Enticing Eve: Scandalous Secrets, Book 2 by Tracy Goodwin

Author:Tracy Goodwin [Goodwin, Tracy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-08-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Colin and Eve reached the billiard room in record time. The hearth was ablaze, emanating a warm orange glow while a colorful Persian rug, worn brown leather sofa and matching overstuffed chairs accentuated the cozy space. Tapestries hung on walls lined with rich mahogany paneling. In all, it was as if Colin had stepped into London’s most renowned gentleman’s club.

Nothing in the grand room was as impressive as the billiard table in its center. Carved out of marble, it was an exquisite work of art and must have cost a fortune. Colin was so enamored that he whistled.

“Have you never before seen a billiard table?” Eve quizzed as she crossed the room. “I dare say my victory will be swift.”

Colin smiled at her newfound confidence while assessing the engraved marble before him, his fingertips trailing against the cool stone as he added, “I’ve never seen a billiard table like this. You and your grandmother are both so unpretentious that I forget that you are nobility – that you’re the daughter of a Viscount.”

“I was the daughter of a Viscount,” Eve stood in front of an intricately carved mahogany table at the far wall where she removed two ivory cues from a marble box. “Now, most in the ton consider me to be a commoner,” she announced as she again walked the span of the room before placing them upon the wool-lined billiard table.

The cues, Colin noted, were as elaborately engraved as the table itself.

Eve, too, stood admiring them. “My grandfather loved billiards and considered the game an art form. ‘Why should the tools be anything less?’ he would espouse.” Her tender tone conveyed how much she loved the man.

“Your grandfather sounds quite philosophical,” Colin didn’t take his eyes off of her. “What would he make of your last statement?”

“What, that I’m not well respected by the ton?” Eve shrugged her shoulders and turned, heading back to the table where she found their cues. Colin followed her noting a large ivory box that he assumed housed the balls.

“Here, allow me,” he said as he reached for the heavy box, “and, yes, that is what I’m referring to.”

As they returned to the billiard table, Eve elaborated, “The ton sees me as the hon, descendent of their peerage, and barely that. I may attend balls with my grandmother, but I am well aware that I am less entitled to be there than she is, and she is a former governess.”

“What makes you say that?” he asked, his brow furrowed in confusion as he set the box on the table. Throughout the years since discovering the truth about his parentage, he always felt that Eve was unattainable because of her status in society. He never expected her life to change, especially not to such a drastic extent.

Eve lifted the cover of the box, revealing ivory billiard balls resting against a red velvet background. She removed them one at a time, placing them on the table with care. Colin joined her in setting up their game, all the while remaining silent.

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