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“I hear you supervised the lands while Conrad was away.” He commented.
“Yes, I did.” She admitted humbly. “There was nobody else to undertake the task.”
“Impeccable accomplishment, as I witnessed myself.” He bowed his head gentlemanly.
She smiled grateful. “Thank you.”
She dabbed her mouth with the napkin aa Conrad’s gaze lower to it. A flock of butterflies flew in her middle.
“How are your wife and daughter?” She tried to dispel the nasty effect her husband caused on her. Unsurprisingly unsuccessful.
Again, Bennett’s sharp perception caught the exchange. Her brother-in-law proceeded to descant on his happy family life.
They had a veritably congenial dinner with Bennett as he amused Viscount and Viscountess Strafford with stories of his daughter and anecdotes of his work. He was three years younger than Conrad was, not so tall, but rather affable. He had married Ethel two years ago. Aurelia and he had met at her wedding and few times after that since he lived in London and she rarely travelled to town. Sometimes she wondered if she should not have chosen a man like him, steady, balanced and dutiful, she remembered as she strolled in the darkened garden. She would have been much happier.
Conrad and his brother retired to the study after dinner, so that Bennett could have his cigar and brandy. Things her husband did not do anymore, as he himself told his brother. She decided for a stroll out to enjoy the pleasant spring night.
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“Aurelia.” His deep voice echoed in the night.
She turned to the direction of the manor and devised his shadow moving out of the candle lights’ radius. “I am here.” She signalised.
His feet approached in the exact moment a cloud fluttered to unveil the full moon. She would never cease to hanker him, she realised dispirited. He dressed black trousers, white shirt and a black dinner jacket that emphasised his broad shoulders and his tallness. As always, the memories of their encounters surged in her mind, together with the yearning of him.
“Hughes said you were in the garden.” He stopped a few feet from her. She sensed his spicy scent and the warmth of his body.
“Yes, I came for fresh air before I retire.” She lifted her wide eyes to his dark ones, the fresh breeze ruffling his midnight wavy hair, bluish under the moonlight.
He raised his hands and removed her shawl from her shoulders. “You look beautiful!” He said husky.
Goose bumps sowed all over her. “I… thank you.” She tried for a deep breath. “You ordered far too many clothes, I reckon.”
“I wanted your exquisiteness done justice to at last.” His fingers closed around her neck, descending in a tender caress which left her eager for more.
“But the child will change my body in a few months.” His fingers reached her collarbone, her lashes weighed down, as her neck bent towards his hand.
“So, I’ll enjoy the view of you till it happens.” His thumb moved back and forth temptingly. “Then I’ll enjoy the view of you growing with my seed.”
Blaze zinged through her with his earthy comment. She turned to a pudding with that simple caress and his husky voice. His strong arm pulled her to him, the rocky ridge of him on her stomach. Her breath caught while he bent to her.
“God! I always promise myself I will not come on to you as a bird of prey.” He murmured while his thin sensuous mouth reached her neck. “I can never hold back!” He grazed her neck open mouthed, his stubble and his hot breath sending her to the blazes.
She sighed lengthy. “I am not complaining.” She breathed, wishing he suggested they go to his chamber. Now!
“You are the most passionate woman on the planet.” He nibbled the curve of her neck. “My good fortune!”
She held his shoulders for fear of flopping, damn it! Well, her good fortune the man she coveted was her husband, no doubt. Still…
Thoughts blurred.
“I believe we should retire.” He said on her skin as his mouth came to the top of her breast and his arm pulled her harder.
“I couldn’t agree more.” She muttered, in the end of her forces.
They walked with apparent calm to the manor and to his chamber.
In the middle of the night, a movement awoke her. She opened her eyes to see Conrad sitting by the fire, clad in his pyjamas.
