A Seduction in the Stars by Jess Michaels

Author:Jess Michaels [Michaels, Jess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-12T00:00:00+00:00

Henry took a step backward and nearly deposited himself on his arse. His ears rang and his hands tingled as those strange, unbelievable words filled the small room around them. He opened his mouth to speak, but found he could hardly draw a breath, let alone formulate a word in response. Still, he struggled to manage it and finally croaked out, “Husband.”

She stared at him, those dark blue eyes unreadable now that she’d returned herself to a cooler, more collected version of herself. Not the woman who had arched beneath him in pleasure, that was certain. “What do you think?”

He shook his head. “Think? I think I need an explanation.”

Throwing up her hands, she paced away. “I just gave you an explanation.”

His frustration mounted and he folded his arms as he glared at her back. “Evangeline, saying you need a husband and you’ve decided it should be me is a preamble, not a damned explanation, and I know you’re clever enough to recognize that. Stop playing games, stop trying to control whatever you’re trying to control, and tell me the truth. The only way I can make my next move is by having all the damned information.”

She pivoted to face him, her cheeks pale as paper. “You’ve never spoken to me in such a way before.”

He blinked. “It’s ungentlemanly perhaps, and I will apologize for that later. Right now I think it is best for us to just be honest with each other.”

She worried her lip a moment. He couldn’t help but track the action. Want to claim her mouth again as he had a moment before. And yet everything had changed since she entered this room. Nothing could ever be the same again.

“Very well,” she said, and he heard the tremor beneath her tone. The…fear. Evangeline was afraid and that set him back a step. Afraid of him? He didn’t know. He couldn’t tell. But afraid of something.

“Why don’t we sit?” He motioned to the settee where he had ravished her. She blushed, but followed his direction and they sat together.

She pushed her shoulders back. “I am a woman living in a time of men,” she said. “I may have power, I know I have power. I use it carefully and I hope never cruelly.”

“I’ve never seen you be cruel,” he said softly. “Often the opposite. I know you play savior to many a young woman who needs the benefit of your influence.”

She turned her face. “I—no, I just—I—”

He drew back at her stammering and uncomfortable expression. “There is no reason to be shy about it.”

“I don’t do it so anyone sees,” she said with a shrug and a half-glance his way. “In fact, exactly the opposite.”

“I know. And I doubt anyone watches you more closely than I do,” he said, wondering how that confession would be received.

Her lips parted a fraction and she tilted her head. “And why do you watch so very closely?”

Clearing his throat, he ignored the question. The answer was not one that would help him at present.

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