oo many words

the ballroom, searching for a moment of soli

d up, and she turned, and c

ing her by the waist, his grip firm

that one passionate night that they spent in h

his expensive cologne, the faint delicious smell of alcohol on his

t. She was feeling things she neve

er. He remembered how she had felt his arms. Her tempti

e, the best nig

ing unspoken crackled betwee

ell of the moment, then she pressed her palms against his chest and took a st

" Her voice

nds fell from around her. "You

ow. "Did you expe

at his lips. "No. I think yo

, but instead, she took a glass of wine from a passing server,

retorted, although her gaze

yes darken

e could not take his eyes off her. When he saw her again, he thought that the rush of emoti

all matter. He was intrigued with her bea

gony that he had put her through. That handsome an

the man that was their father. She wondered what he wo

nor would she go back on her decision. Her children would never know that he was their fathe

htened, thick with too m

and looked down at her legs that we

sure loved

kle? They seem

re returning to Edward's face that wa

t were painted the same colour of her dress, to her smooth, and ton

ack to Sarah's face, who now had an

er,Mr Huxley. Thank you for

his pockets. "About your pl

that might have anything to do with

not betraying the displea

tretched between them, this tim

tinuing toward the balcony, but suddenly paused halfway and turned back to him. "I

around, and disappe

d, and eyes blazing. He had been t

like she was the on

turned back bo

rner of the room she had retreated to, her fing

she was burning with rage as she watched

mbush in her favor, but Edward had looked at

on

th was that he had never been. He had only tolerated her in the be

at angrily watching her much hated s

that she was a different person, she had not wholl

more dangerous-and too much

ther, watching Sarah leave the

murmured, taking a sip of her wine. "Sarah isn't the same lit

into her palm. "Oh,

who was standing at the balcony

ve a