Hera's Husband by Lisette Giroux

Author:Lisette Giroux
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance: Historical: Regency
Publisher: Eris Digital
Published: 2016-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

He handed her a rough bouquet of flowers and then couldn’t seem to look her in the eye.

“Thank you, Mr. Campbell.”

“Colin, I keep telling you. We’re not so formal here.”

“Yes, I know.” She couldn’t resist teasing him. He’d asked her many times since the horseback ride to call him Colin but she still resisted. “I made those oat cakes Morag said you liked. I’d like to know what you think.”

“That is very nice of you, wife” And that was why she thwarted him on calling him by his given name. Really, her name may be three syllables but it truly wasn’t that difficult to say. Still the man insisted on calling her ‘girl’ or ‘wife’. It was enough to make her grind her teeth. But the flowers were pretty and no one had ever given her flowers, even picked in a field ones, before. They smelled so lovely she couldn’t help burying her face in them. “The smell reminded me of you. They smelled like sunshine.” Now he wasn’t just looking her in the eye, he looked like he wanted to kiss her again. Oh, she hoped so. The man kissed like a prince.

Would he think her too forward if she went up on her toes just a little? Last night she had been very forward, pretending to stay asleep when he carried her upstairs. She thought maybe he knew she wasn’t but he took her to his room anyway. She was past kidding herself. She was coming to like the man far too much and yet every few days he would still leave to go on one of his business trips and leave her home. She had even asked him to take her along but he complained that he wasn’t set up for traveling with a wife yet. To make matters worse the castle was running well now and she was bored sitting around the place with nothing to do.

She’d been in contact with her solicitors and they assured her that the transfer of stock from her parents was progressing smoothly. What would Colin think to know about her little hobby? She hoped he was appreciative of what she could do. So far he had been with other more suitable things. He’d even listened when she had suggested a new route to bring in supplies that should save time and goods from being ruined. She did like to surprise him with her little hints and he seemed to like it too. The last bath she had walked in on him to fill the linen chest and then stayed to wash his back. He groaned and grunted like Eleanor’s dog being scratched. She was scandalized when he invited her into the tub with him, but she was intrigued also.

He reached for her hand and tucked it into the crook of his arm, not because it was the gentlemanly thing to do at some ball but because he seemed to truly enjoy having her close. She had already given up on thinking him a beast, though she still used the name to tease him.

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