Lynn Kurland - De Piaget 04 by When I Fall In Love

Author:When I Fall In Love
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-11-25T23:57:09+00:00

Impossible.

"You're thinking," he said in a singsong voice.

"Oh, no," she said with a half laugh. "No more of that. I'm convinced."

"Good."

She took his arm as they walked down the passageway as easily as if she'd been doing it her entire life, ate next to him without feeling the slightest bit of discomfort, and finally went to bed in his sister's bedroom without finding it at all unusual.

Convinced? Yes, she was convinced.

Convinced she was in deep trouble.

Chapter 21

Nicholas carried a candle with him down the passageway. He wouldn't have bothered with such a thing for himself, but he thought that it might give him yet another moment or two to admire Jennifer before the sun rose. He paused at the door, but before he could knock, the door opened. Jennifer was standing there, very much awake and seemingly prepared to follow him in whatever madness he planned to combine. Her hair was loose today and she was smiling.

She was spectacular.

"You did mean early," she said with a smile.

"But you were ready."

"I couldn't exactly sleep late when you're agreeing to take me on your day now, could I?" she asked. She stepped out into the passageway and shut the door behind her. "Where to first?"

Into my arms was almost out of his mouth before he could stop it. He feared, though, that once he had her there, he would never want to let her go.

"First?" he repeated, dragging himself back to the present. "Well, often I attend mass in the morning.

Does that suit?"

"It's your day," she said with a smile. "I'm happy to go where you go."

Oh, that she might always feel thus. Nicholas nodded, offered her his arm in his most gallant fashion, and led her down the stairs, through the great hall, and across the courtyard to the chapel.

Moments later, he was sitting next to her on a hard wooden bench, listening to mass. Well, to be perfectly honest, he was pretending to listen to mass. He was actually excruciatingly aware of the woman sitting next to him with her hands folded demurely in her lap and her eyes fixed on the priest. He couldn't say he was doing the same. He was watching her, simply because he couldn't help himself.

Did they have mass in her day?

Did anyone pay the priest any heed at all if she was there to look at instead?

"Nicholas," she murmured.

"What?"

"Pay attention."

"I am paying attention."

"Pay attention to the mass. The friar is glaring at you."

He looked at Friar Osbert and found that, that was indeed the case, so he bowed his head. But he smiled. He was tempted to hold Jennifer's hand, but he didn't dare. As she had said, his father's priest was not happy with him and such a thing would have only irritated the man further. So, instead, he sat on his hands as he had done when he'd been ten-and-two, sitting next to Robin and trying not to hit him.

At least for a few moments. Eventually, he couldn't help himself. He extended his little finger and touched a bit of her skirt.

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