A Seven Year Hitch by Mary Beeken

Author:Mary Beeken [Beeken, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781475216998
Publisher: Mary Beeken
Published: 2012-04-14T00:00:00+00:00

Erica, half running, hurried outside the front door hoping to avoid everyone.

“Stupid! How could I be so stupid? Hateful man! Insufferable bastard,” she muttered through gritted teeth. “I can’t believe I nearly succumbed to the charms of that loathsome snake!”

She was making her way towards a small woodland, situated along the drive when Ross spotted her and chased after her.

“Erica. Wait!” he called but she quickened her step shouting over her shoulder.

“Leave me alone, you odious slug.”

“No!

Go back to your mistress and enjoy her charms why don’t you?”

“Wait. Let me explain.”

“No. There’s nothing to explain.”

Having caught up with her, he grabbed her arm and swung her round to face him, keeping tight hold when she struggled to be released.

“Listen. Francine is not my mistress. We worked together in France and are good friends, that’s all”

“I heard you talking about her!”

“If you had been listening properly you would know that at no point did I say she is my mistress!”

“You implied it,” Erica accused him.

“Depends how you interpreted my words but I am telling you, she is not my mistress and if you had eavesdropped a little longer you would have heard me tell the others that.”

“Have you ever slept with her?” Erica sensed he was not being completely honest with her.

Trevellyn swept a hand through his hair and cursed. “Yes I have, alright. We were posing as a married couple in Paris and for a while we shared a bed. We had only each other to rely on and to trust and we both had physical needs. She came to London to find a protector now that her work for the foreign office has ceased. It will not be me!”

“Everyone thinks she’s your mistress so she probably thinks she is too!” Erica voice was raised with hurt and anger.

“No she doesn’t. I told her I was looking to marry.”

The statement was like a red rag to Erica.

“You were already married! You slept with her and you were already married so why should that stop you now? You faithless pig!”

“I didn’t know I was married. You were nothing more than a figment of my dreams,” Ross was beginning to lose his own temper at her unreasonableness.

But Erica’s rage was by now a blazing furnace and she was incapable of rational thought.

“How many women have you bedded in the last seven years? How many mistresses have you had? You adulterous bastard!”

“You’re being totally ridiculous. You surely didn’t believe I’d been celibate for the last seven years, when I didn’t even know you existed.”

“You knew me long enough to force me to marry you. How convenient to then forget for the next seven years why you slept your way around Europe with every whore available!”

“That’s enough, Erica,” Ross said trying to keep a rein on his anger.

“No, it not nearly enough. I’ve spent seven years putting my life on hold, waiting for your arrogant Lordship to put in an appearance while you’ve been off being a libertine.”

“Waiting for me? I hardly call receiving a string of proposals in London, putting your life on hold.

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