) by Scarlett Scott

Author:Scarlett Scott [Scott, Scarlett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, romance, Historical
Publisher: Happily Ever After Books, LLC
Published: 2020-08-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Then

Hannah’s favorite room in Falwyck Abbey’s sprawling two hundred chambers was the library. On account of the terrible rains sweeping through the countryside that morning, Graham’s note had instructed her to meet here.

It was fitting, she thought as she walked slowly down the wall of books, scarcely even perusing the spines of the volumes as she passed. Fitting she would be meeting the man she loved most in the place she loved best.

On the heavy, heart-thudding thought, she exhaled slowly.

It had not taken her long to realize the truth.

She had not confessed it to Graham just yet, of course. But she was sure of her feelings. Certain of the emotion running through her. The day he had pulled her into the apple tree, the first time he had kissed her, had changed everything. She had gone from a lady who was helplessly enthralled to a lady who was desperately in love.

And she was going to tell him.

Today.

If she had the courage, that was.

You are going to have the courage, Han. Graham has strong feelings for you as well. Otherwise, he would not be pursuing you as he has.

But no matter how many times she reassured herself that Graham’s every action toward her had shown her how he felt for her, her stomach was nonetheless tied up in a half-dozen knots as she awaited him.

The door clicked open, and the air in the library changed. It fairly sizzled. Hannah spun about to confirm what she had already known without needing to look—Graham had come.

And oh, how handsome he was, cutting a dashing figure in his buckskin breeches, riding boots, and dark coat. Her heart pounded furiously at the sight of him, and she could not keep the smile from her lips any more than she could maintain the distance propriety decreed.

To say nothing of the fact they ought not to be alone together. Her lady’s maid was otherwise occupied, and if they were caught, it would be the ruin of her reputation and a precipitate wedding for them both. Chaperones were dreadful weights when Hannah could be alone with Graham. When she could touch him, kiss him, speak with him as she wished.

Her feet were moving now, flying over the thick Aubusson, taking her to his open arms. Would someone wander into the library and discover them? Did she even care? Questions and thoughts ceased to exist when he caught her to him, his gaze devouring her with greedy tenderness that made her breath hitch.

“Han,” he said warmly, his voice vibrating with such undisguised delight that she could not help but to feel as if she were the greatest treasure, laid before him.

“Graham.” She said his name with the reverence of a prayer as she buried her face in his neck.

Just above his cravat, she found the magical space of skin that was just him, and she inhaled deeply of his scent, so familiar and beloved. Only a day had passed between now and when she had last seen him

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