Flight of Fancy by Catherine Gayle

Author:Catherine Gayle
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Night Shift Publishing
Published: 2012-03-22T07:00:00+00:00

“Oh, Monty!” Edie squealed as she plopped down on the settee across from him. “Have you come to rescue me from the boredom of a night alone? You are such a dear.”

Her governess sedately came in behind her and took a seat in the wingback chair near the hearth, even as Cedric was left wondering what she meant by that.

“A night alone? I thought your mother had declined all of her invitations for tonight.” If Georgie was at a ball or a soiree, he needed to be there. What if Haworth was at the same entertainment?

“She had,” Edie mused aloud. “But Pippa Casemore insisted that Georgie must accompany her to Vauxhall, and Mother relented. Pippa has a bit of a scandal surrounding her, you know, and Mother thought it best for her to have a good influence like Georgie along. And since Georgie was going out for the night, Mother decided it wasn’t fair to Frankie and Mattie to stay home, so she accepted the invitation to the Chesterfield ball.”

When she finally took a breath, Cedric tried to stop his mind from reeling. Georgie was at Vauxhall without him, and without her mother or sisters. While he’d always had a fondness for Pippa Casemore, she’d never seemed the sort who could protect Georgie—particularly not if she didn’t know what she was to protect her from. Berkswell and Casemore were probably more intent on protecting Pippa from St. Austell and the scandal than focusing on Georgie.

This was not good. Not good at all. Every bone in Cedric’s body itched to get away from Berkeley Square as fast as he could. He stood, preparing to do just that.

Edie pushed her lower lip out in a full, pitiful pout and looked up at him with huge brown eyes, just like Georgie’s. “Mother didn’t seem to care that she was leaving me all alone, though.”

Devil take it, these Bexley-Smythe girls would be the death of him. “I fear I must also do the same, Edie.”

She leapt to her feet and rushed over to him, taking both of his hands in hers as though she could forcefully make him stay. “Oh, but you can’t!”

“Tomorrow,” he said, disentangling himself from her grasp and nodding to her governess. “I’ll make it up to you tomorrow.”

“Oh, but Monty!”

He darted out the door before she could stop him.

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