Page 81 of Reading the Viscount

“You didn’t give her parameters?”

“She still feels guilty about the ice. I didn’t want her to think I don’t trust her, because I do.”

“Hmm.” He started toward her. “Did you know a letter arrived this morning from the duchess inviting me to teach at the school?”

“She did? What will you say?”

“I will thank her for the opportunity and tell her I must decline as my estate requires my full attention; however, I would entertain the idea of being a guest lecturer, which was another option she mentioned.”

“Oh, Tam. That’s wonderful. That she sees you as so worthy is a very high compliment.”

“It also speaks to my cunning.” He grabbed her hand. “Now I’ve got you.”

And he did. He had her for the rest of their lives. “Always.”

“Good, because you have me with all my faults, quirks, and cracks.”

“Cracks?”

He held up the back of one hand. “My knuckles, of course.”

She smiled as she looped her free arm around his neck. “And you have me with my base background, ladylike airs, and need for damson tarts.”

“Is there anything else you need?”

She pulled his head down until their lips were but a hairsbreadth from each other. “Just you.”

As his mouth met hers, nothing else mattered but the man who’d swept her away on an amazing journey and given her the best happily ever after.

The End