An Invitation to Sin by Suzanne Enoch

Author:Suzanne Enoch
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Adult, Historical
ISBN: 9780786283767
Publisher: Avon
Published: 2005-01-01T02:00:00+00:00

"You know. Sebastian's the humorless, unsmiling one, Charlemagne's the stubborn, ambitious one, Nell's the rebellious, clever one, and I'm the easygoing, charming one."

"And what's wrong with that?"

"It's not very challenging as far as life's ambitions go," he said, a touch of his usual humor entering his voice. "I want to be interested in and passionate about something, Aunt. And I have no idea what that might be."

"You're four-and-twenty, Zachary. You're not required to have all the answers yet."

"But you didn't argue about my assessment of myself either, did you?"

"I thought your statement was rhetorical."

A footman knocked with the tea, and Zachary retrieved the tray and placed it at her elbow. "Rhetorical or not, I'm as tired as anyone else of the way I find a project and then abandon it. I thought the army…" Trailing off, he sank onto the edge of her bed. "And I was wrong. So now I'm abandoning another one."

"At least you realized before you did any damage." She carefully kept her voice level, despite the abrupt desire to shout with joy, Thank God.

"Do me a favor and don't tell Melbourne. When I'm ready, I'll inform His Holiness myself."

"Zachary, this is nothing to feel badly about. You have a great many interests, and if you haven't yet decided which one intrigues you the most, there's nothing wrong with that. At least you have the luxury of time to discover what moves you, my dear."

He shook his head, obviously not happy with her answer. "That remains to be seen."

"Zach—"

"I do know one thing," he cut in. "I'm going to do whatever I can to see that Caroline gets that portrait finished and sent to Vienna before her deadline."

"That's very admirable."

"Yes, well, I have a dog to train, too." He tilted his head at her. "You're certain you don't mind staying in Wiltshire?"

Even if she did, she wasn't about to tell him so. Her gout, never as serious as she'd let on, was beginning to subside, but it still sufficed as an excuse. "Not a bit. It's a nice change, being in a household full of females."

"Very well." Zachary leaned down and kissed her on the cheek. "I'm going to go pose for some replacement drawings."

As he left, Gladys sat back and poured her tea. Well. She was glad she'd made an early evening of it. This new, more contemplative Zachary wasn't the only one who had some thinking to do.

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