‘Is it over?’ Susanna asked as he closed the door behind them and turned the key in the lock.
‘I very much hope that it is only just begun. I know this is a bit back to front, but there’s a formality we’ve not yet attended to.’ Fergus pulled her into his arms. ‘Am pòsadh tu mi? Will you marry me, Susanna?’
She twined her arms around his neck, and stood on tiptoe to kiss him. ‘Yes, Fergus, I will.’
They did not speak of love, not yet, but they made love, slowly and reverently taking off their clothes, tenderly touching, tracing, learning their bodies, skin on skin, lip on lip, coming together in a deeper and more meaningful way than before.
It was later, a year later, when Susanna lay in their bed, their daughter, Brianna, asleep beside her in her swaddling, that they finally spoke their feelings.
Fergus sat on the side of the bed, awed by his new family. ‘I did not think it was possible to be so happy. I did not dare hope that it would last, but now I do not doubt it. You are all to me, Susanna, gràdh mo chrìidh.’
Her single tear fell on top of the baby’s downy head. ‘Love of my heart,’ she repeated the words in English. ‘Always, Fergus.’
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An Invitation to Pleasure
© Marguerite Kaye 2012
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