You Only Love Twice by Thornton Elizabeth

Author:Thornton, Elizabeth [Thornton, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Historcal romance, Fiction, Romance, Historical, Erotica, General
ISBN: 0553574264
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2011-12-07T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

17

She was at her dressing table and had just finished braiding her hair when Lucas passed her door. She recognized his voice and the lighter tones of his valet. When she heard a door closing farther along the hall, she let out the breath she hadn’t known she was holding.

This wasn’t an ordinary wedding night, she reminded herself, and she and Lucas had said their good-nights some time ago, when the last of their guests had finally departed. Lucas’s mother was there, as was Ellie, so she and Lucas hadn’t exchanged more than a few words before he’d gone to check that the house was locked up for the night. Which was just as well. She hadn’t wanted to talk to him. If he had even looked at her the wrong way, she would have snapped at him. That’s what came of bottling everything up inside her and putting a good face on things.

She had unstoppered a bottle of perfume when she heard sounds coming from the dressing room, and her hand jerked. Quickly restoppering the bottle, she set it down and listened. Doors opened and closed, there was the murmur of voices then there was silence.

I’ve never wanted a woman as much as I want you.

She gave a teary sniff, stomped to her bed and threw off her negligee. The sheets were cool and smelled faintly of lemon. Propped against the pillows, arms folded, she contemplated her new domain.

She might as well douse the candles. Lucas wouldn’t be coming to her, not if he possessed a particle of intelligence. A man did not snub his wife on her wedding day, then expect her to fall into his arms at night. Besides, he’d promised that she would be the one to decide when their marriage would become a real one. He must have known from the look she’d given him when she’d said good night that she’d as soon see him roast in hell.

She would never have had such wicked thoughts when she was a nun.

Another sniff. She wasn’t being unreasonable, she told herself. Ellie had deliberately poured the glass of cordial over her bridal gown and Lucas had rewarded the girl by letting her absorb his attention for most of the evening. He should have known better than to neglect his own wife.

Who was she trying to fool? Ellie was only a small part of it. She’d been brooding on Perry’s words all night long. A man loves only one woman but he can want many.

Well, now she knew exactly where she stood. She was a convenience, that’s what she was.

That thought was revolving in her mind when the door to the dressing room opened and Lucas entered. He was wearing a dark maroon robe, belted at the waist, but what caught Jessica’s eye was the bottle of wine in one hand and the two glasses in the other. The second thing she noticed was the big smile on his face.

The smile was definitely a mistake. It made her feel like a cat that had been rubbed the wrong way.

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