Bad Kitty by Everly Ryan

Author:Everly Ryan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: historical romance
Publisher: Everly Ryan
Published: 2017-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

What could he possibly want here? Kitty’s first thought was to flee but then she decided she would slip in through the servants’ entrance and eavesdrop. Her plan was short-lived. As she neared the house, the door flung open and Kitty froze when she saw Bram’s hulking frame in the doorway.

His eyes widened at the sight of her and she shook as her uncle appeared behind him. The top of Jasper’s head barely reached Bram’s shoulder. The old man waddled out of the house, his face reddening as he trotted toward her. He raised his fist threateningly.

Kitty gasped as he rushed toward her. “Harlot! You fallen woman! How dare you defile my house while living under my roof!”

Bram, riding crop in hand, was close on the old man’s heels. “You will not lay a hand on her! Do you hear me, old man?”

Uncle Jasper gaped breathlessly.

“I am to blame,” Bram told him, his voice stern.

Kitty was incredulous. He had known all along she was a lady and not a servant? Anger quickly replaced surprise. “What are you doing here?” she demanded.

Bram’s gaze slid to hers and her body’s reaction infuriated her. Everything inside her constricted with the unsolicited need to feel him connected to her again, with the memory of what had happened only hours earlier.

“He’s come to make an honest woman of you, you…you strumpet!”

Kitty’s gaze darted from her uncle’s to Bram’s. “What does he mean?”

Bram’s lips parted to speak but Uncle Jasper interrupted. “He’s going to marry you before word gets out that you’ve fornicated with him.”

Kitty felt her face grow scarlet. She stared, disbelievingly. Bram wanted to marry her?

Her?

But…

She warred with the joyous knowledge the man who had awakened her body to physical pleasure wanted to marry her, and the fact that she was supposed to hate this man and everything for which he stood.

“N-no,” she uttered.

“No?” both Bram and Uncle Jasper asked in unison.

By this time Kitty’s aunt had appeared in the doorway, holding a handkerchief over her nose and mouth.

Kitty lifted her chin. “I do not wish to marry.”

Now it was Bram’s turn to be angry. Clutching the crop, he marched toward her with long, purposeful strides, not stopping until he was toe to toe with her, her chest pressed against her breasts.

Kitty swallowed thickly.

“You have no choice in this matter.”

The masculine scent of him wafted around her, reducing her to putty in his hands. She struggled to maintain her composure.

“It has already been arranged,” he told her and then he spun on his heel, turning toward Uncle Jasper. He slapped the crop with such force on his thigh it made Kitty shudder. “See that she is before the vicar on the morrow.”

Jasper nodded.

“And if there is a mark on her, I will hold you to account,” Bram warned as he stalked toward his horse.

Kitty stared as he unhitched the monstrous beast, swung himself into the saddle and galloped away.

When he was out of sight, she looked at Uncle Jasper. “I refuse to marry him.

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