This is a steamy historical romance short story (word count 5,711).

Lucy has always admired Jeremy Clifford, but unfortunately for her, her affections seem to be very one sided! With Jeremy not seeming to notice her let alone acknowledge her as a desirable woman.
Well until that is Lucy finally plucks up the courage to confront Jeremy and speak to him from her heart. To find that she is met with a very different Jeremy, one that looks at her in a way that he has never done before! A reaction that makes Lucy suspicious that there is something not quite right about him.....