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Post by Kathani Bridgerton on May 24, 2021 1:29:24 GMT
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Post by Kathani Bridgerton on May 24, 2021 1:26:39 GMT
Kate had always been one to help pinch pennies in order to give her small family things they needed. It had taken five years of saving up to come to London for one season. So being married to a man like Anthony Bridgerton who encouraged her to go and spend money was something she was adjusting too.
Today she was meeting Francesca to go shopping to look for fabric to turn into dresses. Kate was younger then Anthony, which put her a little closer to Francesca's age then her husband's age. She hoped that meant they would have many things in common and could begin being sisters with ease, especially since her marriage to Anthony had happened fairly quickly.
"Francesca," Kate greeted, using her new sister's name rather then Miss Bridgerton. She assumed since they were family now it would be alright. If not then this would already be off to the wrong beginning.
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Post by Kathani Bridgerton on May 24, 2021 1:20:37 GMT
Why would she not have? Because now he had to wait, or she would have to take a cold bath. Or apparently, there was another choice. Anthony kissed her skin, and then his hand cupped her breast causing her head to fall back on his clothed shoulder. His words of sharing the bath made them open once more as the surprise and . . . excitement . . . came to her face.
Looking over at him, she smiled slowly, as the idea settled in her mind. They could share it? Touch each other. Feel his skin on her's int he water. Deciding that is what she wanted, Kate pulled his hands from her so she could turn, wile using his hands to keep her balance. Reaching for the buttons on his vest she began pulling them open.
"You are over dressed for a bath, Anthony." She told him, only like she was playfully fussing at him. Once his vest was open, her fingers worked the buttons on his shirt. The moment she could see his skin , she wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned into him for another kiss.
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Post by Kathani Bridgerton on May 24, 2021 1:08:53 GMT
With each word spoken from Anthony's lips it felt like she was taking a step backwards, or growing smaller. It felt as if the Earth was shifting under her toes and she had to grip the rail harder in effort to not fall. It was not until his last words hit that she could escape from this frozen tilting fear. Get out of his house. He called her miss. And told her to get out of his house.
He did not know who she was. Her husband did not know his own wife. Her eyes were wide and shocked. Her hand that was not gripping the rail so hard that her knuckles were almost white, shook as it lifted to rest over her belly.
"This is my home." She told him, not moving and just staring up at him. "It has been for eight years. My children live here. I am not leaving." The servants would prove it to him if he asked. "What happened to you, Anthony?" She finally asked, trying to make this nightmare make sense.
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Post by Kathani Bridgerton on May 24, 2021 0:53:50 GMT
The answer had better be no? She smiled just as he kissed her, and for the longest of moments she did not reply. Instead she felt. Felt the fabric of his clothes on her back, the buttons pressing lightly into her skin. The steam from the warm bath came up over her front, warming it though not as much as his heat did from the back.
Turning her head slightly to break the kiss, she inhaled slowly a few times to catch her breath before speaking, "I did not expect you so soon or I would have not ordered a bath." Kate was assuming that they would need to wait until after her bath before they could finish. Or the water would get cold, and this would be a waste since it took so long to be heated and brought up.
Though, she liked the feel of him holding her. In daylight. She had already learned that one did not have to wait until bed time to be together. That had been a wonderful discovery, as the ability to see all of him only added to the feelings that he brought out.
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Post by Kathani Bridgerton on May 24, 2021 0:40:37 GMT
His tone was short with her, and it brought her to a stop on the steps. She need not follow him? Then he snapped at her, seeming confused and demanding--in a tone that was so very Anthony--to know who she was. That made her lean back against the railing, as the color fell from her cheeks, and she looked up at her husband. A very angry and confused husband.
Everything was still for a moment, as they stared at each other. As if trying to figure each other out, or how to hand this. His in frustration? and her's in confusion. "You do not know who I am?" she finally asked, looking up at him. Other things beginning to fall into place, like a puzzle she did not know she was trying to solve. He had not asked about the children. He did not ask about his daughter. Even after she told him it was a girl.
Yet her mind could not see the whole picture of the puzzle yet, even though the parts were beginning to come together to form it. Anthony was looking at her differently. She looked at his hand. Where was his ring? Why did he no longer wear it? Why did he look at her like a stranger? No longer the adoring gaze of a man in love. "I am Kate." She told him, still looking at him expectantly. Waiting for him to explain. "I am your wife."
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Post by Kathani Bridgerton on May 24, 2021 0:25:40 GMT
Well when he said it like THAT no, it did not seem like an accident. "I was avoiding you!" She corrected. "I went into the hall to avoid you, and then you walked into the hall! So I slipped into the first door I could to avoid you, and you came in here! I had thought to avoid awkwardness by hiding, and instead of getting a drink and going to join your family I find you here making plans with a opera singer!"
"For AFTER you are married!" Kate pointed out, knowing that was what they should be focused on! "In a proper English home!" Did that happen a lot? Did men seek out women in their mother's home?
Kate put her hands on her hips. "You would end up breaking Edwina's heart! Marrying her and keeping mistresses on the side!" The more she focused on that part the angrier she got. Why was he fussing at her?! HE was the one being naughty!!
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Post by Kathani Bridgerton on May 24, 2021 0:19:04 GMT
No. No she did not wish to see him. She did not wish for him to escort her home and chastise his brother. "I am not leaving." She said before he could walk out. "You are." She knew that would stop him, so she was not surprised when it did.
"I shall stay. I will have your brother escort me home. You should leave." Kate wanted him away from her. Anthony Bridgerton had done three things to her this night. One, made her realize what love felt like. How passion felt like. Two, made her realize that she was in love with him. Three, broken her heart.
Still holding her dress to her, as she was not going to make herself vulnerable to him by letting it go in order to dress. Still holding her should tight as she was not backing down. "You are not my father. You are not my brother. And you have made it very, very clear you had no wish to be my husband--so I am not yours to protect or use or command." Normally she ended up listening to Anthony, even while fighting with him, because he was very commanding. However, this time she was humiliated, and heart broken, and she feared it showed on her face.
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Post by Kathani Bridgerton on May 24, 2021 0:04:15 GMT
There was something wrong here. It had take Kate a moment to notice as she was too over whelmed with seeing Anthony again but she was starting to notice now. He did not hold her. He did not kiss her. He moved her away once again and spoke to her formally. As he moved her back this time, her brows bent and she looked down at his hand on her on confusion before looking back up to his face.
Had something happened? Anthony asked to do to his room, and she nodded slowly. "Of course." She said softly, with both the confusion and a little pain on her face. Why was he not happy to see her. He must be tried? Or in shock? Was not men in shock supposed to do odd things?
Anthony and her shared the master bed room here, and had never had separate bed rooms. There had never been a need. Even when things were new between them, their bed had been a place they came together. She let him move past her, and then followed him. Kate wasn't about to let him out of her sight. As they walked up the steps, she asked "Anthony?" Her husband would have known that just by saying his name, she was asking more then just for him. Yet, she felt compelled to explain. "Should you want to see your children?"
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Post by Kathani Bridgerton on May 23, 2021 23:53:24 GMT
His words confrimed what she thought, but only made this more confusing. He had came here for her? Was he not . . . she she not . . .
He did not wish to marry her. This was what it came too. He wanted the prettier sister, who was less trouble. He had been pushing to marry Edwina, but when it came to her he would not marry her. She had known in her heart that men preferred Edwina to her, but never had knowing it hurt so much. Blinking back a few tears that she refused to let fall before him, Kate hugged her dress to her body, and squared her shoulders.
"Get out." She told him, in a low but firm voice. How dare he do this to her. How dare he make her feel this way. She was safer at this party with strangers then she was with a rake like Anthony Bridgerton. She wanted to be alone. She wanted to fix her dress and run home. She wanted to bar Anthony Bridgerton from her life. "Leave." She said in a stronger voice.
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Post by Kathani Bridgerton on May 23, 2021 23:43:52 GMT
Yes, well she had not thought that it would work but yet a girl had to try for the easy way out. Instead, Anthony took a step closer toward her and it made her have to step back a few smaller steps in order to keep his chest from touching her . . . chest. Then he shut the door. "This is familiar." She muttered under her breath, knowing the last time he shut the door when she was caught in his study that he had kissed her--then humiliated her by making her pick up the key.
He echoed her thought by telling her they both knew it. She looked back toward the window but decided that was a little too dramatic. Plus he would stop her. So she looked back up at him and put her hands on her hips. "You're going to propose to Edwina without my permission." Fine! She would skip the ring, and go right for him! "It would force her in an unwanted position. I was looking . . . for the ring!" To stop it!
Kate vulgarly thought the only way this moment could have been worst was if she had found it and he hand caught her trying it on or something. She had to remind herself that this could have been worse! So instead of backing down, she took the (theatrical) fight to him.
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Post by Kathani Bridgerton on May 23, 2021 23:32:33 GMT
Kate was too emotional in this moment to notice that Anthony had pulled away. At the moment she was only feeling his hands on her arms. His face in her view. His perfect handsome face! Anthony! Reaching up to wipe her cheeks from tears, she felt so happy right now! If she did wake up she did not know how she would get over this set back.
He asked where the family was. He tone was the first thing that she began to notice, but she assumed he was as overwhelmed as she was. Oh course he would want to see his children! "The boys are in the garden, and . . . and Charlotte is sleeping. She's beautiul." He would not have known if the babe had been a son or daughter. He knew he would want to see all of them as soon as he could, but she needed another moment with him.
The Bridgertons! "Violet!" Turning to look at the butter, "Please send a rider to bring everyone back!" Looking back at her husband as the man hurried out of the room, Kate moved her hand to touch his face, and the other to his chest, having to step closer to do it. Why had he stepped back? "They have gone to a wedding, but I imagine will be back with in days once they hear." Which gave her some time alone with him before they got here. "Anthony, I missed you!" She needed to know what happened, but needed to have him hold her more. Stepping back into him she rested her forehead on his chest. "The children missed you."
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Post by Kathani Bridgerton on May 23, 2021 23:20:01 GMT
Anthony, the man who had held her so tight and kissed her so well seconds go, let her go and took a step away. Then he turned his back to her. Kate's heart was beating so hard that she feared it would escape her chest. He explained, of sorts, that if he continued then he would have to marry her.
He would have to marry her.
She felt a coolness take over her body, though not from the lack of his heat. From his words. Pulling her dress together, she fumbled with her fingers to hold her to her as best as she could in this moment.
He did not wish to marry her.
This was the thought that had made her feel cold. Kate wanted to yell, and scream, but it hurt. "Did I miss understand?" She asked softly, not even sure he could fully hear her. "I thought you came here for me?" He had said it. She had thought that meant he was choosing her.
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Post by Kathani Bridgerton on May 23, 2021 23:11:32 GMT
Kate was just looking through a drawer, when she herd his bark! Jumping she slammed the drawer closed but it made some of the things topple over on his desk. Quickly--almost frantically--she reached for them and corrected them. It lead to a moment of scrambling around before she could finally looking up at him. Caught! Stupid man! WHY was he not in bed!?
She had known it was a bad idea to look for a ring, and snoop but she wanted proof that he was planning to ask Edwina here so she could put a stop to it before it happened! Not only would he not make Edwina happy--as she wanted a bookish man who she could have intelligent conversation with and Anthony was well . . . . a physical man. WHICH BROUGHT HER TO POINT TWO, he had KISSED HER and he could not kiss them both!
"I was looking for something. It is clearly not here. So I should be going now! Yes, good night my lord." Yes! Escape! Kate stood up and moved to walk toward the door, and leave--though he would have to move in order to let her.
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Post by Kathani Bridgerton on May 23, 2021 23:03:56 GMT
Laying Charlotte down, Kate stood there for a moment and just watched the little girl sleep. With a sigh, she turned from the nursery and walked down the hall to take the back steps toward the gardens. She was almost there, were she knew her sons were playing, when she head the scream and dishes break.
Normally the house of full of Bridgertons. However, most of them had gone to visit a cousin and should not return for 2 whole days. She could not attend as she was still in her year of mourning, however even if she could--she would have declined. She wasn't ready to face a work without Anthony. One day, Kate knew she would have too. However, ever since the news came of the ship he was on, she had not been ready. Instead, Kate sought out the comfort of her children, of Mary and Edwina, and of the many Bridgertons who had banded together to be there for her and her and Anthony's children.
Turning on her heel, Kate half ran toward the sound. "What on Eart--" Her eyes found him instantly. She'd know him in any shape. For a moment it was a dream, and she thought she'd wake up. Her hand moved to her belly, as it began to churn and flutter. Anthony. Her eyes began to prick from the tears there. Anthony. Her breathing finally started again. "Anthony!"
Picking up her skirts she ran to him, dropping them only when she was close enough to wrap her arms around his neck and bury her face into his neck. He was warm! She could feel him against her! Kate began to cry from the joy of once again having Anthony here!
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