(1999) Night Secrets by Kat Martin

Author:Kat Martin [Martin, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mom 02/14/14
ISBN: 9780312970024
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Published: 2000-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 14

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Marcus felt like pacing. It was a habit he had never thought about before. Now that he was confined to this bloody damned chair, he missed even the smallest things that he had been able to do.

He glanced toward the door of the drawing room for perhaps the hundredth time since his arrival.

More and more he was certain that she would not come.

And why the devil should she? He had told her in no uncertain terms that she wasn’t welcome, and he had meant every word.

A knock at the door interrupted his mental tirade. Rex swung it open without waiting for his permission. Marcus stiffened at the sight of the small copper-haired figure who marched in, dressed in an elaborate lavender gown. He loathed the god-awful thing on sight, and the silly little purple plumes that danced on her bonnet. He would have preferred her in her simple skirt and blouse, or even in those damnable breeches.

“I told you not to come.”

Her chin went up with the swift determination he had seen a dozen times. “Yes, you did. And I told you I was no longer yours to order about.”

As if she ever were, he thought glumly.

“I’ve a bit of work to attend in my study,” Rex said. I believe I shall leave you two to visit for a while.”

Marcus turned the brunt of his formidable temper on his brother. “I am the Earl of Hawksmoor and lord of this house. I command you to remove this woman at once.”

Rex just grinned. “Sorry, did you say something, brother? I don’t believe I heard what it was.” Gingerly he stepped out of the room and closed the door, leaving them alone.

Anger worked a muscle in Marcus’s jaw. His eyes swung to hers, pinning her with the same dark look he had used to command his men. Another woman would have withered beneath that fierce glare. Not Brianne Winters.

Her gaze met his, ran slowly over his face. It felt like a soft caress, warm and oddly disturbing. “Are you not in the least glad to see me, Marcus? Once we were friends. Has your accident somehow changed that?”

He allowed his gaze to travel down her body, noting again the expensive clothes. Where had she gotten them? he suddenly wondered, and a spark of something very like jealousy slid along his deadened spine.

“It is obvious that at least some things have indeed changed. Those clothes, for example. Since you are no longer my mistress, I assume some other man is seeing to your welfare.”

Color rushed into her cheeks. Her chin hiked up a notch. “I bought these clothes myself. My father passed away and, believe it or not, he left me a good deal of money. I’m a wealthy woman, Marcus. I’m no longer at any man’s mercy, not even yours.”

He scoffed at that. “You were hardly at my mercy. I don’t believe there was a time you obeyed even one of my commands.”

She smiled at that, her lips curling prettily.

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