59

Stealing Glances

The stone rolled over down the cobbled path as he kicked it. Suddenly, it reminds him of Elinor's pearl in their first meeting behind the local pub.

"I haven't been here before," said Suzanne to Elinor.

He was walking behind them, but his eyes were all over Elinor's back. Her slender neck, and her red hair in a tiny bun with some curls poking out and dangling around.

God, he wished he was near her. He wished he still had the luxury of just touching her anywhere else and anytime he wanted to.

But in their status right now, he no longer had that kind of access. He knew Elinor was one raging woman. But he is ready to ride all her raging waves because he knows that she will become calm again. His love for her stayed the same.

"Neither am I," Elinor said to Suzanne.

Not long after, they reached the boutique where a local modiste sews clothing and dresses.

"I lived very far away, so I brought almost half of my dresses to the estate. But I surely would not mind if I bought