Dancing With A Devil by Julie Johnstone

Author:Julie Johnstone
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: historical romance, love, regency romance
Published: 2014-03-06T05:00:00+00:00

Trent gaped at Whitney as she stood in the doorway, hands on her hips and eyes narrowed. “What’s this nonsense about you being married?”

He ignored her question and tugged his shirt into place. “Move. I need to speak to Audrey before she leaves.”

Whitney blocked his way, unless he chose to bodily move her.

He was considering it when she said, “Audrey’s gone. She ran out the door and scrambled into her carriage like the devil himself was after her. I do believe her parting words for you were never to contact her again and that you could read about her in the Society paper when her wedding was announced. Sin,” Whitney huffed, “what have you done?”

“What haven’t I done?” He moved to his bed and sat.

Within seconds, Whitney was beside him and took his hand. “Tell me.”

He wanted to. He suspected he could use a feminine perspective. Trent considered for a moment before speaking. He trusted Whitney. “I can’t tell you everything.”

She nodded, wise and aware as always. “I assumed you could only say so much based on your rather cryptic answers when questioned previously about your time spent in France. Say―” Her lips pressed together for a moment, then she quirked her mouth. “Does this mean that story you told me so long ago about the woman you loved killing herself because you tried to protect her by leaving her was untrue?”

He stared at her, unsure how much he could admit without giving away too many clues of who he’d been and what he’d done to help Prinny get his messages safely to and from the men guarding Napoleon.

Whitney’s eyes searched his. “You do remember, don’t you? The one you told me to convince me to confront Drake and tell him I loved him instead of continuing to try and push him away?”

Trent tugged a self-conscious hand through his hair and held his cousin’s earnest gaze. “It wasn’t true. I was trying to show you how lying could destroy love, so I made the story up. I’m sorry.”

“How would you know how lying can destroy love if you’ve never been in love?”

“I didn’t say I’d never been in love.”

“Ah, so we are finally at the heart of the problem.”

“We are?” He hadn’t realized they were trying to get to the heart of his problems. His cousin was for too astute for her good or his.

“Indeed.” She nodded. “You loved your secret wife, but she didn’t love you.”

“Good God, you’re blunt.” And correct. Damn if the truth didn’t still smart after all the time that had passed. “I loved my wife and she used me.”

“How?”

“I can’t say.” Damnation. He sounded like Audrey moments ago when he had questioned her.

“Cannot or won’t?”

This was ridiculous. It was as if Whitney had taken his role and he was playing at Audrey’s evasive one. “Does it matter?” He balled his hands into fists. He wanted his cousin to understand. Someone needed to understand. He didn’t want all the women he knew thinking the worst of him.

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