A Viscount to Save Her Reputation by Helen Dickson

Author:Helen Dickson [Dickson, Helen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-02-01T18:56:53+00:00

Chapter Seven

Lucy was in a state of enchantment, lost in the blissful and blessed state into which Christopher had cast her when he had kissed her in the garden. Nothing could steal the joy, the silent glow of rapture, which had been with her ever since. He was responsible for putting the roses in her cheeks and the stars in her eyes. Though Christopher had not yet said the words, it would lead, she knew, to the fulfilment of every thought and dream she had had of him since they had met. She could hardly believe that a worldly and sophisticated man should see qualities in her he found admirable. He enchanted her to the point where she could not think of anything else and she waited with fast-beating heart and anticipation for the day when he would tell her he felt the same.

He had come as close to admitting that he cared for her as he dared without putting himself in a position where she might expect him to make a choice. But she wanted him, all of him, and she could not believe her good fortune that he should find her worthwhile, for was that not a sign of his respect? He had taken no further liberties with her other than the kiss, which was right and proper with a woman he intended, surely, to marry. He had talked of her going away when her godmother came, but she didn’t want to go, not now, not ever. She must convince him how much he meant to her. She would use all her wiles and tactics to keep him.

Climbing out of bed and loosely slipping her robe over her nightdress, she left her room, flitting along the corridors like a sprite until she came to Christopher’s door. Casting a surreptitious glance along the corridor to make sure no one was observing her, then taking a deep breath, she swallowed her reserve and her pride, and with an unsteady hand she knocked gently on the door.

It was opened almost immediately. ‘What is it...?’ Attired in breeches, his shirt open to the waist, Christopher stopped abruptly, arrested in midsentence. ‘Sweet heaven! Lucy! What are you doing here?’ He breathed the words as he stood there, staring at her.

‘I—I wanted to see you.’

For the space of half a dozen heartbeats, he didn’t move. Then slowly he stood aside and allowed her to pass through before closing the door and propping his shoulder against the door frame, as if he needed the support. It was a long moment before he slowly let out his breath. ‘I suppose,’ he said softly, ‘you’re going to tell me what this is all about.’

Lucy returned his gaze, wide-eyed and uncertain. This was going to be much harder than she had expected. ‘I—I have come to keep you company.’ She could feel herself flushing. ‘When you said you were too much alone when you were on your ship with just your crew for company, I thought you might be in need of some—female company.

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