A Countess for Christmas by Christy McKellen

Author:Christy McKellen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

WHEN EMMA WOKE up the next morning she felt as if she hadn’t slept a wink.

The memory of the way Jack had looked at her with such warmth and understanding yesterday, after she’d opened up about what she’d gone through after her father died, had haunted her dreams.

Standing under that mistletoe outside the pub, she’d thought for one heart-stopping moment that he was going to kiss her. It had actually scared her how much she’d wanted him to, but judging by his swift withdrawal apparently she’d been crazy to imagine that he’d wanted it too.

But she could have sworn...

Ugh! This was all so confusing.

She was better off on her own anyway—at least that way she could keep full control over her life and keep her heart in one piece.

Rolling out of bed, she went over to the window and peered out at the street below, this time making sure to keep well hidden behind the curtain. There were still a few photographers lurking down on the street, but the majority of journalists seemed to have gone.

They must have grown bored with trying to get information about her. That was a relief.

After taking a quick shower and pulling on another one of the beautiful dresses that Sophie had brought over for her, this time in a flattering, draped soft green fabric that swished around her legs and clung gently to her torso, she clomped downstairs, steeling herself to face Jack again.

She had absolutely no idea what to expect from him today. What she did know was that she sure as heck wasn’t going to hide from whatever was going on between them.

Walking into the kitchen, she spotted him sitting at the table with his broad back to her looking at something on his laptop.

The worry about how they were going to be with each other this morning evaporated the moment he looked round and she saw the flash of panic on his face.

‘Emma, I didn’t hear you come in.’

‘What are you looking at?’ she asked, already knowing she wasn’t going to like the answer.

Snapping the laptop shut, he gave what she suspected was meant to be a diffident shrug. ‘Nothing of any consequence.’

Folding her arms, she gave him a hard stare. ‘Jack, there’s no point in trying to hide anything from me. I’ll see it sooner or later.’

He swallowed, then nodded towards the computer in front of him. ‘The press found out who you are,’ he said, rubbing a hand over his eyes.

Sitting down next to him, she slid the laptop towards her and opened it up to look at what he’d been reading.

All the blood seemed to drain from her head as she saw numerous links on the screen, all with her family name slashed across them with a variation on the theme of her family’s money scandal and their exile from high society as well as Jack’s name and title.

Gold-digger seemed to be the most commonly used term.

It was inevitable, she supposed. Once the press had

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