A Wallflower's Wish Boxed Set: Three Regency Romances by Maggie Dallen & Katherine Ann Madison

Author:Maggie Dallen & Katherine Ann Madison [Dallen, Maggie & Madison, Katherine Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Swift Romance Publishing Corp
Published: 2021-01-13T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Melting. Lily was melting into his arms as he kissed her again. It was the only word that her brain seemed able to think as his lips moved over hers. She was melting.

Which was a good thing, indeed. Because otherwise she’d have to face the litany of other thoughts that had been vying in her head just moments before.

Thoughts about how she’d just caused an immense scene. The very sort that Merrick would surely despise.

While she didn’t give a fig what others thought of her, he did. And people had been watching.

What was worse, Abigail had been perfectly calm, smug even. Lily was the one who’d been yelling.

It was just that she’d never had the opportunity to tell Abigail how abhorrent she really was. In fact, if she thought about it, she hadn’t said nearly enough. She reached for his biceps, fisting his coat in her hands as she kissed him with all her passion. All her feeling for him.

It was one thing that Abigail had hurt her all those years ago. She’d been weak and too hurt to defend herself.

But to try and manipulate Merrick, Lily couldn’t tolerate it. It had brought out every protective instinct she possessed. She didn't give a whit what happened to her. Society could accept or reject her. She’d make her own life.

But Merrick. He’d tolerate Abigail’s abuse just to be polite. That, Lily would not allow.

Of course, it hadn’t escaped her notice that Abigail had hurt him tonight. She’d seen it on his face.

And that hurt her too. Not just in sympathy for him but her own heart ached.

Because it was obvious he cared for the other woman. Abigail couldn’t have made him look so stricken if Merrick didn’t care.

That cut her to the bone.

So she kissed him back desperately, wanting to capture this moment for her own. Though the ghost of her old friend haunted even this.

And then she wasn’t a ghost at all.

“Oh dear,” Abigail clucked her tongue just behind them. “This is scandalous.”

Merrick stiffened against her lips as his arms tightened about her waist. “Go away, Abigail.”

His voice rang with an authority she rarely heard and Lily pulled back, just as inch to look into the dark glittering depths of his eyes. They’d grown hard.

Was he angry that they’d been caught?

The truth hit her with a sickening jolt. Of course he was angry. If word spread, it would be a scandal, the very thing he abhorred.

She opened her mouth to tell him that he needn’t be bothered on her account. She’d be fine but as she opened her mouth to speak, Abigail managed to cut her off.

“But it’s just that I can’t, in good faith, leave, knowing that my dear old friend is being compromised.”

Lily’s gaze narrowed. “Which dear old friend are you referring to? Myself? The person you publicly ridiculed for an entire season or the man that you—”

“Lily,” Marrick cut in.

“I was talking about you, Laura. A poor sick wallflower without any prospects being used in the garden like a—”

“Enough,” Merrick cut in, his voice sharp as glass.

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