Discovering the Baron (The Bluestocking Scandals Book 3) by Ellie St. Clair

Author:Ellie St. Clair [St. Clair, Ellie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prairie Lily Press
Published: 2020-05-11T23:00:00+00:00

Celeste wasn’t as much help as she should have been, what with needing to wrangle the puppy as well as consulting the maps and charts and providing Oliver with the coordinates he needed.

She pondered his words on sharing the discovery with her, as well as the fact that others were close. Did he know that her brother was also hoping to do the same?

She took a breath, studying her hands for a moment. Despite the fact that she knew there was nothing else between them besides this professional relationship — and perhaps a friendship — she should tell him the truth of why she became his assistant. She was well aware of what would happen were he ever to find out otherwise. He would distrust her and wonder if everything else that had happened between then was a lie.

She took a breath.

“Oliver—”

“Celeste, I think I see it.”

“What?” she gasped, nearly pushing him aside in her eagerness to catch a glimpse for herself. “No, you didn’t. You couldn’t have.”

“But I think I did,” he said, stepping out of the way for her, his face filled with the same eagerness that was rising within her. “Look, Celeste. It almost looks like a star — in fact, I’m sure many have seen it before and assumed it was a star. I likely have myself. But with the right maps and our knowledge, it’s been right there in front of our eyes the entire time.”

She peered through the telescope herself, finding right in the middle of the viewfinder what could be a star, but on closer observation was a small, featureless bluish disc.

She leaped back, her breath coming quickly.

“You’re right. I think we did it, Oliver,” she said, hardly believing it before giving a holler of glee. “We did it!”

Oliver joined in her enthusiasm, giving a whoop as his arms came around her waist and he spun her around so quickly she nearly lost her breath.

She laughed as she looked up at him with joy, theirs gazes catching and Celeste nearly losing herself in the dark depths of his. She gasped, touching her throat as his eyes suddenly lost all brevity and glossed over with such intensity. He inclined his head for a moment and her heart stuttered, as before she even really knew what was happening, his lips crushed down upon hers in a kiss that seemed of equal parts desperation and celebration.

Perhaps it was excitement at finally discovering what he — they — had been searching for after so long.

Perhaps it was the fact that the two of them had done this together, and yet this was the extent of their connection to one another. This would hold them together, but there could be nothing more.

And perhaps some of it was also the fact that this should be forbidden. She shouldn’t be pressed up against him, their bodies flush against one another. She shouldn’t continue to crush her lips against his, to allow them to rove over one another in a tender love play.

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