All About the Duke by Eva Devon

Author:Eva Devon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Bard Productions
Published: 2015-11-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Allegra stretched and smiled. Oh she felt delicious and strangely sore. Her eyes snapped open and she halted mid-stretch. Once again, she was in Nicholas’ bed. Only this time something had happened there.

Several somethings and she’d loved every single happening.

Staring up at the arched ceiling, she tucked the bed linen around her and considered how strange life could be. Just a few months ago she was on a path well plodded by thousands of other young women. Now, she was so far off that beaten path she couldn’t even glimpse it.

This was what it was to be free.

A smile pulled at her lips again. Everything she had done, the chances she had taken, the life she’d walked away from? For this? It had been worth it. She was her own woman now. She could choose. Unlike her sister, Allegra would never have to fear giving way to someone else’s dictates.

By ensuring she was no longer a perfect, innocent young lady, she was no longer marriageable and she’d shared the bed of an absolutely glorious man in the bargain.

Her luck seemed so rich it almost felt impossible that it should ever give out now. Perhaps all the pain after Juliana’s death was being repaid? Her own choice to abandon her old life was being rewarded. For since she slipped out into the night those weeks ago, instead of destruction and misery as all young women were told would happen to them if they left the bosom of their families, she felt truly happy.

The door swung open and Nicholas entered with a tray in hand.

She sat, keeping the linen around her. A blush stung her cheeks. For all her boldness, this was still all new. How did one speak to their lover the first morning after?

He smiled but there was less of his usual boldness about his person.

She tucked a wild lock of hair behind her ear wondering who’d speak first.

He neared the bed and stood. . . For several moments.

It was so odd seeing him at unease. In fact, she never would have thought that the Duke of Roth was capable of such a thing. At last, she pointed to the tray. “Is that for me?”

He glanced at the item in his hands and cleared his throat. “It is.”

“I’m famished,” she confessed, her stomach suddenly growling to give weight to her words.

Nicholas laughed his deep rumbly laugh. “I thought you might be.”

He placed the tray on the bed.

Steam laced up from the small pot of tea and buttered toast sat in silver containers ready to be covered in marmalade from the crystal pot beside the tea. She snatched a slice of toast and the small knife for jam.

Still, Nicholas stood.

“Will you join me?” she asked, wondering what had happened to the terribly confident man in the early hours while she was sleeping. There was a seriousness to him at this moment that she’d never quite seen and suddenly her hunger dimmed.

Slowly, he sat on the bed, across from her. Carefully he poured out a cup of tea and handed it to her.

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