Gentlemen Prefer Heiresses by Lorraine Heath

Author:Lorraine Heath [Heath, Lorraine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2017-08-21T18:30:00+00:00

Oh she was a wicked girl. She hadn’t wanted to go to the gaming floor. She’d wanted to find a dark quiet place where Andrew could bestow another kiss upon her.

But Grace had escorted her to the roulette wheel before she and her husband had departed. Now she had the attention of two other gentlemen—she’d been introduced to them recently, had danced with one at the wedding ball—and knew she should be grateful for it, should relish it, but couldn’t seem to keep her attention on either gent.

Instead she was constantly looking over to where Andrew stood at a table throwing dice. She loved the way he shook the ivory, released the cubes, then looked over the heads of the people bending to see what he’d thrown and met her gaze. Even from this distance, she could see the heat in his.

“You won again, Miss Hammersley,” Lord Manville said, turning her attention back to him.

“So I did.” She gathered up her winnings, placed another wager.

“Will you be at the Waverly ball?” he asked.

She smiled at him. “Those are my plans.”

“Excellent. I should like to go ahead and claim your first dance.”

“I’ll take the second,” the other gent, Lord Benson, said.

Laughing gently, she felt the heat rise in her cheeks. From the moment the Season had begun she’d longed for such attention, but now there was only one gent with whom she wished to dance. “Duly noted. I shall live in anticipation of the ball’s arrival.”

And the evening’s end. The gentlemen were charming, but they didn’t make her wonder what they were thinking, what sort of mischief they might get up to once they left the Dragons. She wondered if she might be able to convince Andrew to take her with him again. Surely he engaged in activities beyond wagering and brotheling. Was that even a word? It should be. It sounded much less harsh than the one Venus had taught her for the sexual act.

Her heart gave a little kick as Andrew strode toward her. She was barely aware of the ball bouncing over the roulette wheel, landing, the cheers going up, and the congratulations on another win being offered to her. Her focus was entirely on him.

“You seem to be having luck,” he said once he reached her.

She wanted that luck to continue, only with him. “It seems so, yes.”

He leaned in. “I’ve yet to see your maid arrive.”

She rolled her eyes and whispered, “I forgot to send for her.”

A corner of his mouth hitched up. “I thought you might. As it’s late, I should probably escort you home now.”

“As we’re family,” she said a little louder, “I’m sure no one will think anything of that.” While she said good night to the gentlemen surrounding her, Andrew gathered up her winnings, saw to it that her chips were exchanged for currency. Her reticule was considerably heavier as they walked toward the door. “If you’re heading off on an adventure, I want to go with you,” she announced boldly, but low enough that no one else would hear.

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