After the Spy Seduces by Anna Harrington

Author:Anna Harrington [Harrington, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-1-64197-106-5
Publisher: NYLA

Chapter 15

The mail coach stopped with a rocking jerk in front of the posting inn. “Bradwell-on-Sea!”

Diana heaved out a long breath. Thank God. After full two days of traveling, including moving through the night to avoid the risks that might come of stopping at an inn, she’d finally arrived just as the sun was sinking behind the horizon. And not a moment too soon. If she were left alone with her thoughts and fears for a minute longer, she might very well go mad.

She’d had nothing to do since leaving Idlewild but stare out the window and try to let the passing scenery distract her. Once darkness fell, she couldn’t even do that because it was impossible to see beyond the glass. All she could do was count the passing miles and worry about Meri.

Thinking about Christopher didn’t help. That man could drive her to distraction, certainly, but thoughts of who he truly was only worked to make her uneasy.

How had she been so wrong about him? How had he managed to hide a secret life from the world, in which he wasn’t at all the scoundrel second son she’d thought him to be but a man dedicated to Crown and country, a government operative who commanded the respect of men like her father? A colonel, for heaven’s sake! She could barely fathom it. Only now, after almost two days of churning it over and over in her head was she able to begin to reconcile the two men.

But the outcome was so much worse than before, when he was merely a scapegrace. Because now she knew him to be dependable, successful, even admirable. Because now he knew the truth about Meri and neither condemned her nor pitied her for it, instead insisting on helping her bring her daughter safely home. Because now she had no good reason to keep him at arm’s length.

But she also had no possible future with him.

One of the coachmen flung open the door as he hurried past on his way to help unload the trunks and bags. As Diana left the compartment, pins and needles shot up her leg, which had been asleep from the last hour’s cramped ride, and it buckled beneath her. She lost her balance and stumbled forward.

Strong arms caught her. They lifted her into the air and swung her in a circle before lowering her lightly to the ground. The front of her body brushed down the hard planes of a man’s chest, the accidental contact electrifying. She knew even without seeing the face hidden beneath the brim of the beaver hat—

“Christopher,” she whispered.

In the deepening shadows of the sunset, he grinned at her. “Throwing yourself into my arms already?” He tsked his tongue disapprovingly. “Please, darling, control yourself.”

Her mouth fell open in shock. Then it snapped closed. Oh, that arrogant—

“Normally, I’m all for holding you in my arms.” Although he teased, and most likely only to distract her from her worries about Meri, a darker preoccupation colored his voice. “But watch yourself, will you? I already have one Morgan miss to worry about.

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