A Time & Place for Every Laird by Angeline Fortin

Author:Angeline Fortin [Fortin, Angeline]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: My Personal Bubble LLC
Published: 2013-05-06T12:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

“Tell me, lass, what’s got yer feathers in a bunch now?” Hugh asked as they descended the final flight of stairs.

“Are you hungry? I know I am, and if I am, I know you must be,” Sorcha responded pertly, ignoring the question as if it had never been spoken.

She was good at evasion, even if she was not terribly subtle about it. Hugh had noticed before that if a conversation wasn’t to her liking or heading in her preferred direction, Sorcha simply plucked a new topic from the air and carried on as if nothing were amiss. She had done so that evening while standing at the sink, the previous morning when she had overridden his attempts to apologize, and again last night after their walk on the beach, drawing close to him only to pull quickly away with an announcement that she was off to bed.

It was perhaps her most irritating quality.

Hugh ground his teeth with frustration, resisting the urge to take her by the shoulders and shake an answer from her. It wasn’t in his nature to cater so to another’s whims. He was a duke, after all. He had been raised to command and lead with the expectation of being followed. He wasn’t one to bow down to another, and he had done so with Sorcha only out of appreciation for her aid and because he had yet to find his footing in this world, but at some point she would need to know that he wasn’t going to be ridden roughshod over forever.

And now the point had been reached.

When they were once again ensconced in her small car, Sorcha started it with the key and reached for the gearshift between them but Hugh laid his hand over hers to stop her. “Hold, lass,” he commanded. “I hae something tae say.”

She looked from their hands to his face, but this time Hugh refused to comply with the implied request. “I try verra hard, lass, tae be an accommodating guest tae ye,” he told her. “I stayed wi’ ye when I know I should hae left, and now I cannae leave, knowing that ye would be left unprotected and at our foe’s mercy. I hae given my own will over tae yer wishes because I ken that ye know best in this world, but I am nae fool, Sorcha. Nae lapdog to sit and stay on yer command. Nae flea to be brushed away like a minor annoyance. When I ask ye a question, I expect an answer as a matter of common courtesy and if I’ve done something ye hae issue wi’ I expect ye tae tell me so. I dinnae like this evasion, and it has tae stop.”

Sorcha looked away and drew in a deep breath, her lips parted …

“Nae,” Hugh said firmly, foreseeing what was to come. “Dinnae even try tae change the subject. There will be nae more of that.”

Sorcha’s shoulders dropped and she bowed her head. “I know. I do that, and it drives people nuts.

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