Corrected by the Colonel by Celeste Jones

Author:Celeste Jones [Jones, Celeste]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Erotica, Romantic, Romance, Historical, Regency, Historical Romance
Amazon: B00NH8G6K0
Published: 2014-09-20T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Ruined. Her reputation. Her plan to save her family. Her future. All of it ruined. She might as well pack her things and head directly to the poor house since she, and her sisters, would be there soon enough.

She was surprised Lady Tyndall had not already ordered the servants to toss her, and her paltry belongings, out of Hadley Hall.

Cassandra sat in her room, now fully dressed, and wallowed in the misery of her situation. How could she face her sisters after they had sent her off with such high hopes?

It was all his fault. It was not as though she had invited him into her bedchamber, yet now she would bear the shame of it. Arrogant, bossy, selfish Colonel Blaise Sinclair.

She loathed him and wished she could be alone with him one more time in order to, in the least ladylike terms she knew, tell him how completely and utterly she despised him.

There was a soft tap on her door and before she could respond, the door opened and for the second time that day, Lady Tyndall stood in Cassandra’s bed chamber.

Cassandra braced herself for an onslaught of ridicule and condemnation. Did she dare defend herself? What defense could she give? Even to her ears the truth of the matter—that she was unaware of his presence and then slipped into his embrace— sounded ridiculous. Besides, there had been much more to their encounter than an innocent slip into Colonel Sinclair's arms. Maybe she ought to have given in to her desire to know him fully. At least she would have one pleasurable memory to take with her into destitution.

Lady Tyndall entered the room and sat in a high backed chair opposite Cassandra.

Her stony gaze raked Cassandra from the tips of her well-worn shoes to the top of her poverty stricken blonde head.

Cassandra gripped her hands in her lap. She ought to have been mortified by Lady Tyndall's obvious disdain for her, but something in the woman's hauteur angered, rather than shamed, her. She drew in a steadying breath and squared her shoulders. She would meet whatever this woman, whom she had hoped would be her mother-in-law, said to her with as much dignity as possible.

Lady Tyndall peered down her nose at Cassandra, an impressive feat considering Cassandra was also seated. "I have made some inquiries," the lady said, an imperious sniff in her tone, "and it would seem that your mother was the woman who brought shame upon the Bennington family and was cast out." Lady Tyndall pursed her lips as though sucking a lemon, then continued. "Apparently she was quite foolish. And headstrong. And impulsive. I can see the apple did not fall far from the proverbial tree."

Cassandra stiffened. She had prepared herself for a shaming based on being caught with Colonel Sinclair, so the assault on her mother caught her off guard. She recovered quickly, though.

"Lady Tyndall," Cassandra stood and glared down at her hostess. "I will agree that what you observed this afternoon was scandalous and I am prepared for whatever condemnation my own actions bring upon me.

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