Amorous Redemption by Faye Hall

Author:Faye Hall [Hall, Faye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Red Sage Publishing Inc.
Published: 2017-03-24T04:00:00+00:00

Phoebe pulled her elbow from his now loosening hold, and straightened her attire. Her eyes staying averted from his as she stepped away from him.

“Excuse me, sir, but it seems you have me mistaken for someone else.”

He reached for her again, his fingers firmly gripping her forearm pulling her back to him, confused by her denial.

“No, I don’t, Phoebe,” he assured her. “I know who you are—I know every inch of you.”

Duncan let out a heavy sigh, half surrendering to the emotions this woman was again stirring up inside of him. “You are a hard woman to forget, Phoebe. I should know. I have been haunted by the mere image of you since you were taken away from me.”

She pulled free from his hold yet again. Lifting her hand to her face, she brushed the loose strands of hair from her face. He didn’t miss the bruises that were revealed by her slightly raised sleeve.

“What the hell happened to you?” he gasped, trying to reach for her. “Why are there bruises on your wrists?”

Phoebe avoided him by taking a step back, tentatively pulling her sleeve back down to cover her discolored skin. “I’m sorry, Duncan, but I have to go. It is good to see you are unharmed after all, but I really have to leave you now. If I am seen—if we are seen—”

She breathed deeply as if steadying herself. “Your brother will not be happy if he hears word of your return. He will be more unhappy to know I was talking to you.”

His eyes narrowed on her, fearing what she might be hiding from him. “What has Gordon done to you?”

She stayed silent, her stare shifting away from his, tears obviously welling in her eyes again.

“Has my brother touched you, Phoebe?” he asked, dreading to hear her answer but knowing he must. “Has that bastard laid a hand on you?”

Finally she looked back to him, tears falling down her cheeks, her naturally red lips trembling. “Gordon hasn’t shared my bed if that’s what you're asking, Duncan. It seems your brother finds his pleasures in other ways.”

Phoebe turned away from him then, walking into the crowds littering the main street, leaving him in a myriad of emotion.

Duncan had found Phoebe...after weeks of waiting for any news of her here she was, in flesh and blood and again so close to him.

She was more beautiful than he remembered, holding herself with an elegance that far surpassed any other woman walking the street. His heart ached to hold her to him again, but seeing the woman Phoebe now seemed to be, he doubted she would allow it. She seemed so guarded now, so separated from the world around her...so separated from him.

This last thought made his heart ache. Duncan knew he couldn’t confess to any form of love for this woman, a foolish emotion he knew better than to indulge in, but still it pained him to think of the distance she now insisted lay between them. He didn’t know

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