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Cora
She looked across the table at her husband of little less than a year and blushed when she realised he was staring at her. His parents had gone to some dinner party and they were on their own. They had talked about the weather in the first course and everyone else during the second but with no new innocent subject coming to mind the third course was deprived of conversation. He had finished his plate sooner than she had and had decided to use the time to observe her which was quite unsettling. She swallowed with some difficulties, his look renewing the guilt she was feeling. She hoped he would never discover her true feeling for him for his reaction would destroy her. She smiled sweetly before signalling to the butler she wanted more wine. She knew she should tell him to get it out of her chest but how could she? She didn't love him and he was mad over heels for her.