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THE VISCOUNTESS WHO VEXES ME by lauryssamilkshakes
Summary:
Set immediately after Anthony and Kate's kiss at the Featherington Ball. Kate has accepted Anthony's proposal, but almost immediately, they both make good on their promise to vex each other for eternity. Canon compliant.
It took everything in Anthony's willpower to pull away from Kate's lips. They were in the midst of fireworks, yet the only sparks that concerned him were those that had erupted between him and his intended as their lips met.
“We must stop,” he tried to say, but it was half-hearted, his arms around her waist loosening yet not quite ready to let go.
“We must not,” Kate murmured, her arms still wound around his neck.
“We must,” Anthony repeated, “lest we are found –”
“ – and forced to marry?” Kate finished, but with a grin as she moved one hand to his chest, to rest on his heart, making Anthony groan. She was not going to make this easy. “That would certainly help to move things along –”
