From Admiration to Matrimony

  Elizabeth sighed and leaned heavily on her husband’s arm. “As you wish my dear.”

  The music swelled and they turned to watch Henry and Anne dancing happily, lost in one another’s eyes. Elizabeth leaned her head against Mr. Darcy’s chest and sighed. He made the lightest steps and led her in their own small celebratory dance in the shadows away from the ballroom floor.

  Her laughter increased his joy and he stopped their progress to kiss his beloved passionately. Their life at Pemberley was perfect and soon their first child would add to the bliss.

  Mr. Darcy released Elizabeth as Henry and Anne approached. The foursome escaped the ballroom and Mr. Darcy led them to the library. Lady Anne received them before sending for her maid.

  “William and Elizabeth will soon welcome my first grandchild and have received several family heirlooms to celebrate the event. I had put aside a special heirloom for my Georgiana for the day she would become a mother,” here the great lady paused and took the box her maid had brought down.

  She caressed the lid of the box and allowed herself a moment to think of her daughter. “This box holds precious trinkets and a gown that I wore, and Georgiana wore, when we were newly born.”

  She lifted the box and presented it to Anne and Henry. “You are the son and daughter of my heart. I would see these things given to your first child and kept for the day they welcome their first child.”

  Elizabeth wiped a happy tear and smiled up at Mr. Darcy. They quietly left the room so that Lady Anne might share her memories and show them each piece in the box.

  Once in the hallway, Elizabeth rose on her tiptoes in her husband’s arms and kissed him gently. “Thank you for loving me, Mr. Darcy.”

  He laughed before growing serious, his hand smoothing away a loose curl from his wife’s face. “Mrs. Darcy, your gratitude is duly noted. Now, allow me to return my thanks in the privacy of your rooms.”

  Elizabeth Darcy sighed and led her husband away from the noise of the ballroom, eager to allow the romantic day to continue into the night.

  The End

  Also by April Floyd

  Austen Inspired

  The Parson of Pemberley

  No Promise of the Kind

  Mr. Darcy’s Brides

  Spells Spoken Lightly

  Darcy & Lizzy

  From Admiration to Matrimony

  Mr. Darcy’s Good Opinion

  Mr. Darcy’s Debt

  Christian Fiction/Romance

  Cassidy Jane

  Courting Cassidy Jane

  Wedding Cassidy Jane

  About the Author

  April Floyd is a wanderer of the world and lover of great stories who now resides in the Last Frontier with her husband and youngest child. Days are spent doing the mom thing, managing the house, and not missing the working world, although sticking people with needles can be so much fun. Oh, and the writing of books!

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