The Infamous Marriage (Regency Short Story) by Emily Ward

Author:Emily Ward [Ward, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Novella Short Story, Historical Romance, Women's Fiction, Regency & Victorian Romance, London Society, England & Britain, 19th Century, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Love Possibility, Hearts Desire, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Sensual Story Theme, Steamy Regency Romance
Publisher: Emily Ward
Published: 2019-10-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

For the next two weeks, Clarissa spent her time eavesdropping on her mother and Mrs. Gremory when she wasn't sneaking out at night to spend time with Edward. She gave him all the details about her wedding the second she got them, the location, where she would be just before it happened, how many people would be there. And with each detail she gave him, the more confident Edward seemed that his plan would go off without a problem. It left them with more time to get to know each other, both personality-wise and in the biblical sense. Clarissa had only kissed one other person, and she had been a child when it happened. So, she wasn't sure that her kisses were that great, but Edward never complained as they spent hours kissing and cuddling.

Their relationship had been exciting and passionate, with nobody looking on at them in the dead of night. Clarissa wanted to see him more than ever now that she had been, especially when they drifted into new places each night, adventuring around the land in search of privacy. Until the night before her wedding, when Edward took her to their new spot, looking upset and she worried that he had changed his mind about the plan.

“What's wrong, my love?” Clarissa asked him, turning in his arms to look into his eyes.

He caressed her cheek softly. “I'm worried about tomorrow, sometimes wedding schedules can change and if that happens I won't be able to stick to mine. Everything has to be timed perfectly. If even the smallest thing is off, we'll get caught.”

She hadn't thought about that and started to feel panicked, too. How would she tell him if something changed? It wasn't as if she could just sneak out and meet him as she could at night, someone would see her and everything would be ruined.

“Everything will go perfectly, I just know it,” she assured him, laying her head on his shoulder and playing with his fingers.

He kissed the top of her head and pulled her closer. “If it isn't, then we'll just have to wing it. One way or another, by tomorrow night we will be wed. Nothing can keep us apart, my love, never again. I promise.”

Clarissa stayed awake in her bed that night, unable to sleep knowing that tomorrow would be either the best day of her life or the worst. Spending the last two weeks with Edward had given her a glimmer of hope for the future, she hadn't thought about Alexander even once since they'd been reunited and that was all the confirmation she needed. She could never love Alexander and if she ended up marrying him the rest of her life would be miserable, trying to pretend that she loved him, having his children, sleeping with him every night.

It was too painful to think about all that. But, she couldn't stop. Everything hangs in the balance as the sun comes up through her window, an ominous and taunting sign for what's to come.

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