Against Her Will (Runaway Regency Brides Book 1) by Regina Darcy

Author:Regina Darcy [Darcy, Regina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clean and Wholesome Romance
Published: 2019-06-08T23:00:00+00:00

SIX

After being held captive for less than a week, Georgette was convinced of several things. Being held prisoner in a gilded cage did not make the cage any more welcome. It did not matter; that she was well fed and cared for;

that her suite housed a piano so that she was free to enjoy music;

that there was a small library with a well-chosen diversity of reading material;

that the view from the balcony afforded her a magnificent perspective on a lovely panorama of a Mayfair manor which incorporated a splendid garden upon the grounds or that Miss Wright was an intelligent, diligent lady’s maid who was as comfortable styling her mistress’ hair as she was discussing Shelley’s poetry.

She was also convinced, though she seemed to be the only person in the household who was aware of the fact, that her captor must be entirely mad.

Who else would for no apparent reason, kidnap a woman on her way to marry a man? That her captor claimed that the Viscount owed him an unbelievable amount of money was not to be given credence. No one could possibly owe such a sum. She knew the Viscount to be innocent of the accusation.

She was, furthermore, convinced but confused by the realisation that she was genteelly incarcerated by the most attractive man she had ever seen.

It did not matter that her acquaintance with London males was decidedly limited. Her captor—was a tall man of sinew, with dark hair that ignored the conventions of sartorial fashion and was unruly and tousled as a matter of course, as if he had abandoned any effort to subdue it. He had green eyes, darker than her own, but much more alluring, she thought, as if they held a treasure chest of engaging secrets in their depths.

Unused though she was to male attention, it had not escaped her notice that the man was aware of her in a manner that made her particularly cognisant of the fact that she was female, not unattractive, and not immune to his charm.

She resented this; it felt as if she were weak and susceptible, with no more strength of character than a foolish girl in a Gothic novel. How dare he look at her in such a manner? And why, when he did so, did she find herself falling under the enchantment of his piercing green eyes and all-consuming gaze?

There was a sudden knock at her door, which startled her out of her reverie.

“Yes?” she responded.

She knew who it was. He came every day around this time, while Miss Wright was taking tea with the household servants.

“May I enter?” he asked, as he always did.

She wondered what he would say or do should she deny him entrance. She had considered it, but then, for reasons she chose not to explore, had decided not to follow through on the impulse.

“It is your home,” she replied, as she always did.

“But you are my guest,” he answered upon opening the door.

“I am a prisoner, not a guest.”

“I hope that I am treating you as a guest.

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