Duke of Misfortune by Blake Whitney

Author:Blake, Whitney
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Historical
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2020-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

There was no ill-intent, really, in getting her to come to the Sans Pareil with him.

There had been some manipulation in the way he’d claimed she was the only thing that made him happy since returning home to London. Lee knew that even Teddie, with all of her declared and demonstrated independence, would probably enjoy being told such a thing. He had been right.

Expecting the usual serenity, or at least civility, when he entered White’s, he instead received a pointed, small cough from one of the longstanding butlers who knew him by sight. He had not frequented the place before recently, but it was the man’s job to know who was who.

He glanced at him confusedly, and was handed the news sheets with one sheet folded down as though to earmark it. He opened it impatiently and found what was supposed to command his attention, or so he surmised.

Black print on the crisp page read,

A certain sunset-haired Miss whom we shall call ‘D’ spied walking the Strand with the mysterious Lord V. Well-known for being the scourge of courageous gentlemen in every ball or musicale worth attending, what on Earth might be Miss D’s intentions? More to the point, what are Lord V’s?

Lee smothered a deep sigh and handed the paper back to the butler. It might have been Paul who had forewarned him to waylay the Duke of Welburn.

Either of the Haredens could have arrived here, could be here still. Pity he did not have time to find out. He had not seen the duke for years and they would probably find much common ground.

But he turned heel and went back the way he’d come.

He had to talk to Miss Driffield. Presently.

He forgot that he had a carriage—he still thought of it as Thomas’ carriage, or Father’s carriage—and set out on foot. It was not until he reached Berkeley Street and headed toward Mayfair, that he recalled he did not have to walk. No matter, it was not too warm and that could work for him. He supposed he wouldn’t arrive looking disheveled.

For the sake of the woman herself, he wanted to speak to her. He wouldn’t leave her to suffer for this, but unless he was highly wrong in his estimation of her character, she would be full of rage.

That was fair enough. He’d had the nerve to suggest that she sneak out of her home. You are no gentleman, or if you are, you have forgotten it entirely. He should have remembered there was more at stake than just his whim to spend more time with a woman who seemed to bewitch him.

If he esteemed her, liked her, he should be mindful of the implications of what he tempted her into doing.

For as much as she had impacted him, he also had a pull on her. He’d seen it in her expression. That could be dangerous, and needed to be treated with caution, because the sad fact of the world was that it could burn her far more than him.

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