A Christmas in Cornwall: A Regency Christmas Novella by Gill Tamara

Author:Gill, Tamara [Gill, Tamara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tamara Gill
Published: 2015-12-01T08:00:00+00:00

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Much to her annoyance, William kept his distance from her for the next few days. His cold, and at times rude, manner—as if she was an errant child who didn’t know what was best for her—irked to the point of her endurance. Had he just asked her where she’d gone she would have soon put his mind to rest that it wasn’t to meet another gentleman. He may not have received the entire truth, but that was better than thinking the worst of her.

After everything they’d done together surely he wouldn’t think she’d look to have fulfilment elsewhere. He may have brought out a side of her character that even she didn’t know existed, but she wasn’t a doxy. Anger churned in her gut after his chilling attitude at dinner. Well, enough was enough. It was time William owned what she was sure he felt toward her, and if May had to seduce the fellow to make him see his true feelings, then that is what she would do.

May paced in her room and waited to hear her father’s bedroom door close before making her way to the guest wing and William’s suite.

Once her father retired for the night, May crept along the passage floor, making sure to miss the floorboards that were want to squeak. Without knocking, she entered William’s room. He lay on the bed, bare of everything except his breeches. His chest was all muscle, his stomach flexed as he sat up and her attention locked on it. She swallowed when she noticed the bulge at the front of his pants. He was beyond spectacular. “Good evening, William.”

He didn’t move, just watched her, his eyes growing dark with need, but his severe expression, still one that sent her nerves to jangle. Knowing his distance from her was due to jealousy made each step closer to the bed much easier than she thought. Had she not been so sure of his feelings, she would never have been able to be so bold.

“You shouldn’t be here.”

She tipped her head to the side and studied him. His gaze took in her bodiced chemise, his hands fisting against the sheets. “You shouldn’t be here?” she repeated, mocking his words for what they were, a lie. “I thought it was time you took your pleasure as well, my lord.”

His eyes flared and his swallow was almost audible. “You should leave before you cannot.”

May lifted her chemise and pulled it over her head, letting it flutter to the ground. She knelt on the bed near his feet. “I know exactly what I’m doing and I’ve never been so sure of anything before in my life.”

For the first time since she’d entered the room, he looked away. Dread lodged in her stomach like a rock that perhaps he’d tired of her after all, and that perhaps she’d been wrong in reading his coldness as jealousy. The thought was mortifying. “Do you not want me?” There, she’d asked what she feared most to voice.

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