𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐀 𝐁𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒, 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧

chapter five!

When Charlotte decided to go to bed, she most definitely was not tired, and the constant tossing and turning was no help whatsoever. Charlotte huffed as she sprawled herself across the bed in slight anger,

"Why can I not sleep!" she shouted, completely forgetting that other people did actually live in this house "I cannot fathom any more of this" with that, Charlotte jumped up from where she was laying and made her way downstairs, she pushed her door open and ran across the landing towards the stairs when suddenly Charlotte heard a bang, she quickly rushed down the stairs scared that there was a robbery taking place. She froze in fear at the bottom of the stairs, someone was walking with haste across the landing,

"Show yourself," the voice beckoned," I know that you are here, do not hide" Charlotte trembled with fear as she crumpled into a ball behind a pillar, she then heard an angry grunt, whoever it was, began stomping down the stairs,

"Please-" Charlotte choked out on the verge of crying, she was going to die, she was never going to have a husband or children, she would never see her siblings or her mother, her best friend, Lady bridgerton, even Anthony for heaven's sake, someone then grasped Charlotte's wrist and pulled her close to them, Charlotte closed her eyes finally accepting her fate trying to hold back her tears.

"Charlotte?" The voice asked, they loosened their grip on Charlotte's wrist and Charlotte opened one eye in wonder of why she was not yet dead, she looked up to be met by the harsh gaze of Anthony Bridgerton himself. Charlotte then felt rage, a burning rage,

"Anthony!" she screamed, throwing herself at the man, "I thought you were going to kill me you, oaf!" Anthony rolled his eyes and scoffed "I was even considering that I might miss you when I am gone!!" the boy raised an eyebrow,

"You were the one who was stomping around! It is 3 o'clock in the morning, honestly!" Charlotte began to walk away from the Bridgerton, once again, yet this time she made her way towards the kitchen. Anthony furrowed his brows, something he was quite frankly renowned for,

"Hamilton," he called "what on earth are you doing?" Charlotte did not answer, instead, she just rolled up her sleeves and huffed.

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Anthony stood by the stairs for a few minutes expecting Charlotte to exit the kitchen, which she did not, so he then decided it was best to investigate.

"Charlotte, open the door," Anthony demanded, he could feel her presence on the other side of the door,

"It's open," she told him bluntly, Anthony then entered the room ready to begin ranting, but he was stopped by Charlotte's hand,

"Stop My Lord," she told him "here" Charlotte then reached out in her hand a bottle of warm milk, Anthony looked at her confused,

"How did you-" Charlotte then cut him off from saying anything further,

"Because, My Lord, I am not completely useless unlike some" Anthony chuckled at Charlotte's remark, until of course, he realised. He scowled at the girl,

"So, are you going to take the milk or not, Sir?" Charlotte smirked at Anthony's angered appearance, she never truly managed to get a good look at his face, the way the moonlight accentuated the sharpness of his jawline and the way his cheekbones were contoured when his jaw clenched, he did look rather handsome in this light. Charlotte was suddenly snapped out of her trance when Anthony took the bottle from her hand, she jumped a little bit and Anthony frowned at her,

"What is wrong?" he questioned, "Are you quite well?" Charlotte nodded her head profusely at the Bridgerton and smiled a little,

"I am fine My Lord, just fine" the girl then picked up her milk and curtseyed at Anthony "goodnight" she then rushed out of the room and ran to her bedroom, leaving a confused Anthony alone.

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Charlotte placed the milk on her bedside table and sat down, she was shaking, why did she have those thoughts? She thought that she despised him, and to be frank, she did, he was insufferable and rakish and she pitied whoever his future wife was to be.

A million thoughts rushed through her head, at a million miles an hour, but the main thought was why? Why just why! She did not have feelings for this man, or so she thought, no, she didn't, she wouldn't allow it, she couldn't allow it.

After a while of Charlotte's continuous procrastinating, she finally declared it her time to sleep, slowly she drifted off and forgot for a while about any of her problems. 

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Anthony, who was still sat in the kitchen, sighed, he missed Sienna. Anthony truly believed Sienna to be his true love, she was the only person that could make him truly smitten, yet he was sitting here thinking of another, Charlotte was the main thought occupying his mind. When they spoke, he looked at her in a completely different light, he suddenly noticed the little details, like how her hair kinks from the top of her ears downwards creating small waves and curls, her hair was most beautiful in the light of the moon, her brown eyes shone and he could've sworn her pupils dilated a tad while watching him but that would be silly, he did not feel anything for her and she felt absolutely nothing for him, she despised him, and besides the pair had only known each other a day.

Anthony laid back into his bed staring harshly at the ceiling, If looks could kill, this ceiling would crumble, his mind was confused, why did he feel this way, why? Anthony did not know, what he did know, however, was it was time for him to sleep as his wandering mind would get him nowhere in this situation, he finally prepared himself for bed and got himself comfortable, he attempted to sleep but, alas, he could not, his mind was far too filled up with thoughts of the young mistress to indeed rest.

Author's Note!

dear readers,

I thank you immensely for 1k reads on this story!! I appreciate it all so much as I have worked so hard to make this book as enjoyable as possible, I apologised once again for the short chapter, I scolded myself for it and I promise they will get longer, as there is much more to come!

Please leave feedback for yours truly, and also, would you want me to name that chapters or just label them as chapter one, two, three and so on? Let me know <3

Ella x