A Lady to Reveal: A Sweet & Clean Regency Romance (Sherton Sisters Book 4) by Wendy May Andrews

Author:Wendy May Andrews [Andrews, Wendy May]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sparrow Ink
Published: 2021-03-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Working through his piles of paperwork felt to Gilbert like treading through knee-deep mud – doable but slow and difficult. Especially after the interruption from Adelina and her pretty companion. It had been a challenge to keep his mind on his work before their arrival. It was nearly impossible afterward. But he stuck to it. If the last few years had taught him anything, it was that if he wanted something done, he pretty much had to do it himself. And the only way that would happen is if he stuck with it, even when it was difficult or challenging.

But having his mind preoccupied sure did make it more challenging. And more time consuming.

With a sigh of relief, Gil finally put his pencil down and flexed his cramping fingers. A sense of satisfaction welled within him as he looked at his straight columns and knew that his work was done. At least for that day. He shook his head. There was never an end to the work that needed to be done. With the empire he had built over the last dozen years, there was an unending list of things he needed to care for and think about. And very few people he could trust to help him with it.

But now, one of the things he had to take care of had the potential of unravelling his carefully laid plans.

Something had been niggling at the back of his head. Making his tallying that much more difficult. It finally crystallized in his mind. Miss Jones and Adelina had been dressed for riding. And the night before, Gilbert had told the woman to look into the enterprise if she was so curious.

He had thought it would be off-putting for her. But what if it hadn’t put her off her curiosity?

Gilbert was running up the stairs to change into riding clothes as he yelled for his horse to be saddled. The girls had already gained a large lead on him, but he couldn’t leave the matter to chance. He would practice damage control, if nothing else.

Within minutes, he was on his horse’s broad back and racing toward the village. It felt like an eternity later but was probably only a few minutes when he had to pull back on the reins to bring the labouring mount to a slower pace as he caught sight of Miss Jones and Lady Adelina ahead of him. Adelina spied him and waved enthusiastically, nearly knocking herself off her own well-mannered mount, much to Miss Jones’ amusement.

Both girls were all smiles as he approached them.

“Good afternoon,” Gilbert greeted them as calmly as he could manage. “How have your wanderings fared?”

“Jonesy thinks we ought to have a fair to greet my brothers with races and such,” Adelina proclaimed without preamble. Gil was amused to see Miss Jones appear to want to protest his daughter’s words but managed to keep her own words inside her mouth.

“Is that right?” Gilbert asked mildly. “It does sound like something boys would enjoy,

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