02 Dangerous Angels by Amanda Scott

Author:Amanda Scott [Scott, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-07-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

THOUGH CHARLEY TRIED TO pretend that Antony’s words and behavior had not shaken her, they had, and for the next few days, she scarcely drew a breath without thinking of him. To her dismay, however, it was not his anger that disturbed her. Nor was it his suggestion that she could be dependent on him whether they stayed married or not. It was his kiss.

All she had to do to bring the moment back to life was catch his eye or think of him. Instantly it was as if his lips possessed hers again. Lying in bed at night, she surrendered to her thoughts, wondering what it would be like if he claimed more than just a kiss. These thoughts and others of their ilk entered her mind at the oddest times, disturbing not only her mind but her body as well. Sensations that she had never before experienced threatened now to overwhelm her.

Sir Antony said nothing more about the oatmeal incident, but she almost wished he would. She had not realized how much living with a man day after day would affect her. It occurred to her that being in the same house with Rockland—a situation that had transpired not only at Tuscombe Park but at numerous house parties, and even once at her Aunt Susan’s house in Scotland—had never similarly affected her. Firmly, she discounted any similarity of circumstance on the grounds that she had known Rockland for years and was on unusually easy terms with him.

She had certainly never paid much heed to Rockland’s moods—or, indeed, to anyone else’s, not being moody herself—but she noticed the slightest variation in Sir Antony’s demeanor. She told herself it was because he rarely allowed anyone to discern his thoughts, that to do so had become a challenge. But it was more than that. When he was restless or seemed troubled, she exerted herself to soothe him. And although he did not talk to her about what he learned on his frequent sorties, she began to believe she could tell the difference between productive ones and others that were uneventful.

She paid heed to his likes and dislikes, taking care to inform Aggie when a dish particularly pleased him, and when one had not. Despite her attention to him, she did not neglect Letty’s needs or her own. She took the little girl riding every day, and with two armed grooms accompanying them, she gave the child lessons in how to train her horses. Soon Letty could make her chestnut mare kneel so that she could mount without aid of a block or a groom, and she had taught it to come when she called.

As Aggie had predicted, ladies in the district began to pay dutiful bride visits once they learned of Charley’s marriage and the couple’s removal to Seacourt House. Charley realized that some visited out of vulgar curiosity, but most were sincerely delighted for her. In all cases, she kept Sir Antony’s mission firmly in mind. Thus, she was

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