His Wicked Wish by Olivia Drake

Author:Olivia Drake
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781466865594
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Chapter 15

As the music commenced, Nate had his wife exactly where he wanted, clasped in his arms, one of his hands at the small of her back and the other laced with her fingers. After prowling through the party and reacquainting himself with a few old friends, he had found himself gravitating back to Madelyn. And why shouldn’t he? If his scheme was to embarrass Gilmore, better he should stay close to his infamous bride.

Better he should pretend they were madly in love.

It was hardly a difficult task, for she was the perfect partner, light on her feet and easy on his eyes. Her soft blond hair had been drawn up in a coil at the back of her head with wispy ringlets framing her delicate features. The peacock-blue gown enhanced the milky skin of her bosom. He liked knowing that she belonged to him alone, that no other man had made her cry out in ecstasy. She smiled as they whirled around the dance floor, the picture of a sensual woman who enjoyed life to the fullest.

Yet he couldn’t shake the image of her watching Herrington.

“You never answered me,” he murmured while deftly guiding her past another couple. “Have you any regrets?”

“About giving up the marquess in favor of you? Of course not. I wouldn’t have been invited to this party if I was merely a mistress.” She spoke in a soft, breathy tone that required him to bend close to hear. Her eyes glimmered up at him, her lashes slightly lowered in a coy look. “However, you’ll be leaving England in a few months. I’ll be lonely. Perhaps I shall seek out Herrington as a lover.”

Taken aback, Nate forced out a laugh. “That dull dog? He’d bore you inside of two minutes.”

“Would he? I happen to find his intelligence to be highly stimulating. In fact, there are any number of gentlemen here who might be good company for an abandoned wife.” Madelyn glanced around the dance floor as if seeking prospects for future trysts.

The minx was provoking him on purpose, Nate told himself. He wouldn’t let her get away with it. Putting his mouth close to her ear, he breathed in the sweet scent of her skin. “You may not realize it yet, darling, but I’ve spoiled you for any other man.”

“No, what you’ve done is to awaken my desires.” Those big blue eyes challenged him. “And after showing me such pleasure, you can’t expect me to live as a nun in the years to come. That hardly seems fair since you very likely will take lovers in your travels.”

Nate found the topic more disturbing than it ought to be. He didn’t want to acknowledge any truth in her words. And he certainly didn’t want to imagine Madelyn in the arms of a lover, moaning another man’s name in the throes of passion. It was time he called her bluff. “This conversation is absurd. You’ve studied to be a lady for the past fortnight in order to help Emily.

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