A Bet with a Baron: Regency Romance (Lords of Temptation Book 1) by Tammy Andresen

Author:Tammy Andresen [Andresen, Tammy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Swift Romance Publishing Corp
Published: 2023-01-09T18:30:00+00:00

Mirabelle sat with Anna as they each worked on their own needlework. Which was perfect. It allowed her thoughts all the room they needed to wander.

Which meant she was mostly thinking about Ken.

The way he’d felt last night as they were pressed together. How he’d listened to her without yelling or even judging.

A pang of regret reverberated through her, knowing that the purpose of their time together was to prepare her to charm other people.

Still, that didn’t mean she couldn’t enjoy his company, did it?

She’d slipped a note under his door that morning.

She gave a brief glance at the clock on the mantel. It was one. When would she know if he’d accepted her offer to postpone?

Her nose wrinkled. She ought to have asked him to reply. Told him where her door was. Or she might have—

The door flew open, interrupting her thoughts, as Fulton filled the entrance to the sitting room.

“What the fu—”

“Don’t you dare,” she said, then stood, her needlework all but forgotten as she pointed a needle in his direction.

“I dare? You’ve employed a baron to prepare you for a fu—”

The needle jabbed in his direction. “Ace will have you working double shifts if you use that word in our company. There are plenty of others to choose from.”

“But that one is my favorite,” he returned crossly, his brow drawing down into a low slash across his face. “And you’re distracting me from the point. When did you decide you were participating in a season?”

She huffed a breath. “Talk with Ace. I’m not explaining to you.”

“I can’t,” Fulton yelled. “He’s on his fu—” He stopped voluntarily this time. “He’s made it clear we are not to knock on his door for a week at least.”

“Then you’ll have to wait,” Mirabelle said with a shrug and returned to her seat.

“Mira.” Fulton spread his arms out wide. “You will tell me or I’ll—”

Anna shook her head. “Fulton, don’t you dare threaten.”

“Men are afraid of me, you know?” he groused as he walked further into the room and then tossed himself onto a settee, one leg dangling off, arm draped across the back. “You two ought to be as well.”

“Don’t be ridiculous,” Mirabelle chided. “Anna, do you remember when he was eight and refused to wear pants? Ran around with his fanny hanging out and his—”

“Mira.” He sat up, scrubbing his face. “Why must you bring that up?”

She shook her head. Fulton was four and twenty, and he’d always been the wildest of the lot of Smiths, but the secret was that he was also often the most sensitive. “Now tell me… Is Lord Boxby coming to tea today?”

Fulton’s eyes narrowed. “You’ve tricked me.”

“I have not. Answer the question.”

“Answer mine first,” he demanded.

“Ace thinks that it would seem odd if Anna and I did not have a season. And since I am already two and twenty, I shall have mine this year before it’s too late.” She wouldn’t mind an extra year to prepare but that wasn’t going to happen. “Lord Boxby has been gracious enough to help me prepare.

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