CHAPTER FIVEFinally able to leave the hospital, Cecilia then felt unusually tired. It was a most emotional end, she thought, to an exceptionally enjoyable day.
However, she was touched by the way Ivan helped her into his coach, tucked a travelling rug around her knees and offered her brandy from his flask.
She thanked him for his offer, but said she would be fine without it.
Then, for no good reason that she could understand, she had a sudden vision of him pulling her out of the way of the galloping horse and her falling on top of him.
With astonishing clarity she felt again his strong body beneath hers.
The only other man she had ever been so physically close to was her father and the sensation of being held by Ivan had been deeply troubling.
The firm muscles, the beat of his heart,
