asked for, and then the touches would become gentler and go in other directions, and the night would end exactly as he had hoped.
As they climbed the stairs, Will promised never to be parted from her even when she was old, gray, and toothless.
“Thank you for that, kind sir,” she said. “But, truly, it is the days between the beginning and the end of our shared lives that will determine our legacy, but we have had made a good beginning.”
“It is much more than a good beginning. I believe we have something very special—like Romeo and Juliet, Guinevere and Lancelot, Troilus and Cressida.”
“None of those turned out very well,” she said, laughing.
“But our love is different, and some talented author…”
“Authoress.”
“Some talented authoress will write a novel about the world’s greatest love story, that of Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley and Elizabeth Bennet of Longbourn.”
“I like that idea, Mr. Darcy, a love story for the ages.”
Taking her husband by the hand, she brought him into her bedchamber and, after kissing him, whispered to him that she was in need of his assistance.
“For pin removal?” he asked hopefully.
“Yes, Mr. Darcy, for pin removal.”
About the Author
Mary Lydon Simonsen, the author of
