His to Keep (Regency Scoundrels Book 2) by Mathews Marly

Author:Mathews, Marly [Mathews, Marly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Marly Mathews
Published: 2016-06-12T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

“Your wife and I have come to an agreement.” The Marquis smiled from ear to ear, his eyes glinting with greed.

Gemma felt faint. She was going to keel over under the stress. Her eyes hadn’t left Archie’s face. How could he betray her? Was he going to sell her off to Challant as some men had been known to do with their wives?

“Have you? Because well, I shall have you know, as my wife, the lady is mine,” Archie stood tall and straight. He commanded a certain regal attitude now, one that she’d never noticed before. It would seem that he was schooled in the art of illusion. The man could play many faces without missing one beat. The hardened look in Archie’s eyes now made her believe he could best any man in battle. She even wondered if he could bloody Mallory. He was all kinds of danger rolled into one man. Her blood ran cold and fear seized her heart. She had leg-shackled herself to this monster, till death parted them—which seemed more a reality than ever before.

“Ah, I know it. Alas, I thought you would be good to me, and allow me to sample her wares,” the Marquis looked hopeful. His features softened slightly, his eyes lost a bit of their coldness.

“She is mine, and shall belong to no other man. Is that understood?” Archie accentuated the last word.

He was attempting to boldly state that last bit, and she felt a little bit of gratitude toward him for doing so. Nonetheless, she felt as if she was being treated like someone’s chattel. She belonged to no man, least of all the sort of man that Archie turned out to be.

“Then, of course I shall let you have her. You know I cannot deny you anything. I suppose it was your ingenuity that got me this far—and we both lost something we cherished to Mallory, and he shall be made to pay. Though, if I am not allowed to have a bit of a jolly with Lady Northam, I shall have to have something. I simply must be compensated for all of the strenuous activity I’ve been put through. She could have killed me when she shot me.” He looked to his winged arm, with a pout. “Why did you let her shoot at me? I thought you were on my side. So, you must see my side of the story, I will not go away from this little adventure without some kind of reward.”

“How does twenty thousand pounds sound to you?” Archie sighed.

“That shall do it.” The Marquis grinned broadly. “It wasn’t just my brother that was killed anyway, he was yours as well. I’ll leave you to it, then.” Challant walked away from them, leaving them alone.

“You should just plunge a dagger through my heart, Archie. I knew I was right to hate you from the moment I met you. Mallory never should have trusted you!”

“He trusted me, because I wanted him to. You shall find, in due course, wife that I am a man that always gets what he wants— when he wants it.

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