Countess So Shameless (Scandal in London) by Liana LeFey
Author:Liana LeFey [LeFey, Liana]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2012-11-06T05:00:00+00:00
Mélisande wondered if he had lost his mind, but he appeared quite serious. In fact, he seemed almost merry. Just then, he caught her eye and winked at her, as if to say, I’ve got everything under control.
Charlotte piped up at last, clearly unable to contain herself any longer. “Shall we not at least have a small party to celebrate?” she suggested.
Mélisande wanted to crawl beneath a rock. A large one with a deep hole beneath it. It was terrible to deceive Charlotte in this manner, but there was no other choice. She couldn’t tell her innocent young friend the truth. “I suppose we could,” she replied. “I’m already having a gathering this Thursday. Why not announce it then?”
Charlotte let out a tiny, rapturous squeal of joy, and David’s smile spread—a smirk that Mélisande’s hand itched to slap off. By contrast, Alessandro’s grin of delight seemed strangely genuine. Stepping up to the mark, she plastered a smile on her own face. Turning to her newly affianced, she placed her hand in his. “My friends will be so pleased to hear the news.”
Word of their “secret” engagement spread across town with a swiftness that would have been astonishing had it not been expected. From house to house it ran like wildfire, first among the servants, then among their mistresses, and lastly among the menfolk. By the next morning, the rumor was in all the London papers.
Wednesday morning, David finally brought her to see the house she’d purchased and to meet her new staff.
Jim Mackie was a giant of a man, quite formidable at over six feet four inches, with flaming hair, a barrel chest, and ham shanks for arms. He would serve as her new coachman and double as a personal guard. He bobbed a respectful bow to his new mistress.
“I thank ye fer the job, m’lady. I’ll guard ye as if ye was the Queen ’erself,” Mackie promised in an accent so thick Mélisande could barely understand him. “An me son’ll do right by ye as well, yer ladyship,” he added, nudging the child beside him. Jamie, who was ten, bobbed as well. He’d been hired along with his father to work as a serving boy with the promise of training as an under-butler. He would also serve as her runner when she wanted to have Jim pick her up or when she wanted to communicate with Alessandro.
Then there was Mrs. Wells, the housekeeper; Kate, her lady’s maid; a butler; a cook; and two footmen besides. Mélisande toured the house and found everything in order, with the exception of some missing furnishings that were to be delivered the following morning.
A little thrill of excitement ran through her. And fear. By Friday morning, she would be a virgin no more.
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