As Fate Would Have It: A Pride and Prejudice Variation Novella by Kimberly McBride

Author:Kimberly McBride
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2020-12-12T05:00:00+00:00

TEMPTING CONSIDERATION

As Mr. Darcy slowly awoke the next morning, he was aware of his doubly painful head from both the wound and the after-effects of too much brandy. However, his pain was easily brushed aside as the pleasures of the rest of his body registered in his mind.

Elizabeth.

Somehow during the night, she had entwined herself all over and around him. Her head was nestled on his chest and shoulder. Long dark curls had escaped their confines, and she was on her side with her hip and leg draped over his. Most surprising of all was how her arm disappeared under his shirt, and her hand was tucked into the waist of his breeches.

While his body reveled in the feel of her embrace, his eyes feasted on her full round breasts spilling out of her low cut gown.

Drawing a deep breath, he braced himself and looked away, feeling very warm inside.

Her hair tickled his neck, and he wound one of the renegade curls around his finger. Her curls allured him to the point of obsession. He had admired them from the moment he had first laid eyes on them at the Meryton Assembly. As she had walked away from him, they had bounced enticingly around her pale, slender neck, taunting him for some cruel words he had spoken in haste that were now long forgotten. He yearned for the privilege and honor of seeing her hair unbound, to touch it and caress it.

Her steady, even breathing told him she was still deep in sleep, giving him time to cherish the moment and formulate a plan.

What he wanted to do was kiss and caress every inch of her enticing, lush body, starting with her eyes and lips, and ever so slowly work his way down. Even with the hindrance of a head wound and residual effects from too much brandy, he knew he was ready, willing, and able. If her hand were just a little lower, there would be no choice, he told himself. However, he had asked for her trust, and she had willingly given it. He would not betray her - no matter how tempting her body was.

Mr. Darcy avowed to win her love. He was not above this painful metamorphosis if, in the end, he got what he wanted and knew he was better for it. The next time - for he was that confident - the next time he awoke with her by his side, they would be husband and wife, and he would demonstrate to her how very much he loved her. But for the present, she had trusted him, and that trust carried a high price.

What he should do was what he did do. After one last, good long look, absorbing and memorizing all of what he felt and saw, he slowly and cautiously extricated himself from sleeping Elizabeth's hold and left the small cabin.

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