Dating the Duke by Emily Evans

Author:Emily Evans [Emily Evans]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Emily Evans
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

I blinked and twisted my head up to him as if he’d said they’d just found the Loch Ness monster skinny dipping in the castle’s moat. “What?”

Thorn tightened his hands on mine. “Let’s see if there’s anything there between us,” he said, his blue eyes conflicted and not revealing himself to me.

What was he talking about? He’d kissed me. He’d spent a number of afternoons in the workroom with me. We had chemistry. We both knew it. Why did his blue eyes look like those of a guy hiding something, instead of the glittery excited eyes belonging to a guy asking a girl out?

He was simply circumspect, and anyone could see us here on the lawn. I pulled my hands free and wiped them against the skirt of my dress.

Here’s how I understood us so far. He’d flirted with me at the pub. He’d regretted it because he wanted to date an English girl. Then he kept popping up in the workroom. That left us as work colleagues. Sort of. We were friendly at best. And although his mother had expressed disapproval of our spending time together, he was asking me to go on a date with him?

I breathed out, and my shoulders sagged. I was so freaking weak. I challenged him on exactly none of my concerns, because in truth, I wanted to go out with him.

When I didn’t answer, Thorn said, “Nothing complex. Stop overthinking it. We should simply go out.” He still didn’t seem eager as he asked. It was the weirdest request for a date I’d ever had.

“You want to take me out on a date?” I said the words slowly.

“Exactly.” He resumed walking toward the castle.

I trailed behind him and then quickened my steps until we were side by side. “Like for another sandwich at the folly? With your staff staring at us and your mom watching?”

“Like a proper date.”

Something was off, but a zing flitted through me and I couldn’t ignore it. I wanted to go out with him. Maybe he’d simply missed me while I was gone. Or…had he found out about Regina and Billy? I searched his eyes, but they gave nothing away, and I was too scared of the answer to ask.

“Tonight. Meet me in the foyer at five.”

“People will see us.”

“No problem there.” He paused. “Maybe you’ll hate me. All conflict will be resolved then, yeah?”

“Yeah,” I said dryly and shrugged. “Okay, I’ll meet you at five.”

***

I walked downstairs to meet Thorn in a short dark red dress with black boots. The short boots kept the look casual, but the red signaled date. I wanted no mistakes about tonight. I was made up, flushed and glowing, and a tad too eager.

I looked up at Thorn as I got closer to him. He wore dark trousers, black boots, and a dark red shirt underneath a casual black jacket. My mouth quirked. “We match. Do you want me to change?”

He blinked. “I like you in red.” His blue gaze swept over me again, and his eyes glinted and then his expression flattened.

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