Deep Inside
Colette had insisted on the countryside, a place where her father could visit but not loom, and where Henry could finally shed the uniform that had clung to his skin like shackles.
This morning, though, he wore nothing but loose trousers, the drawstring hanging untied as he leaned against the kitchen doorframe, watching Colette fuss with a basket of eggs she’d just brought in.
She was barefoot, her hair tumbling down her back in soft waves, the thin white dress she wore nearly sheer in the sunlight. He caught himself staring, the same hungry heat curling through him that had plagued him since the first time he’d laid eyes on her.
“Don’t look at me like that,” she teased, glancing over her sh