A Tempting Voyage (West Meets East Book 6) by Merry Farmer

Author:Merry Farmer
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2017-11-10T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 7

A lbert was certain that, in many ways, it was unconscionable for him to be so happy and energized while a member of his crew’s life was in danger. Especially since the would-be murderer was wandering the decks freely. If William had half an inkling that they were on to his diabolical scheme, he didn’t show it. It was a testament to the character and cleverness of Domenica and the few other people they’d needed to involve in the plot to draw Lewis out—Lady Patterson, for one, Renshaw and Milton for others—that they managed to make arrangements for a grand ball and to advertise the event throughout the ship without William looking the least bit nonplussed.

What made Albert prickle with guilt was that, as dedicated as he was to ensuring Lewis’s safety, the only person he wanted to give his time and attention to was Domenica.

“I should get up,” he murmured to her in the dark hours of the morning on the day of the ball. “There’s much to do.”

They lay entwined with each other and the bedsheets. Domenica stretched, running her hand up his arm to cradle his face. “I should get down to the kitchens,” she said. “Although letting them fend for themselves today would help with our plans.”

“This afternoon,” Albert agreed, kissing her hand, then dipping down to brush his lips across hers. “But not for breakfast.”

She hummed. “Who can think about breakfast when there are much more tempting things?” She lifted her knee and ran her toes along his leg.

Blood and desire surged to Albert’s groin. In the past few days, he’d discovered that age had done nothing to calm the fire that had lay dormant within him. Although he doubted just any woman would have been able to awake such need. Domenica was the only woman he’d wanted for years, the only woman he would want for the rest of his life. But as potent as the passion had been between them during the voyage, he still couldn’t work up the nerve to ask her to stay with him. He wasn’t sure he could bear it if she said no.

Even considering the question sent a bolt of anxiety through him, so he kissed her once more, then rolled reluctantly out of bed. “With any luck, this whole mess will be taken care of tonight,” he said, striding to his washstand as Domenica eyed his naked body with appreciation. “And if the weather holds, we’ll be in London in two days.”

“Are we that close?” Domenica asked, shifting to her side and gazing openly at him.

It was ridiculous of him to feel such satisfaction in being studied by a woman, his woman, but he grinned over it all the same. “We’ve reached the Celtic Sea already,” he explained as he dipped a washcloth in the water basin and ran it over his torso. “We should pass the Isles of Scilly later this afternoon. From there, we’ll be in the English Channel in no time.”

Domenica climbed out

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