The Sewing Room Girl by Susanna Bavin

Author:Susanna Bavin [Susanna Bavin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780749023584
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Published: 2018-06-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

In the ten excruciatingly dismal days since returning to Moorside, Cecily had contrived to sneak out every day in the increasingly urgent hope of finding William in their secret trysting place. Every day she hoped afresh, and every day she fought back tears so as to return, stunned, to her duties with an unblemished face. Her heart had grown hungrier by the day during their enforced separation and now she was frantic with longing. William would find a way to return to her. He had to. She would die of desire if he didn’t.

Perhaps she could write again. If she were to sneak a letter home, would one of her sisters help her?

But there was no need, because he came.

She didn’t see him at first. She crept forward, heart pitter-pattering, her hopes as precious and as fragile as the finest Bohemian glass. A pair of arms came around her from behind. One snaked across her waist, pulling her firmly against a body; the other hand slid over her breast. She was so shocked, it took a moment for her to react, but as she started to struggle, she was whirled round and there was William. He pulled her to him. She lifted her face, her lips eagerly seeking his, opening willingly beneath the pressure of his mouth. When he slid his tongue inside, longing tugged within her.

‘I assume from that, that you missed me,’ William said with a cocky grin.

‘Maybe.’ She gazed at him. ‘Did you miss me?’

‘Shall I show you?’

‘Oh yes,’ she breathed. She had to hold herself still so as not to tremble with anticipation, but instead of producing a ring, William kissed her again. There was one moment sharp with disappointment, then she was lost in his embrace. Her body cried out for him.

When he released her, she had to catch herself before she stumbled.

‘Tell me everything,’ said William.

‘Didn’t you read my letters?’ she teased, but she happily launched into details of her travels and her new post.

‘What about the folks you left behind?’ William asked. ‘The housekeeper, and that friend of yours – Juliet. How is she?’ He looked at her. ‘Your face changed when I said her name.’

‘She’s not here any more.’ This wasn’t news. News was pleasant. This hurt. ‘She ran away. She got herself into trouble and it wasn’t Hal’s, so she ran away.’

‘Where to?’

‘No one knows. Let’s talk about something else.’

‘Wouldn’t you rather …’ William nibbled her ear. ‘… do this?’

She gave a gasp of pleasure and closed her eyes, her lashes feathering on her cheeks. Fantasies of her reunion with William had driven her wild all these weeks and now it was happening. Turning her head, she offered him her lips, taking his head in her hands to pull him down to receive her kiss, but any sense of her being in control vanished when William began plundering her mouth. She was close to swooning with desire. She had been brought up to be a good girl, but, honestly, in

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