A Wager Worth Making (Arrangements, Book 7) by Rebecca Connolly

Author:Rebecca Connolly [Connolly, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Phase Publishing LLC
Published: 2017-09-30T18:00:00+00:00

Gemma had never been this sought after in her entire life, and it was as invigorating as it was nerve-wracking.

She knew full well that it had nothing to do with her and everything to do with the man she had married. There was no possible way she had suddenly become so interesting and exciting, let alone for her popularity to have risen from her own merits. No, it was the same crush of insipidness that had made Marianne Gerrard so wildly popular after her infamous foiled elopement-abduction scandal.

She was a novelty and nothing more.

But she would put it to whatever good use she could.

She smiled and laughed and behaved with the perfect amount of politeness, allowing for her usual spattering of wit and boldness, but to a more refined degree.

After all, she was a viscountess now. She must be positively regal.

And given the fact that her husband was one of the most reserved and aloof men to ever call himself an Englishman, she could hardly be the wildly carefree Gemma Templeton, though the temptation was strong at times.

Particularly when dealing with the societal gargoyles who only wanted an excuse to hang her with their silken cords.

She flatly refused to give them an inch.

Her friends rallied around her, and she was grateful for that. Marianne understood navigating Society better than anyone she had ever met, and Lily was a calming influence. Between the pair of them, and the connections of the Whitlocks, Bevertons, and their friends, things had not been nearly as bad as they could have been.

But she could hardly miss the looks and whispers, and the people who shied away from her entirely.

And this was what Lucas dealt with on a regular basis?

Her heart swelled within her with such pained emotion. And yet he did not seem to care about it. He had no doubt learned to be resilient and immune to it by now, but he should not have had to.

Why would they not see in him what she did?

He had been so quiet of late. He accompanied her to everything suitable, but he was somehow more stoic than the man who had courted her. He still held all of the warmth in his eyes, but he looked at her so infrequently that it was difficult to see.

He did not touch her as much, had not held her in days. But his words, when he spoke, were as lovely and warm as ever.

But not so playful.

Never that.

And he would not talk about it.

“Nobody frowns so at a card party,” Lily murmured from her side, nudging her a little.

Gemma shook herself and forced her expression to clear.

Marianne sat across from her, absently laying down a card, her eyes fixed on Gemma. “What is it?” she asked quietly.

Gemma shook her head, glancing at the fourth person at their table, the elderly and delightful Lady Cartwright, whose party this was.

She sensed their attention on her and waved her hand with a small smile. “Please, ladies, my husband used to work for the Foreign Office.

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