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A little more fluff and I like this chapter, I hope you do too!

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"Is everything alright?" he asked worried and looked at me. I couldn't keep myself from smiling.

"Yes. Your mother is really nice." Henry sighed in relief and came closer to us, that was when his mother said:

"How about you show her the mansion? There is a lot to see after all and it's still some time until dinner."

"Sounds like a good idea to me, shall we then?" Henry answered and smiled at me, once again my breath caught in my throat and I needed a moment to place my hand on his arm, he offered to me.

"Have fun kids." Joana said when we started walking down the hall and I smiled, because this would be my home soon and I would live with Joana and Henry. I couldn't wish for a better life.

"So, what do you think?" Henry asked me, when we finished our tour in the library. My eyes were still huge, as this was the biggest library I had ever seen. There was probably every book in here that had ever been written and I couldn't wait to start working through every single shelf.

"This is the most beautiful mansion I have ever seen." I replied honestly and let my eyes roam over the shelves inside the room.

"I am glad that you like it, as this is going to be your home from now on." Henry said and stepped behind me. He placed his arms around my shoulders and pulled my back against his chest. A shiver ran down my spine and I leaned against him with a little sigh. It felt wonderful being this close to him and I closed my eyes enjoying the feeling.

"Am I right that you are going to spend a lot of time in here?" I heard Henry chuckle beside my ear.

"Yes, of course. I mean I have never seen a library as big as this. There are so many books in here, more than I have ever seen before."

"I hope you can spare some time for your husband." Henry said and my heart stopped for a short moment before it started to race in my chest. Yes, he would be my husband soon, that thought alone was still overwhelming.

"I think I can manage that." I replied with a laugh and Henry soon joined me.

"And if not, I just have to make you forget the books." he then said and kissed my shoulder through my dress.

How could he actually think that I would rather spend time with the books, than him? Books had never been able to make me feel like he could.

"And I think you can manage that!" I answered, though I sounded a little breathless.

"I am sure I can." he sounded confident, which wasn't all that surprising, as he was a very confident man.

I enjoyed our closeness for a little longer until Henry spoke again.

"I think it is almost time for dinner, if you want I can show you to your temporary room, so you can change."

Even though I wanted nothing more than to stay in his embrace forever I actually wanted to change and freshen up a little, before dinner.

"Yes, that would be wonderful." I answered and Henry let go of me, I sighed a little disappointed and turned to look at him, surprised to see him looking just as disappointed as I felt.

With a small smile he took my hand in his and led me out of the library, then I remembered his words from before and couldn't help but ask.

"What do you mean with temporary?"

That question obviously amused him immensely as he laughed before he finally explained it to me:

"I thought it was obvious. This is only your room until we are married. Then you will have your personal rooms next to mine. My mother planned everything, the salon from which one door leads into my room and one into your room. But she is strict, she doesn't want you to see it before the marriage. She said something about it being a wedding gift."

I smiled about his words, even though I felt myself blushing again. Being this close to him, even sleeping in one bed with him, made me feel rather faint and that even though I had never actually fainted before.

Henry interrupted my thoughts when we stopped in front of a door and he said:

"This is your room. I hope you like it, I will now go and change myself. But if you want I can pick you up in half an hour to escort you to the dinning room."

"I would like that." I answered and looked up at him.

"Good, I see you very soon then." he smiled and once again kissed my cheek before turning around and walking down the hall. I couldn't keep myself from looking at him until he rounded the corner, it was strange, I couldn't get enough of just looking at him, which probably had to do with the fact, that he was so handsome.

I finally turned around and opened the door to my room, my temporary room, as Henry had reminded me and walked inside. I was shocked to see that the room was bigger than the complete ground floor of our home. At least half a dozen windows allowed the light of the setting sun to stream right into the room, illuminating the snow white carpet and the huge bed in the middle. At least three people could fit into that bed and my own bed at home was probably a quarter of this one.

Something else caught my attention very quickly, there laid a dress on my bed and I was sure that it wasn't one of mine. As I didn't have dresses that beautiful and of such high quality. I slowly walked closer and examined the dress. It was indeed beautiful, the most beautiful dress I had ever seen, to be exact. It's color was a rich green with golden embroidery on the sleeves and the neckline. On top of the dress laid a sheet of paper. I took it and read the message, which made me smile.

"This was once my favorite dress and I am sure you will look wonderful in it. So if you like it, I would be very happy to see you wear it. Joana."

So she really wanted to give me such a beautiful dress? I couldn't believe it, but the silk between my fingers told me that it was indeed true and not just my imagination. I quickly took off my own simple blue dress and folded it, before it put it onto the bed. Then I pulled Joana's old dress over my head. I sighed, as it felt wonderful on my skin. I carefully tied the back of the dress and was surprised to see that it actually fit me like it had been made for me. The cut was similar to the one of the dress I had worn at Pemberley, when I had first met Henry.

Feeling a little self conscious I walked over to the big mirror next to the wardrobe and looked at myself. I had to say that the color looked rather good on me, though usually I didn't wear such bright colors. My mother had always told me, that they attracted too much attention and she didn't want too much attention on me.

Next, I inspected my hair and decided to undo it and comb it before pulling it into the bun again. Carefully I pulled the pins out of my hair and soon enough it feel loosely over my shoulders almost down to my waist. I sighed, while combing it, since I could remember I had wanted it too look like my sister's, but it was completely straight and everything I had tried to curl it, hadn't worked.

When I pulled the first bangs of my hair back and pinned them to the back of my head I heard a knock on my door. Had it already been half an hour? I cursed under my breath, because I didn't want to let Henry wait, so I hurried over to the door and pulled it open.

"I need one more moment to finish my hair. But you can come in and wait here, I promise it won't take long." I explained quickly which made Henry laugh, but before I had the chance to return to the mirror he placed both hands on my shoulders.

"It looks good to me. Just leave it like this." he said and ran a hand through my hair.

"But…"

"No buts, I think it looks beautiful and I hope you wear it open more often." he smiled and I felt my cheeks heating up. He liked my hair? He even thought it was beautiful?

"Alright…" I gave in, it was obvious that he wouldn't and if he actually liked it this way then I would keep it down, even though I couldn't understand what he liked so much about it.

"Good. We should go then." Henry smiled and pulled his hand from my hair, before offering his arm to me. I took it and together we left the room.

"That color looks very good on you!" he complimented me after a moment, which made me blush again, I just wasn't used to getting compliments and I wasn't sure how to respond.

"Thank you. Your mother gave it to me." I finally answered.

"So you two are getting along… that's good!" He sounded relived and to be honest I was too, as I had been worried that she would reject me because of my social standing. But Joana was different than I had imagined and the best mother-in-law I could have hoped for.

We reached our goal, a wonderful dining room, with high ceilings and windows. The view over the grounds of Charlton Park was amazing and I couldn't wait to explore the garden.

My thoughts were soon interrupted when I saw my family near the marble fireplace, but not only them, Joana was also there. I let go of Henry's arm and hurried over to her.

"Thank you for the dress. It is really beautiful."

"You are quite welcome my dear and you look wonderful, you should wear you hair like this more often." Joana smiled brightly and once again I blushed.

"Mary?" I heard Kitty's voice and turned to look at my youngest sister. Her eyes were huge and fixed on my dress.

"Yes..." I replied not quite sure what she was about to say, if she would embarrass me in front of Joana, but when I felt Henry's presence next to me, I couldn't care less. It was funny how safe I felt when I was with him, I didn't even care what my mother or Kitty had to say, knowing that he didn't care.

"That is a really pretty dress, you are so lucky to have such a rich fiancé, now you will only wear dresses like this." I bit my bottom lip and tensed, as this was probably the worst she could have said, luckily I had warned Joana about it and Henry probably didn't listen to her. As if to confirm my thoughts Henry placed his hand on the small of my back and said:

"How about dinner? I am sure we are all very hungry!"

"Yes… " Kitty exclaimed excited and clapped her hands while beaming up at Henry, which wasn't surprising, he was handsome and rich, everything she wanted in a man. I furrowed my brows and glared a little at her, for a short moment I wasn't sure why I was angry with her, as it was understandable that she felt drawn to him, every woman would and then it dawned to me, I was jealous.

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