𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐀 𝐁𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒, 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧

chapter nine!

When Charlotte woke up the next morning she threw herself into a strop, as she was having the most wonderful dream; She was living her life at it was, except for the major fact that she was not marrying William, for a while, she actually felt free and felt like she had a choice, but, alas, she woke up and was yet again informed of how awful her life was,

"Miss Hamilton!" Charlotte looked up to meet the yes of Lillian "When did you get here? I came to help you with your corset last night and you weren't here," Charlotte looked at Lillian with a confused expression, she tried to remember the events that occurred after the news yet she couldn't recall any of it until bang, it hit her. She snapped her head down to look at her clothes and she went pale, she had been fully changed into her sleepwear, her corset had been removed and so had her dress. She jumped up in a panic and scurried out into the hallway, she fled down the hall and crashed into Anthony's room,

"A-Anthony," she began, out of breath from how fast she had ran, he looked at the girl in shock,

"Charlotte! You should not be in here, you are not- I should not see you like this!" Anthony turned around to look away from her,

"I'm in a nightgown you fool! And anyway, you saw much more of me last night," Charlotte said, exasperated, Anthony whipped his head around and began walking towards Charlotte,

"Hamilton, what do you think occurred last night?" he stared at Charlotte wide-eyed, she furrowed her eyebrows,

"Well, I fell asleep on you and I miraculously ended up in my bed changed out of my corset and dress," she began to pace "what did we do Anthony, what happened?" she stopped and looked at him, he stared back at her with the same expression as before but then just laughed, Charlotte frowned, "You think this is funny? Because I do not, I am glad I do not remember what we did for I would never ever wish for anyone, including my worst enemy, to have to endure anything of the sort with you" after Charlotte's minor outburst Anthony's smile faltered,

"My dear," Charlotte, although she was raging at him, felt an odd feeling in her stomach when he called her that "I can assure you we did not do anything last night, and as for the change of clothes, I called for Daphne to help, seeing as you were in too deep of a sleep to even bother to wake up!" Charlotte rolled her eyes at Anthony and turned to walk away but he caught her wrist before she could leave, he pushed her against the wall and gave her a stern look, this caused the feeling in Charlotte's stomach to go wild again,

"And as for that little comment about how awful it would be for you to have any sort relations with me at all is absurd," their faces were inches apart and even though Charlotte had an urge to fight back, she did not, for she felt no need to anger Anthony "do you know why?" Charlotte quickly shook her head at Anthony's question and he chuckled "Well my dear, it is because I know you cannot resist me, and quite frankly I cannot resist you," Charlotte let out a silent gasp and her eyes widened a little "ever since that night in the kitchen something hit me, it was horrible to begin with, especially since I had convinced myself that I loathed you," Charlotte rolled her eyes "but then last night I realised the severity of it when you collapsed into my arms crying all I wanted to do was comfort you and care for you." his expression softened as he awaited Charlotte's response.

"Anthony I am to marry William, I cannot-" He kissed her. He just kissed her but Charlotte did not kiss back, he pulled away in confusion,

"Charlotte I- I am sorry I shouldn't have done that-" his rambling soon came to an end as Charlotte grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back in for a kiss, they both eased into it enjoying the feeling of pure ecstasy. They carried on kissing until Anthony pulled away in fear of making the wrong choice, he scanned Charlotte's face for any signs of regret and she just cracked a smirk,

"Did I say stop my Lord?"

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The next few days were hard for the pair, Charlotte's engagement with William was still going ahead as she and Anthony were still trying to figure out how to stop it and on top of that, they were sneaking around trying to lay low.

Today, Charlotte would be seeing Simon. The Bridgerton's were having a small picnic in the park with the Duke. The Vauxhall ball had already been and nearly everyone in the ton was overwhelmed by Daphne and Simon's amusing show, Charlotte had questioned Daphne on the matter, seeing as she had no interest in the Duke whatsoever if anything it seemed like Daphne despised him, but she simply told Charlotte it was love at first sight yet it took a while to 'fully bloom' of course, Charlotte had her suspicions and wished to ask Simon at his view on the matter.

Charlotte strolled up to the picnic spot late, but at least she had arrived. She smiled at Daphne who was sitting on a blanket on the grass, she looked as though she needed to speak to Charlotte, yet she was rudely shut down by Benedict who swooped in beside the Hamilton girl,

"My angel," he said with a smirk "how are you on this fine afternoon?" no matter what situation it was, Benedict always seemed to have time to flirt with women, especially Charlotte. She smirked back at him,

"I am quite well thank you, Benedict, and you?" Charlotte looked up at his beaming face,

"Well, I am a bit upset actually," Charlotte raised an eyebrow at him and he pouted,

"And why is that?" Benedict lowered his head down to whisper something in her ear,

"You see Charlotte, I cannot help but notice you spending much more time with Anthony rather than myself," Charlotte's smile faltered but she quickly fixed it,

"Benedict!" she lightly smacked his arm, "I am to be married soon, you do know that?" Benedict chuckled lightly,

"Well, you do not seem very enthusiastic on the subject," he looked rather smugly at the girl standing beside him "all I am trying to say, is why marry him?" Charlotte opened her mouth to speak but Benedict put his finger on her lips "Charlotte, you have two absolutely willing brothers right in front of you who can give you amazing lives and yet you accept a forced proposal" Charlotte rolled her eyes,

"That is the point, Ben, it was forced I did not have a choice, and besides I cannot get out of it now" Charlotte sighed but Benedict raised an eyebrow,

"Not necessarily, my dear," Charlotte tilted her head "if someone else gave you an overall better proposal then you could most definitely accept," Charlotte's head was exploding "my brother's fondness of you was certainly unexpected, and trust me if he was not so enamoured with you I would be the one to propose, yet, I know you have feelings for him too, and that is why I am telling you to to take my advice and convince the poor sod to propose!" Charlotte simply could not contain herself, even Lady Whistledown could not stop her at this point.

author's note!

Very short chapter I know, I'm sorry!! But, Chanthony is a thing now vfbhvudebehvbg. I know they moved on quite quickly but now we can have all the draaamaa. Please leave feedback cause I love love love it when I read all of your lil comments, also, poor Benedict :( he just got completely shunned by Charlotte, love you all and I hope you enjoyed this chapter,

Ella <3