Her Lovestruck Lord by Scarlett Scott

Author:Scarlett Scott
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: 0
Published: 2017-11-13T16:00:00+00:00

“Tell me, what is your favorite poem?”

Maggie leaned back on the coverlet Simon had spread across the grass for their impromptu picnic and considered him. He watched her with an open expression as he nibbled on a sandwich prepared for them by his redoubtable cook Mrs. Gaston. She still couldn’t believe she’d managed to convince him to join her for a picnic luncheon so easily. She knew it was often de rigueur at country house parties, but Simon always seemed so staid, so fussy and incapable of levity. He had changed. He’d opened himself to her.

“You’re staring at me,” he observed, frowning. “Have I asked such an odd question?”

Oh dear. She was mooning over him, and she’d quite forgotten what he’d asked. She thought for a moment, trying her best not to look like a silly miss. Ah, yes. Poetry. She found their common interest heartening. It was one more thing that drew them together whereas before, one rather large and unfortunate thing had drawn them apart.

“How can I choose just one?” she asked him. “Perhaps you have a favorite?”

His eyes darkened. “I find that I prefer the poetry written by my wife.”

She flushed, unable to fight back a smile. He certainly knew how to charm her. “Thank you, Simon, but I fear you’re merely trying to woo me.”

He raised a brow. “I didn’t know I needed to woo you. I’ve already won you, after all.”

But his actions had belied his words. Unless she was mistaken, he had begun doing his best to win her. “I’m beginning to think perhaps you already have.”

A slow, knowing grin curved his sensual lips. “The sentiment is mutual, my dear.”

Dear heavens. He was certainly charming when he wished to be after all. She found she had a difficult time resisting him. In fact, she didn’t want to resist him, truth be told. “I’m glad. I hope you’re finding marriage to me isn’t as horrid as you once supposed.”

“Do you truly care?” He cocked his head to the side, considering her in that intense way he had that made her feel as if he could see all the corners of herself she’d prefer to keep hidden. “I rather fancy you ought to loathe me. I wouldn’t blame you, truly, and yet you’re so bloody sweet to me.”

His insight startled her. He’d gradually begun to open himself to her, and she had discovered a great many things about her husband thus far. One of them was that he had been searching for a family to belong to ever since his boyhood. She suspected he didn’t realize it himself, but she fancied it was why he’d been so ensnared by Lady Billingsley.

But now that Maggie was a true part of his life and not a faraway dust mote occasionally flitting through his conscience, she hoped she could give him the family he’d been seeking. It was a frightening realization for her, just how connected she’d become to him. She didn’t just want to settle for a month and then return to New York.

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