Always the Wallflower (Never the Bride Book 5) by Emily E K Murdoch

Author:Emily E K Murdoch [Murdoch, Emily E K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Historical, Romance
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2020-08-05T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

How long he had slept, Edward did not know. Time stood still.

His rest had been deeper than he expected, considering it was not his bed. While that was not entirely unusual—after all, a rake could get tired and decide not to return home after a session with a new conquest—and this was a new bed for him.

Edward smiled and looked over at the woman lying next to him, still fast asleep.

Lady Letitia Cavendish.

Far more wild and just as sweet as he had thought—and now those estimations were confirmed in the most delicious way.

“Christ alive, Letty, put me out of my misery.”

Edward shifted onto his back, eyes still fixed on her.

He swallowed and forced down the rush of desire that swelled from his manhood to his heart. He should let her sleep. He had worn her out, after all, and she had earned her rest.

Edward had always considered himself to have an eye for the ladies, able to pick from a crowd who would allow him a kiss by the staircase, and who would be happy to lead him up those stairs by the hand.

But he could never have predicted what Letty had underneath those plain and boring gowns.

Why did she never want to put herself forward? If any gentlemen knew how wild and free Letty was, well, she would already be a married woman, surely.

God, he was getting hard thinking about her.

His gaze traced the flow of her fiery hair that fell like a waterfall down her back and resisted the urge to reach out and touch her.

All that beauty, and she was not proud or conceited. Letty was unlike anyone he had ever met. He could search the entire empire and never find another to match her.

Edward looked around for a clock, but he could not see one. His clothes had been dropped to the floor in the heat of passion hours ago and could not be reached without disturbing Letty.

The curtains were pulled across the high windows, but a crack of light poured through. It must be morning, just past sunrise.

Edward bit his lip. When he bedded a lady, she knew not to expect to see him in the morning. He always intended to be gone before sunrise, all the better to avoid seeing parents, servants, and being spotted leaving the house.

Awkward conversations had only been experienced twice, and even now, he winced. That moment discussing the weather with Lord Cramer’s butler, and that uncomfortable invitation to breakfast from Mrs. Pickering.

Never again.

But something pricked at his conscience as he glanced once more on the sleeping Letty. This was more than a mere bedding. They had made love. And after all, Lady Romeril’s dinners were notorious for being too long, and in many cases, she offered beds to her guests so they would not have to leave at four o’clock in the morning.

Letty’s parents may not even be here. There was no chance of running into them on the stairs, but what about the servants?

Perhaps he should leave now.

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