A Wager with a Duke (The Wayward Yorks Book 1) by Tamara Gill

Author:Tamara Gill [Gill, Tamara & Gill, Tamara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tamara Gill
Published: 2023-04-23T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Seventeen

"I think what is between a husband and wife, or in our case, my betrothed and myself, is private, Lord Carr. I would suggest you refrain from asking such a pointed and ill-placed question again toward my future wife," Holland said, coming to stand at Sophie's side.

How dare the viscount be so impertinent. The gentleman ought to know better, and know his place. He took her hand and placed it on his arm, covering her trembling fingers with his lest the inappropriate Lord Carr thought to continue asking such inquiries that he had no right knowing the answer to in the first place.

Whatever was wrong with the man?

"My apologies, Your Grace. We're old friends, you see. I did not think the question out of place at all, merely the kind of fun banter that Miss York and myself once shared," his lordship stated in the way of excuse.

Henry was not buying his pretty words for one moment. There was something about Carr that he did not like. If he were to describe it, a falseness, a meanness, that did not sit well with him. His lordship's wife, whose gaze was cold enough to freeze the Thames, stood beside him, her endorsement of the unsuitable question clear to see.

Well, he would not allow either of them to ask any further queries. Old friends from the same county or not, their time together this evening was over.

"If you will excuse us. I wish to dance with my fiancée." Without waiting for a reply, Henry escorted Sophie onto the dance floor and pulled her into his arms, relishing the feel of her in his embrace once more.

"I do not like Lord Carr," he stated, glaring at the smirking fob over Sophie's shoulder.

"Then that would make two of us." She reached up and discreetly led his attention back to her instead. The urge to pummel Lord Carr into a pulp rode him hard. How dare he ask Sophie how it was that she had captured his heart.

"Do not think any more of viscount. He has always been too familiar and too sure of himself. That has not changed in all the years I have known him, not even when he is before a duke and ought to know better."

Henry pulled her close, having missed her these past two days. They were betrothed, after all. No one could say anything about how familiar they were to one another now. Nor should they dare. "How long has it been since you've spoken to Lord Carr? I would think it was not long enough."

Sophie chuckled at his words, and he drank in the sound, enjoying her laughter and happiness. "Not since I was fifteen. A long time ago."

"What a shame he has come to London. Some people ought to remain in the past and the country."

"I could not agree more," she murmured, a shadow clouding her eyes before she blinked, and it was gone. "You're my future now. And I, for one, cannot wait to be your wife.

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