His Disinclined Bride (Seasons of Change Book 7) by Jennie Goutet

Author:Jennie Goutet [Goutet, Jennie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-10-27T16:00:00+00:00

Nothing could please me more than to ride with my husband, and I'm sure I could wish for no better instructor than you. Phineas turned the words over in his mind after they’d returned the horses to the stables, and he accompanied Kitty indoors. She’d left him not long after, claiming to have a great deal to do, but her parting glance gave him additional cause for hope. Her gaze lingered on his, and she turned away on a smile. Surely, this was not the look of a woman infatuated with another man?

But jealousy did not release its prey easily. When Phineas remembered that she had ridden as much as two hours with Craddock, it was not a great leap to imagine what could be done in those two hours, especially if two people wished to be alone. It appeared he was never to know peace where his wife was concerned.

That evening, Phineas came to Kitty’s room to take her to dinner. Samuel was there describing with great animation the tricks the gardener had taught him when aiming for a brace of pheasants. And no, he had not caught anything, but he was sure that the next day would bring him luck. Kitty raised amused eyes to Phineas as they exited the room and still Samuel did not pause in his speech. She closed the door behind them and touched Samuel gently on the shoulder.

“Sam, say ‘good evening’ to Lord Hayworth.”

Samuel cut his speech short and bowed. “I beg your pardon, my lord. It is only that I was so excited about my adventure today.” He turned hopeful eyes on Phineas. “Perhaps you would like to hear about it over dinner?”

Phineas hid his amusement over the boy’s guileless nature. “I would like that very much. But perhaps you will be so kind as to walk on the other side of your sister, so that I might take her arm to go to dinner.”

As Samuel darted to the other side of Kitty, Phineas remembered too late that she had stated her preference not to take his arm indoors. But she had since done so once, and were they not on increasingly good terms?

To his relief, she did not deny his request and slipped her hand easily into his arm. The complicity of their day together had done much to restore the natural feeling between them that had grown before he went to Bath. As Samuel covered the topics of the biscuits Cook gave him and the old armor he’d found in the attic, saving his story of the adventure with the pheasants to regale at dinner, Phineas began to believe it had not been a bad idea to bring her brother here. His wife was relaxed and happy, and that made him happy too.

When there was a pause in Samuel’s flow of conversation, Kitty inclined her head to Phineas. “You said you had planned to meet your new steward tomorrow?”

“Yes. Unfortunately, I will not be able to accompany you on your ride, for we have a great deal to discuss and had planned to cover all the grounds of the property.

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