The kiss deepens. His mouth over mine gives me a pleasure I have never felt before. As his hands brush over my body something in my stomach responds to him. His breaks our kiss and breaths deeply. He returns. His lips are so soft. He pulls me on to his lap. I trace his jaw with kisses.
"No but we should take things slow." I say answering his earlier question. I push myself off him gently. I fix my drees and look away from him. He take my face in his hands. His hands are so warm.
"Why do you look away?" He asks.
"I don't know how to feel, should I be embarrassed?"
"Embarrassed of what?"
"I am not sure." I blush.
"Nothing about us should be embarrassing Gemma we are one husband and wife,wife and husband."
"Where is Simon?" I ask Lady Denby. She looks up from the letter she is reading.
"Taking care of some business, a message has been sent that Anna Sophie has asked that you visit her." She replies looking down at her letter again.
"When did Anna 's message come?" I ask.
"Anna Sophie's learn good habits child, her message came this morning," Lady Denby replies sharply.
"Yes and thank you , mother." I turn and walk out of the knitting room. My only plans were to take Simon to meet the children at the orphanage. But I might as well go by myself and stop on my way back at Anna's. I mean Anna Sophie's.
The carriage ride is quiet. The children are happy to see me on a Sunday. I sit through the message with the and play hand games with the girls. The time to leave comes to soon. I notice that Caroline is not with the other children. I pull Poppy aside and ask her about it.
"A man came by and adopted her yesterday after you left Lady Middlestone." There was something about that child that drew me to her , maybe it was her tough act.
"Thank you Poppy."
Anna Sophie looks a bit rounder. She gives me a tight squeeze. She spills the latest gossip and talks about this and that.
"You are quiet today Gemma ," she notes.
"So does Paul know?" She nods her head so hard I expect her eyes to fall off.
"He is hoping it is a boy. I wouldn't mind a girl but he wants some one to carry the family name."
A maid bursts in the library both Anna and I look up."It is Lord Middlestone, milady."
I am up faster than you can say up.
"Hurry!" I scream at the driver he nods and drives the horses faster. The gates fly open and I jump of the carriage. I don't wait for the door to be opened before I flung it open. I run up the stairs and into our room where Simon is wrapped in bandages and on our bed. There is a doctor taking his pulse.
"I don't think he will make it." He says looking sad. Lady Denby sobs into her handkerchief.
"What happened?"
"His carriage slipped off the road and he was thrown onto the road. He may suffer head injuries but since he is unconscious I am not sure."
I faint. There is darkness for a while. Then I start seeing white then the other colors join my line of vision.I feel as if I am floating.I feel such a power vibrating in the background. I open my eyes to find myself back in the realms. I turn around to find Kartik behind me I throw my arms around him and hug him tightly.
"Gemma," Kartik says. I stare at him dreamily.
"Your not a tree anymore," I hear myself say.
"Gemma you don't know how long I have waited for you ,"He whispers in my hair. He strokes my hair."I have to talk to you about something important.''
I don't care about anything in the world. I am back with Kartik and that is all that matters.