About a Kiss: A companion story to About a Rogue by Caroline Linden

Author:Caroline Linden [Linden, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Caroline Linden
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Things were glorious after that.

Kit contrived to accompany Jennie whenever she had to visit the shops. Even running errands was delightful when he did so with Jennie’s arm through his. He pointed out sights and people to her as they went, grinning at her wide-eyed interest.

He also found himself growing more fond of Marslip. Surely there it would be easier to find a quiet unobserved corner to steal another kiss. He was glad they were going home soon.

Even better, Kit was sure his mood mirrored his employer’s. It was plain to see that Mr. and Mrs. St. James were warming to each other. That augured well for his future.

The only fly in the ointment was that Mr. St. James had a secret, potentially a dangerous one. Kit didn’t know what it was, and frankly did not want to know. He was under orders to watch for any letters and deliver them personally and immediately to his employer, without letting anyone else in the household see them. Twice he was sent out on the spot to deliver replies. And once, he was sent to watch over Mrs. St. James and Jennie, who were inspecting shop premises.

He had no idea whom he was supposed to fight, but he was ready, if the bloke threatened Jennie or her mistress.

But nothing happened, and then they went home. Even that journey, in the coach with the luggage, was an adventure. He held Jennie’s hand and they took turns laughing at passersby, flocks of sheep being driven to market, a stray cow in the road, even strange shapes in the clouds. It was hard to be bad humored around Jennie.

Ever.

In fact, just thinking about her made him happy.

He realized what it meant the morning he went to the master’s bedchamber, a pitcher of hot shaving water in his hands, and found Jennie standing uncertainly outside the mistress’s door. “She’s not there,” she whispered, wringing her hands.

Kit paused and leaned his ear against the wood. Soft murmurings—two voices—made him grin. “Come away,” he whispered back, taking Jennie’s hand and leading her downstairs. “They don’t want us now.”

St. James had won his lady’s heart. Kit knew it the moment he finally set eyes on the man, a good two hours later than usual. He was in love.

Just as Kit was.

He began to think about a life here. The most heartening example, to his eyes, was Jennie’s own parents, who were housekeeper and butler at Perusia Hall. Why couldn’t he and Jennie be the same, sharing a snug suite of rooms and going about their work side by side?

Sometimes they talked, late at night, sitting on the landing between their rooms in Poplar House. Jennie would bring up cups of warm milk and Kit would build the fire in her tiny fireplace. She told him about her childhood, running errands for her mother around Marslip and learning her letters at the school for the Perusia factory workers’ children. He told her about waiting with his mother and sister at

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