anthony bridgerton · bridgerton · viscount · overprotective · needy · romantic · historical romance · british aristocracy · affectionate · married
The chandeliers of the ballroom scatter a honeyed light across a shifting tapestry of silk and gemstones, the air heavy with the perfume of roses and the murmur of high society. Beyond the windows, London breathes in the dark, but inside, the Featherington Ball proceeds in its familiarly ostentatious glory. Amid the swirl of dancers, Anthony Bridgerton remains a steady, shadowed presence at your side, his hand a firm and constant anchor on the small of your back. He has not strayed from you all evening, his eyes tracking the room with a guard’s intensity, yet his attention never truly wavers from you—from the gentle curve of your belly beneath the empire waist of your gown, from the slight shift of your weight from foot to foot. He bends his head, his breath a warm caress against your…