A Season For Romance (The Seldon Park Christmas Novella Book 5) by Bethany Sefchick

Author:Bethany Sefchick [Sefchick, Bethany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Romance, Women's Fiction, Regency & Victorian Romance, London Society, England & Britain, 19th Century, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Love Possibility, Hearts Desire, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Sensual Story Theme, Tales From Seldon Park Companion, The Seldon Park Christmas, Novella Short Story, Christmas Holidays & Celebration, Christmas Time, Holiday Whimsy, Festive Season, Winter Weather
Publisher: Bethany M. Sefchick
Published: 2017-11-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Dinner was an interminably long affair. He wasn’t even certain what he was eating or if he even enjoyed the meal, a first for him.

Beau wished for nothing more than to skip the entire bothersome business. However, that would make the servants gossip even more than they already were after his morning stroll – not to mention kiss – with Dinah and he didn’t want that. He didn’t want Dinah to be the subject of their conversations, even though it seemed as if nearly the entire population of Grayfield had witnessed them kissing by the dormant gardens.

Still, that didn’t give his staff the right to gossip about Dinah.

Finally, however, dinner was over, and when Dinah mentioned that she wished to turn in early, stating that she was still a bit chilled from both their walk earlier and her dip in the river the night before, no one said a word. Not even the usually loquacious Cecily. Nor did Beau’s staff bat an eye when he announced that he was turning in for the night not a quarter hour later.

Those he employed were no fools, and they likely knew what Beau was about and where he would be going when the candles were finally dimmed for the evening. Oddly enough, they didn’t seem to care, either.

However Beau could not worry about his staff or their suspicions at present. Instead, he needed to worry about how he would be received when he went to Dinah’s bed. He prayed that she had not merely been swept away by the romance of the snowfall earlier when she had agreed to allow him to bed her tonight. He also prayed that she had not changed her mind.

As it turned out, he was worrying needlessly. For the moment Beau had stripped bare and put on only his banyan for modesty, he heard the door that connected his chambers to that of the marchioness’ creak open.

“Funny thing about this door,” Dinah said softly as she stepped through it wearing nothing more than a robe of her own and something else beneath that. “I tried this very door that first day and it was locked. I also tried it again earlier today, wondering how we might sneak into each other’s chambers without being seen, and it was still locked. Now? Strangely enough, it is not.”

“Nathaniel,” Beau guessed without hesitation. “The staff would not be so bold.” At least he didn’t think they would.

To his shock, Dinah grinned. “Remind me to thank him in the morning, then. His efforts have been most helpful. I have been in my chambers for a quarter hour trying to figure out how I would sneak in here to see you. I am not even certain why I decided to try the door again, though I am pleased that I did.”

“So am I, but I actually rather thought I would come to you,” Beau offered as he stepped forward to take Dinah’s small hands in his much larger ones. This was the first

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