Call Down the Moon by Kingsley Katherine

Author:Kingsley, Katherine [Kingsley, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION/Romance/General
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2013-10-05T14:00:00+00:00

Hugo watched her go, perplexed by her sudden show of emotion. Here she’d been happy as a lark the afternoon long, as pleasant company as could be, and in the blink of an eye she’d turned into a tearful, jabbering wreck.

He supposed that was what came of mental instability, although to be fair, in his experience women often behaved in this illogical manner. He just hadn’t expected it of Meggie. She’d seemed so full of fun on the beach, easy to get along with. So … comfortable.

Hugo raked both hands through his hair with a muttered curse. All he’d done was ask her to put her damned wolf in the kitchen, for God’s sake. He didn’t see what was so unreasonable about that. Anyone would think he’d behaved like an ogre.

Still, he supposed he’d have to make it up to her or she’d be sulking for days, if past experience with the female sex was anything to go by.

Damn. He didn’t even have any trinkets on hand to cheer her up with. Baubles always worked well with women, and with Meggie they needn’t even be expensive, since she’d never know the difference.

Maybe some nice chocolates would do the trick. With luck there’d be some stored in the pantry. He’d have to lower himself to ask one of the wretched Mabey sisters or the even more wretched Cookie, but he supposed a small lowering of himself was worth the price. He wanted Meggie eager and willing in his bed tonight.

Lord—he’d die if he didn’t have her in his bed tonight.

At least he had the solace of knowing that the tears that had threatened were genuine, and not some clever ploy to wring an unwilling concession from him or to make him feel guilty for a real or imagined crime.

If there was one thing he hated, it was a woman who tried to manipulate him by withholding sexual favors. The beauty of Meggie was that she wasn’t capable of manipulating her own mind, let alone his.

“Roberto,” he bellowed, not accustomed to waiting for a footman to take his horse away.

Roberto did not appear. Naturally Roberto didn’t appear, Hugo thought blackly. Why should he? No one paid any attention to Hugo’s wishes. No one would even know he was lord of the manor, given the way they summarily ignored him.

Well, tomorrow he’d set things straight. Indeed he would. He and Reginald Coldsnap would sit down and see to the hiring of a proper staff, a staff who showed some respect, not to mention some credentials.

In the meantime, he had to attend to stabling the blasted horses since there was no one else around to do it.

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