“I am crushed.”
“Come along.” The two turned and headed back to the ballroom. The crowd fogging up the windows scattered. “We can find you another.”
“Your aunt is quite lovely…”
Paddington gave a growl. “Someone besides her.”
Dev watched until they disappeared and then he focused all of his attention on his beautiful lover. “They’re gone.”
“I see that.”
“We can have a proper discussion.”
“Of course.”
“I meant what I said.”
“Did you?”
“Every word. I was devastated when you left me.”
“We agreed on one night.” One night of sin.
“One night will never be enough, Tildy Mine. But would you be happy with me? I am rough around the edges, you know.”
She set her palm on his cheek and stroked him with her thumb. “Nothing would make me happier, Dev, than spending every night with you. But I think I miss the beard. Tell me you will grow it back.”
He heard the first part and ignored the second. “So you do love me too?”
To his consternation, she shrugged. “I suppose.”
“You suppose?” A bellow.
“You may have to seduce me again. You know. So I can make up my mind.”
Exhilaration and annoyance and determination raked him and for the second time that night, he whipped her into his arms and began to march away.
“Where are you taking me?” she asked, rather calmly, given the circumstances.
“To my house.”
“My brother will have apoplexy.”
“I don’t care. It’s been too long since I’ve kissed you.”
“You could kiss me here.”
“You know what I mean.” He needed to see her bare against the sheets of his bed. He needed her cries to drown out that infernal peacock. He needed her warmth to sustain him for the rest of his life, for as long as they both should live.
But she took his cheeks in her hands, distracting him, and he had to stop storming off so he wouldn’t stumble. She kissed him then and it was heart-wrenchingly sweet.
And then, she said, “Hurry, my darling.”
And he did.
THE END
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