99 Garwood, Julie by The Prize

Author:The Prize [Prize, The]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-01-21T19:14:47+00:00

"And what is this plan?"

"Now that you're sotted, I'm going to confess my lies to you. You're too drunk to be upset. Then I'm going to seduce you. Do you see how easy it is, husband?"

"No," he answered. "Tell me why it's easy."

"In the morning you aren't going to remember what I told you."

The woman was as daft as a donkey. "What if I do remember?"

She frowned over that question a long while before answering. "Then you'll have bedded me and only half remember. Alice says so."

"For the love of God, Nicholaa—"

She poked him in the shoulder. "It's a sound plan, Royce."

He rolled his eyes heavenward. The plan belonged to a half-wit. "Why go to all this trouble, wife?" he asked then. "Couldn't you have just explained?"

"Why must you complicate everything?" she asked. "This is my plan, not yours. We have to do it my way. You're confusing me with all your questions."

She was getting all worked up. Her eyes filled with tears, and she looked as if she might break into a fit of weeping.

He tried to soothe her. "All right," he said. "We'll do it your way. Let's begin with the lies, shall we? Then we can move on to my seduction."

"It's my seduction, not yours."

He didn't argue with her. "I assume there is more than one lie. Is that correct?"

"Yes."

"Which one would you like to tell me about first?"

"The big one."

When she didn't continue, he prodded her. "I'm waiting, Nicholaa."

"I'm not Ulric's mama."

She tensed in anticipation of his reaction. Royce didn't say anything. She leaned away from him to see if he was frowning. He wasn't. She took heart. "I've never even been married."

"I see."

She shook her head. "No, you don't see," she whispered. "You think I'm experienced, but the truth is just the opposite."

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