A Season for Treason by Golden Angel

Author:Golden Angel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Golden Angel

Chapter 14

Mary

If waiting for her uncle, cousin, and betrothed to hash out the details of their marriage contract was irritating under normal circumstances, under these circumstances, it was downright torturous. Her aunt’s carriage had pulled up right behind Rex’s, meaning Mary had not been able to castigate him properly after he had left her aching and wanting, the taste of him still lingering on her tongue.

The bastard.

As punishments went, it was a good one, though she did not like to admit it. The spanking had been hard enough to keep her bottom tingling, her lower body was still throbbing, and the breast he’d tormented felt swollen and achy. Thomas had looked extremely disapproving when he caught sight of them, Arabella almost gleeful, and Aunt Elizabeth had rushed in to speak with Uncle Henry. The gentlemen had promptly departed to her uncle’s study to make arrangements, which she would not be privy to until they needed her signature.

Now, she was sitting with her aunt and Arabella, discussing wedding plans and doing her best not to squirm from both impatience and physical discomfort. Thankfully, Aunt Elizabeth seemed too distracted to notice Mary’s lack of composure.

“You will certainly need a new dress. It will need to be something grand… but also made quickly.” Aunt Elizabeth paced back and forth in front of the couch, where Arabella and Mary were sitting.

“Not so quickly, at least a month for the banns, and…” Mary started to argue, her voice trailing off when Aunt Elizabeth’s dark eyes pinned her in place. Her aunt raised her eyebrows.

“Yes, quickly. Despite Hartford’s quick action, the gossip is going to be fierce until you two are wed. Besides, with a rake, it is always better to have the wedding as soon as possible before, ah, complications arise.” The delicate phrasing made Mary blush when she realized what her aunt was insinuating.

“He did not… we have not…” The hot blush rising in her cheeks gave her away. While she was still not entirely compromised, her package was significantly more rumpled than it had been before the carriage ride here. Besides, she knew in the eyes of the ton, being found kissing Hartford in the conservatory during a ball was enough to thoroughly ruin her. With his pursuit of her already acknowledged, the salacious tidbit would have every gossipmonger sure Hartford had made his claim.

To be truthful, hadn’t he?

“What actually occurred is not as important as what is perceived to have occurred,” Aunt Elizabeth said, confirming Mary’s thoughts. She eyed Mary, pausing in her repeated journey across the carpet. “If you truly do not want to marry him, this is the time to say so. It will be difficult, but the family will stand by you.”

“Of course, we will,” Arabella said firmly before her voice dropped to a mutter. “Although I think plenty has probably occurred already.”

That point was impossible to argue. Mary had put herself in this position. She had gone to his house for the masquerade, had thrown herself at him

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