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Wanting building inside her, a desire to find fulfillment, an ending to the chapter.
Fireworks lighting her chest, blossoming in her mind. Popping overhead in bursts of red, green, and gold.
There was such a newness inside her. Such a sense of limitless possibilities.
“Mina. Fireworks.”
“I feel them, too,” she said.
“Over our heads.”
She glanced up. “How long have we been here?”
He dropped her arms. Backed away.
They exchanged a tense glance.
“We have to go back. Your mother.”
“My sister.”
She lifted her bodice. He adjusted his trousers.
“I’ll just be... a moment,” he said, breathing heavily. He rested his back against the tree.
They stood side by side.
“We can’t keep doing this, Mina.”
“I know.”
He touched her cheek. “No, really. This is wrong. Our every encounter veers into forbidden territory. We have to stop.”
“You’re right.”
But she didn’t want to stop. She would have laid down on the grass right here in Vauxhall Gardens with him and been truly bad.
Truly wanton.
He had this powerful hold over her. She must fight against it.
“It won’t happen again,” she promised.
“It can’t.”
Fireworks sprayed stars over their heads. The smell of smoke filled the air.
Children shouted and people clapped.
She refastened some of her hairpins. A soft, restless feeling pulsed between her thighs.
“Are you ready, Mina?”
So ready. Make me explode.
They walked back through the dark grove and onto the lighted path.
Tonight she’d been seduced.
