Cruel To Be Kind - Peaky Blinders Fanfiction

Part 19 - Planned and Unplanned Surprises

Another chapter for you all.

I do hope you enjoy this chapter - I'm not sure if any of you are going to like it. To me, it just seems like a lot of ... babbling, but I couldn't write anything else.

I'm not sure if you know that I've edited all the other chapters. I was trying to get them all edited before continuing with the story and seeing as that's done I finally wrote this chapter.

There are new scenes added to previous chapters. In the third chapter, there is a scene between Arthur and Elsie that I wanted to write but forgot the first time and managed to edit it into the second version. Please re-read it if you wish.

There is also a scene between Ada and Elsie in chapter fourteen - I do recommend that you read that one.

Most of the changes I have made were done for plot reasons so I do recommend you take another look at the story.

I want to thank everyone for reviewing all the previous chapters and I do hope you enjoy this one.

If there are any problems please feel free to PM me or leave a review.

Thank you and enjoy xx Comet96 xx

Edited: 30/12/19

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"Wake up," Tommy whispered, his fingers brushing against my cheek. I smiled into the pillow as his fingers ran through my hair, tugging on my braid. I shook my head, pulling the blanket higher over my shoulders, snuggling into the warmth that cocooned me. Tommy shifted on the bed, his arms wrapping under me, shifting me on my back and scooping the blankets away. His lips dropped against my neck, as his hands pulled my shirt down. His teeth nipped at my chest before he placed evenly spaced kisses on the tops of my breasts.

I giggled, running my hands through his hair as he pulled back and pressed a soft kiss to my lips. His eyes were bright, but his pupils were blown out and it made my stomach fill with heat. I let my hand slide down his neck to his shoulders and it was then that I noticed he was dressed.

"Are you going somewhere?" My fingers were playing with the short sides of his hair. After last night and the fight at the pub, Tommy had ushered us back to Watery Lane and into his room. He'd handed me one of his shirts, undressed me and put me to bed before joining me. It was rather caring of him and it made promises for our future.

"We're going out, Ada found one of your dresses in her room," he said, reaching over and pulling a simple light blue dress with floral embroidery stitched in a darker blue. It had been a gift from my grandmother and it was one of the only dresses she had brought me that wasn't over extravagant and expensive to the look.

I sat up and took the dress from him, also finding that Ada had given me one of her slips and a set of undergarments. I looked up at him as he stood from the bed, straightening his tie and vest.

"Where are we going?" I slipped from the bed, pulling his shirt over my head. I was hesitant to dress in front of him, but we were going to be married in two days and he'd already seen me naked.

I glanced up at him as I slipped my undergarments on to find that he was staring at me, a cigarette in his mouth as he leaned against the wall. I flushed and quickly slid into my slip and threw on my dress, smoothing my hands over it as I flashed my eyes to him. He was smirking.

"It's a surprise," he said, opening the door and nodding his head. Rolling my eyes at him, I sat on the bed and rolled on my stockings, ignoring the way he was shifting on his feet in annoyance. I smirked at him as I pulled my boots on, tying the laces as slow as possible as I kept our eyes locked. He didn't look away as I took my time; his hand moving his cigarette too and from his mouth. He looked like he was trying not to say something to me, he didn't want to show how he was feeling.