Harlequin Historical July 2018--Box Set 1 of 2 by Diane Gaston

Author:Diane Gaston
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Andrew had been soaking in his tub until the water had turned cold and his fingers were wrinkled. The coolness of the water was doing nothing for the stiffness in his muscles, but it was doing wonders to help with his body’s reaction to seeing Charlotte again.

Since he’d returned to London, he had tried to push all thoughts of her out of his mind. But there were times on especially clear nights that as he walked home from White’s or rode home from other various entertainments, he would glance up at the sky and memories of their time together on the hill would push their way into his head.

The feeling of being inside her was still fresh in his mind after all this time. It had been six weeks and he could still recall that delicious friction. If only they had found a bed, he could have explored every delicious inch of her slowly—maybe more than once. After all this time, he still had a desire to.

Maybe that was why he had needed to find out if it was indeed her today looking in the window of that shop and why he had almost stopped breathing when he was standing next to her. She looked beautiful in her very proper bonnet. It might have been the same one she was wearing the day they spent together at the fair.

Andrew imagined her here in his set of rooms. He would remove that bonnet and her garments and feast upon her till they were both spent. How he wished he could hear her cry his name once more and touch her soft skin.

How long would she be in London? Was she staying at Skeffington House? That wasn’t far from here. In fact, it wasn’t far from White’s, where he frequently dined and played cards. Had he passed her in the street at other times and not realised it? He wondered how she was and if she had thought about him at all.

During their short time together in Cheshire, she stirred feelings inside him that needed to be locked away for him to do his job effectively. A man who regularly placed himself in mortal danger was not a man who should form emotional attachments to any woman.

This was why it was dangerous for him to stop working. Gabriel was wrong. He didn’t need time away. He needed to be constantly reminded that the world was comprised of ghastly people who wanted anarchy at any cost.

Just the notion that he needed to remind himself why he needed to live his life away from a woman who he had started to really care for told him that if he saw Charlotte in the future, he should just walk away. Lady Charlotte Gregory was a complication he did not need.

* * *

Charlotte held Juliet’s hand as they stood just outside the doorway to the gold-and-white drawing room in Lizzy’s home, as she gathered the courage to face her sister. Their conversation would probably be over quickly and, by this evening, Charlotte would know if her sister could forgive her.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.